{"id":2342853,"date":"2024-09-18T12:57:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T16:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-database-will-allow-users-to-see-how-neighbors-are-voting\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T12:58:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T16:58:55","slug":"new-database-will-allow-users-to-see-how-neighbors-are-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-database-will-allow-users-to-see-how-neighbors-are-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"New Database Will Allow Users To See How Neighbors Are Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-database-will-allow-users-to-see-how-neighbors-are-voting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2342853&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>VoterMaps.org is a nonprofit initiative that aims to provide public access to detailed voter information, allowing citizens to act \u2064as &#8220;vote detectives&#8221; in their neighborhoods. The platform\u2064 was founded by three Republicans\u2014John LeFevre, Morgan \u200cWarstler, \u2062and Lawrence Abramson\u2014who emphasize its nonpartisan nature, stating that it \u2063is available for anyone to use. By offering a searchable, map-based database of voter histories\u2062 and current ballot statuses, VoterMaps seeks to increase transparency in the electoral process and restore trust among voters, \u200cparticularly in light of past voter\u200b fraud concerns. \u200bInitially, the site features updated data for Pennsylvania, with plans to expand to other\u200b battleground states as data becomes available. Users can explore their local \u200dvoting demographics\u2062 at a granular level, identifying each registered voter within \u2063households and noting voting history. The founders believe this transparency can help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usa-today-columnist-calls-allowing-noncitizens-to-vote-smart-policy-rooted-in-american-tradition-ideals\/\" title=\"USA Today Columnist Calls Allowing Noncitizens to Vote \u2018Smart Policy&#039; \u2018Rooted\u2019 in \u2018American Tradition, Ideals\u2019\">encourage civic engagement<\/a> and combat potential \u200dfraud.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When political foot soldiers canvass a neighborhood, they do so armed with voter information, including how many people live in a home, their party, and when they last voted.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are skilled at canvassing door-to-door because they have so much data about the people in the neighborhoods where they work, some Republican operatives have told The Federalist.<\/p>\n<p>Now a nonprofit, <a href=\"https:\/\/votermaps.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Votermaps.org<\/a>, is making that information &mdash; &nbsp;your information &mdash; available online, for free, to any member of the public.<\/p>\n<p>The map is the brainchild of John LeFevre, an author with a banking background; Morgan Warstler, a technology expert who has founded several companies including GovWhiz Inc., according to his LinkedIn page; and Lawrence Abramson, who has a background in entertainment, business, finance. All three are Republicans and support Former President Donald Trump for president, but they say their website is nonpartisan because anyone can use it.<\/p>\n<p>They hope members of the public will become &ldquo;vote detectives&rdquo; and look for inconsistencies in voter registration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;VoterMaps is a searchable, map-based database of all voter histories and current ballot status &mdash; updated in real-time. House by house. Block by block. State by state,&rdquo; the website says. &ldquo;We level the information playing field transparently, allowing all citizens to be activists, influencers, fraud detectors, and champions of free and fair elections.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In previous elections, there have been troubling examples of suspected voter fraud, Abramson told The Federalist. For example, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paying-the-arsonist-bidens-covid-test-contract-with-china-draws-ire-on-capitol-hill\/\" title=\"\u2018Paying The Arsonist\u2019: Biden\u2019s COVID Test Contract With China Draws Ire on Capitol Hill\">large apartment building<\/a> where 100 percent of the occupants requested mail-in ballots.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nobody can deny that trust and faith in this system has been significantly diminished for a long time,&rdquo; LeFevre told The Federalist. &ldquo;If we provide a little transparency to the process &hellip; to both encourage people to vote and also to address issues of fraud, or even dissuade fraud, that does, at the very least, help restore some trust and faith and integrity in the process through transparency.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>So far, the website is populated with current data only for Pennsylvania, but it has two states with old data, Ohio and Florida, to show users how it will work.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh data obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State was added to the website this week. The site will then be updated nightly. They plan to cover all the battleground states in this way, as the data becomes available. <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p>         <span>Image Credit<\/span>Screenshot       <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Users can click on an active state where they will find circles with numbers indicating the population of registered voters. Zoom in and the numbers get smaller until the user is close enough to see individual houses on a street map.<\/p>\n<p>Each address has a number of markers, one for each registered voter in the house. Apartment complexes have loads of markers.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p>         <span>Image Credit<\/span>Screenshot        <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The data goes back to 2016 and lists the name and party of each voter. It also shows whether the person voted by mail, and if they voted in the primary or general election. It will indicate if they requested a mail-in ballot for 2024.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<div>\n<p>         <span>Image Credit<\/span>Screenshot       <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The co-founders of the site envision citizens looking at the map in their own neighborhood and discovering anomalies. Did the person who died 10 years ago request a mail in ballot recently? Has your neighbor moved away but still appears at your neighboring address?