Having worked in computer systems, there are instances when the DOB isn’t known and not entered, and it defaulted in 1/1/1901.
When I see that, I see a workflow issue. That is, the DOB is a required field, something has to go in there, and someone wrote the software to default in 1/1/1901, and you could just skip over it when entering the demographic data.
“When I see that, I see a workflow issue. That is, the DOB is a required field, something has to go in there, and someone wrote the software to default in 1/1/1901, and you could just skip over it when entering the demographic data.”
I agree that’s most likely. But in Texas, our new law will REJECT those applications as unverifiable and people without DOBs (at least the ones that exist) will get a letter in the mail telling them to complete their form.
Just having the computer default this way is a SERIOUS PROBLEM, but the information is there to investigate now, and if the people really do exist and are not otherwise registered, then no issue.
But it does make me wonder as to why people would leave their DOB blank, since I suspect that most people over 2 years old know what it is (or shouldn’t be voting, if they no longer remember it).