阿拉斯加州选举部门向3048名选民发送信件，要求他们在8月18日初选前验证自己的公民身份[1]。州选举主任卡罗尔·比彻表示，这一数字异常之高[1]。她指出，该州通常通过与机动车管理部门的数据比对流程只会产生约200个需进一步审查的名字[1]。
根据调查，数据混入是导致信件数量激增的原因[1]。阿拉斯加州于去年年底与美国司法部共享了约15200份驾驶执照和身份证申请人数据[1]。机动车管理部门称该请求为"非常规请求"，其提供的数据仅包含身份状态不是"公民"的记录[1]。
收信人需要通过信件、电话或电子邮件确认自己的公民身份[1]。未做出回应的选民仍可投递特殊选票，但需证明其投票资格[1]。民主党州众议员安德鲁·格雷表示，只有公民联系了他的办公室[1]，暗示部分收信人实际上拥有美国公民身份。
Alaska's election officials have mailed approximately 3,048 letters to voters requesting verification of their citizenship status ahead of the state's August 18 primary election [1]. State Election Director Carol Beecher indicated this number is unusually high, noting that the verification process typically generates only about 200 names for further review [1].
Recipients of the letters must confirm their citizenship through mail, phone, or email [1]. Voters who do not respond can still cast provisional ballots, though they will be required to demonstrate their voting eligibility [1].
Election officials attribute the surge in citizenship verification requests to outdated data that may have been inadvertently mixed in during a comparison with records from the Alaska Department of Motor Vehicles [1]. The DMV characterized the data request as "highly unusual" [1]. The department provided only records where citizenship status was listed as something other than "citizen" [1].
Alaska shared approximately 15,200 driver's license and identification card applications with the U.S. Department of Justice at the end of last year [1]. Democratic state representative Andrew Gray reported that only individuals who are U.S. citizens have reached out to his office regarding the letters [1].