Require Users to Verify US Citizenship

Verify Voter Registration Status (Full Name, zipcode, and DOB I think are all that’s required). The information used for voter verification can be kept private on the profile if people aren’t wanting their identities made public.

The exception would be to keep their zipcode public on their profile.

If someone tries to verify themselves and someone else has already claimed the same voter entry, the conflicting profile can be presented. The user can then recover their existing profile or if they know that profile is not what they created, they can push a button to send it to the moderators for reconciliation. This obviously implies some process for distinguishing between two claimants, probably involving uploading some form of proof of citizenship.

The fraudsters would be prosecutable for identify theft by claiming a voter registration that is not their own. Knowledge that the site will refer cases to the authorities for identity theft and communicate about prosecutions should deter people from falsely claiming a voter registration that isn’t their own.

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