&nbsp;Did the pizzeria down the street where no one lives request 10 mail-in ballots?&nbsp;Did an apartment complex request twice as many mail-in ballots as previous years? LeFevre invites anyone seeing an anomaly to make it public by posting it on X. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We see too many problems that need to be simplified and I think this is one way to put eyes and ears on this thing.&rdquo; Abramson said. &ldquo;Maybe people wake up, and maybe people get a little nervous about doing things they shouldn&rsquo;t be doing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But what about privacy? The data will make it simple to learn someone&rsquo;s party affiliation, even if they never put a political sign in their yard.<\/p>\n<p>It is public information, LeFevre said, and door knockers already have it. He says there will be a place to click to have your name removed from the map. Although that does not appear on the sample states, it is on the Pennsylvania map. Simply promise to vote and your name is removed. Those who return their mail-in ballot will be removed from the map, he said, keeping the information fresh with only people who have not yet voted. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although the full voter roll and history is publicly available, it is costly and in a hard to read format. Pennsylvania is charging $6,000 for the data, and Alabama is charging $37,000, LeFevre said. <\/p>\n<p>In many cases it comes in an illegible format that reads like lines of code. It&rsquo;s cumbersome for any individual to decipher, and every state has a different format. The intention of Votermaps.org is to clean up this data and make it accessible for everyone to use for free.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Beth Brelje is an elections correspondent for The Federalist. She is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lara-logan-challenges-media-to-ask-certain-questions-about-afghanistan\/\" title=\"Lara Logan Challenges Media To Ask Certain Questions About Afghanistan\">award-winning investigative journalist<\/a> with decades of media experience.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When political canvassers go door-to-door in a neighborhood, they come equipped with detailed voter information, such as the number of residents in a household, their political affiliation, and their voting history. According to some Republican operatives speaking to The Federalist, Democrats excel at this type of canvassing due to their extensive data on local residents. Now, a nonprofit organization called Votermaps.org is making this information\u2014your information\u2014accessible online for free to the public. <\/p>\n<p>The site was created by John LeFevre, an author with a banking background; Morgan Warstler, a tech expert and founder of several companies including GovWhiz Inc.; and Lawrence Abramson, who has experience in entertainment and finance. Although all three are Republicans who support former President Donald Trump\u2019s candidacy, they claim that their website is nonpartisan since it can be used by anyone.<\/p>\n<p>They aim for the public to act as &#8220;vote detectives&#8221; by identifying discrepancies in voter registration records. According to the website: \u201cVoterMaps is a searchable database that provides real-time updates on voter histories and current ballot statuses\u2014house by house and state by state.\u201d Their goal is to create transparency around voting information so that citizens can become activists or fraud detectors while promoting fair elections.<\/p>\n<p>Abramson pointed out past instances of suspected voter fraud during previous elections\u2014for example, an entire apartment building where every resident requested mail-in ballots. LeFevre added that trust in the electoral system has been eroded over time; thus providing transparency could help restore some faith in its integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Votermaps.org features up-to-date data only for Pennsylvania but includes older data from Ohio and Florida as examples of how it functions. Fresh data from Pennsylvania&#8217;s Department of State was recently added and will be updated nightly as more battleground states are incorporated.<\/p>\n<p>Users can interact with an active state map showing circles representing registered voters&#8217; populations; zooming in reveals individual houses marked with indicators for each registered voter residing there\u2014including multiple markers for apartment complexes.<\/p>\n<p>The database goes back to 2016 and includes details like each voter&#8217;s name and party affiliation along with whether they voted by mail or participated in primary or general elections\u2014and if they&#8217;ve requested mail-in ballots for 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The co-founders envision users examining maps within their neighborhoods for irregularities: Did someone who passed away years ago request a mail-in ballot? Is your neighbor still listed at an address after moving? Has an empty pizzeria requested multiple mail-in ballots? LeFevre encourages anyone spotting anomalies to share them publicly on social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n<p>Abramson noted that many issues need addressing simply so people might reconsider engaging in improper activities regarding voting processes. However, concerns about privacy arise since this data makes it easy to determine someone&#8217;s political affiliation without any visible signs supporting it.<\/p>\n<p>LeFevre reassured that this information is already public knowledge accessible through door-to-door canvassing efforts; he mentioned there would be options available on the site allowing individuals wishing anonymity from being displayed on maps simply by promising not only participation but also returning completed ballots\u2014which would keep records current only reflecting those yet unvoted.<\/p>\n<p>While full access to voter rolls exists publicly across states like Pennsylvania charging $6K or Alabama $37K\u2014with formats often difficult for individuals unfamiliar with coding\u2014the purpose behind Votermaps.org lies within simplifying these datasets into user-friendly formats available freely online<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":2342854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/On-stret-of-governonrs-mansion.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[7113,5821,4351],"class_list":["post-2342853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-database","tag-neighbors","tag-voting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/On-stret-of-governonrs-mansion.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}