AI could expose how Georgia voters cast their ballots, researchers warn

Princeton researcher Max Springer used a $20 AI subscription and public election records to recover the voting order for 1.52m ballots — 98.9% of in-person votes in 114 of 139 Georgia counties. Georgia's State Elections Board held an emergency meeting and ordered ballot ID numbers redacted after elections.

• AI agent built a ballot-matching pipeline in a couple of hours
• Voting order recovered for 1.52m ballots, 98.9% of in-person votes in 114 counties
• In Heard county AI matched most of 650 early voters to specific ballots
• Secretary of state ordered ballot ID numbers redacted after elections