A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions
Trump has touted a recent Census report. WIRED found grave flaws in its analysis and the process behind it, and confirmed the identity of several of its authors—among them a one-time DOGE affiliate.
A recent US Census report on noncitizen voting in the 2020 election has come under scrutiny for using flawed data and reaching faulty conclusions. The report, titled "Noncitizen Voting in the 2020 Election: A Beginning Analysis," claimed to have identified 24,000 individuals who were linked to administrative records indicating noncitizen status.
However, experts and former Census Bureau employees suggest that the numbers may be the result of basic analytical errors rather than actual instances of noncitizen voting. The report's authors include former affiliates of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency and researchers from the America First Policy Institute, a think tank influential in the Trump administration.
The Census Bureau did not respond to WIRED's request for comment, but sources familiar with the matter say the report was approved by the bureau's disclosure review board on August 7.
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