Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Under Fire | Tech News

0:00It's September 9th. This is Tech News Today, powered by AI, your Innovation Update. I'm Cory with the story. A recent report from the U.S. Census Bureau claimed to find evidence of non-citizens voting in the 2020 election. This report quickly made its way to social media, with former President Trump himself sharing it and stating he won the election. The report analyzed over 128 million voter records, identifying around 24,000 individuals potentially linked to. Non-citizen status, however, an investigation into this report has uncovered significant issues with the data and how it was approved. It turns out some of the people who wrote the report have ties to the Trump administration and conservative think tanks. This raises questions about the report's objectivity from the start. The numbers presented, even have taken at face value, are far too small to have impacted the election outcome. Experts and even some Census Bureau employees suggest these figures are more likely the result of basic analytical errors than actual instances of.

1:03Non-citizens casting ballots. Studies in other states have also shown the number of non-citizen voters to be extremely low, if not non-existent. Furthermore, former Census Bureau officials have called the report statistical nonsense, noting the unusual lack of listed authors. The approval process itself is also being scrutinized, with claims that the review board only saw summary tables, not the full analysis. This lack of transparency in methodology and data limitations is a major concern for the integrity of the findings. The implications of this report go beyond just election integrity. It could erode trust in the Census Bureau's data and research capabilities overall. When a government agency releases findings without clear methodology or author attribution, it casts a shadow on all its future work.