This Man Exposed 40K Voters Purged by Mistake

[ItsjustMe]

Steve Tingley-Hock is not somebody used to being at the center of a scandal. The former database administrator, who lives in a small town in Ohio, first began running queries on voter data in order to learn new database software. But what started as a side project made national headlines in 2019, when his work exposed a 40,000 voter purge error in a list released by Ohio's Secretary of State.

VICE met up with Steve in Marysville, Ohio, to learn why he continues to dedicate his days to running queries on voter rolls around the country, in order to make sure nobody is wrongfully losing their right to vote.

[luvs2sing]

1. Damn..and in ruby red Marysville, too. nt

[mr_lebowski]

2. Database Administrators FTW!!!

I should hit him up and see if he needs help ...

[idziak4ever1234]

3. Thank you for sharing this! Absolutely fascinating

[Hoyt]

4. This -- and similar "studies" by the likes of Greg Palast -- would be so much more effective if

they could come up with just 10, 50, 100 or so voters who were turned away from voting because they were supposedly incorrectly purged.

You'd think if tens of thousands of voters were improperly purged there would at least be a handful that would say, "I showed up at polls and they said I had been purged." There were five like that in Atlanta in 2018. Turns out, they went to the wrong polling place.

In Georgia, I think you have to go without voting for 8 years and failed to respond to notices mailed to the address on file. I just don't have a problem with that, especially since they let you vote provisionally in the first year (maybe 2) after being purged if you do show up at the polls. I've probably been purged several times when I moved. Of course, I reregistered at my new residence and voted there.

Sure, if one checks their registration in August and then get purged in October, that's a serious problem, probably criminal. But it doesn't happen like that.

[erronis]

5. This is excellent. Thanks, Steve. Also a good use of your skills.

[cp]

6. Excellent!

He is providing genuine public service. Thank you!