ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database

high · Wired · David Gilbert · 2 Sep 2026 · 18:32 UTC · Surveillance & Privacy · 1 min read

Summary

A federal immigration agency creating a national voter database represents significant surveillance infrastructure expansion with potential for political targeting and suppression, raising concerns about authoritarian misuse of voter data.

As part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million to create what amounts to a federal voter database.

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ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database

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