Last year, [conservative] activists excitedly embraced EagleAI and similar programs that promised to help them look through voter rolls across the country in search of outdated or fraudulent voter registrations, even as experts warned about the programs’ limitations….
EagleAI, a database founded by a retired physician, pairs large swaths of public data — like obituaries, tax records and U.S. Postal Service data — with voter rolls, and allows activists to peruse the data in search of outdated or inaccurate voter registrations. Activists then bring their findings to election officials or, in states where it is permitted, formally challenge voters’ eligibility themselves.
But in recordings of calls among members of two prominent election integrity groups this spring and summer obtained by NBC News, some conservative activists are finding major problems with the programs.