The Hartmann Report Breaking the Vote
Feb 27, 2026
Nick Hale Suss, Chief Counsel at CREW and former DOJ trial attorney, provides legal analysis on DHS's SAVE system and voter-roll maintenance. He explains how SAVE was repurposed for voter checks and why bulk searches and name-matching create false positives. Discussion covers Texas's aggressive use, DOJ data collection, and risks of purges, secrecy, and contractor involvement.
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Litigate To Force SAVE Offline
- Challenge the SAVE expansion in court and demand DHS take the system offline until vetted.
- CREW's lawsuit for the League of Women Voters seeks removal of the system because it's unreliable and lacks legal authority.
Nonunique Identifiers Produce Disproportionate Harm
- Matching datasets risks false positives when identifiers aren't unique; using only last-four SSN increases erroneous matches across millions.
- Hartmann links this to past purges (e.g., 2000 Florida) showing demographic bias in false matches.
DOJ Voter Dragnet Feeds Multiple Enforcement Operations
- DOJ appears to be collecting state voter data and passing it to DHS to run through SAVE, while also building its own national voter roll.
- CREW highlights unprecedented secrecy and dual operations raising risks of large-scale erroneous voter maintenance.
