WASHINGTON (AURN News) — With just weeks until the midterms, the Supreme Court is allowing President Donald Trump’s administration, for now, to use an expanded federal database to check voters’ citizenship.
In a 6-3 order, the court lifted a lower court restriction on the expanded federal SAVE system. States and local governments can now use Social Security numbers and other federal records to conduct bulk citizenship checks on registered voters and people registering to vote.
The Trump administration says the system is needed to identify noncitizens who may be registered to vote illegally, but evidence of widespread noncitizen voting has not been established, and voting rights groups warn database errors could instead flag eligible U.S. citizens.
Federal law generally requires states to complete systematic voter-roll removal programs no later than 90 days before a federal election.
The Supreme Court acknowledged that restriction but said individualized citizenship inquiries are still permitted during the 90-day period.
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