Avoid the portal to nowhere.
After entering your email address and zip code, AmericaPAC takes you to one of two pages: If you are located in a state that leans solidly Republican or Democrat, it simply provides a link to your stateās official voter registration portal. If you enter a zip code within a swing state such as Arizona or Georgia, however, you then encounter a form requesting personal data like full name, address, and phone number. Filling this out subsequently sends you to a page that simply reads, āThank you for taking the first step to register to voteā¦ Please complete the form below and we will help you complete your registration.ā At the time of writing, there is no actual form underneath that message.Ā Popular ScienceĀ confirmed these results using dummy accounts for Pennsylvania (swing state) and Mississippi (solidly Republican).
Clearly, this is a direct violation of FEC rules (election interference) but they'll simply claim it's a website malfunction. Maybe they'll fix it, maybe they won't.
But even if it did do what it claims, there is ZERO reason to collect all that demographic data since it has nothing to do with checking voter registration. Don't give Elon your personal info.
Instead of AmericaPAC use the official usa.gov website to check your voter registration status.
