Middlesex board accepts challenge to review 900+ ballots flagged by out‑of‑state matches

The Middlesex County Board of Elections voted on Nov. 5 to accept a challenge asking staff to review a list of ballots flagged by a private data tool as potentially belonging to voters who have moved out of state.

The challenge, brought by Cathy Aberdanski and presented by Mark Dimo, cited about 948 records that showed matches to out‑of‑state registrations or change‑of‑address databases. Dimo told the board the list was compiled from a system called Ellie, built by Eagle AI, which aggregates voter rolls from roughly 40 states and compares them to proprietary PCOA (proprietary change‑of‑address) and the NCOA (national change‑of‑address) databases. He said Ellie applies a multi‑factor match (examples cited include utility bills, phone bills, credit card deliveries and magazine subscriptions)…