Jen Fifield, Author at The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/author/jen-fifield/ Independent news. Trusted by Texans. Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.texastribune.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-cropped-texas-tribune-favicon-32x32.png Jen Fifield, Author at The Texas Tribune https://www.texastribune.org/author/jen-fifield/ 32 32 249301168 A federal tool to check voter citizenship keeps making mistakes. It led to confusion in Texas. https://www.texastribune.org/2026/02/13/save-voter-citizenship-tool-mistakes-confusion/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000 https://www.texastribune.org/?p=220276 Brianna Lennon, who runs elections in Boone County, Missouri, pushed back against the use of a new error-prone federal tool to identify potential noncitizens on her voter rolls.

DHS rolled out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.

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It’s the latest step to pool confidential data that the Trump administration claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls and tighten immigration enforcement.

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