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Eva Benedelova and Pavel Benedela face possible deportation after an Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) error wrongly registered them to vote in 2022, even though they are not U.S. citizens and had opted out. When they updated their driver's licenses online, the DMV system automatically created voter registration forms using their digital signatures and falsely listed them as citizens without their knowledge or consent. The error surfaced during their citizenship applications, causing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to delay their approval and warn that falsely claiming citizenship could lead to deportation. The couple, who have never voted and quickly canceled their voter registrations, sued USCIS to force a decision on their citizenship. The Alaska Division of Elections admitted the mistake was the state's fault and says "less than 50" people may have been wrongly registered to vote.
