DOGE
Trump advisory body; expanded DHS voter roll screening with 17% reported error rate.
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Is DOGE's voter roll screening legally defensible with a 17% false-positive error rate?
Latest on DOGE
- What is DOGE doing with voter rolls?
- DOGE expanded the DHS SAVE System to screen voter rolls for non-citizens using SSA data, in partnership with True the Vote. Early reports show a 17% error rate, meaning many flagged voters are legitimate US citizens.Source: event
- Did DOGE employees violate the Hatch Act by working on elections?
- Two former DOGE staffers were referred to a government watchdog for possible Hatch Act violations related to their work on voter roll screening.Source: event
- What is the SAVE voter system error rate?
- Early reports show the DHS SAVE System as expanded by DOGE for voter roll screening has a 17% error rate, flagging approximately 1 in 6 people incorrectly as non-citizens.Source: event
Background
The Department of Government Efficiency is a Trump administration advisory body led by Elon Musk, operating outside formal government structure but with significant access to federal data systems. In the 2026 election context, DOGE expanded the DHS SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) system to screen voter rolls for non-citizens. Early reports show a 17% error rate in the system's flagging of ineligible voters, meaning a substantial proportion of those identified as non-citizens are in fact legitimate US citizens .
The Trump administration admitted DOGE worked with True the Vote, a conservative election Integrity organisation, to probe voter rolls using SSA (Social Security Administration) data. A DOGE employee signed a voter data agreement with True the Vote on 24 March 2025. Two former DOGE staffers were referred to a watchdog for possible Hatch Act violations in connection with this voter roll work .
Three federal courts subsequently blocked seven provisions of Trump's 31 March voting executive order, though the DHS/DOGE voter file review section continues. The DOJ's own privacy officer resigned rather than implement the voter data-sharing plan the DOGE system depends upon. DOGE's involvement in election administration represents a significant expansion of an informal advisory body into a domain that federal law and convention have traditionally ring-fenced.