VOTER-DATABASE PROBLEMS. I think I’ve identified the source: “The databases were mandated in the 2002 Help America Vote Act, which required all election districts in a state or U.S. territory to consolidate their lists into a single database electronically accessible to every election office in the state or territory. But the databases, some created by the same companies that make electronic voting machines, aren’t federally tested or certified and some have been plagued by missed deadlines, rushed production schedules, cost overruns, security problems, and design and reliability issues.” Federal mandate, inept implementation, lots of problems. Yeah, I know — who could have seen that coming?