Trump’s SAVE tool is looking for noncitizen voters. But it’s flagging U.S. citizens too

Anthony Nel, of Texas, has been a U.S. citizen for more than a decade and a regular voter for the past nine years, but he was flagged as a potential noncitizen and removed from the voter rolls after he did not respond to a county notice within 30 days. Desiree Rios for NPR

Desiree Rios for NPR

Anthony Nel is the kind of voter who doesn’t like to skip an election. The 29-year-old lives in the Dallas-Forth Worth area and usually votes early, which he did as recently as Texas’ Nov. 4 constitutional election.

So he was disturbed last month