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Election officials attribute the surge in citizenship verification requests to outdated data that may have been inadvertently mixed in during a comparison with records from the Alaska Department of Motor Vehicles 1.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.
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