Trump asks Supreme Court to revive controversial system used for voter purges
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court to reinstate the Systematic Alien Verification program for sweeping reviews of state voter rolls ahead of November's midterm elections.
- Justice Department lawyers filed the request to challenge a June ruling by U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, who blocked the program citing privacy violations and unreliable citizenship data.
- Solicitor General John Sauer argued in the filing that the lower court's order is "indefensible" and threatens election integrity, while the administration expanded SAVE to include Social Security records.
- Critics warn the program produces inaccurate results, citing Texas' experience last year where citizens were wrongly purged, though the DOJ maintains states bear responsibility for following registration laws.
- Trump has made SAVE a central tool in efforts to find non-citizen voting, though studies show such occurrences are rare; some states report initial program figures were inflated.
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DOJ asks Supreme Court to unblock SAVE database
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to lift a lower court order barring the implementation of a voter verification system that would combine Social Security information with citizenship records. The administration modified the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database last year to combine citizenship and Social Security records to improve the speed and reliability […]
The Department of Justice seeks to use Social Security data to review patterns, despite the judicial brake on the system
Supreme Court Asked to Enter Voter Verification Fight
“The Justice Department has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the Trump administration to resume expansion of an internal government database available to states to verify the citizenship status of voters,” Bloomberg reports. “The application submitted to the court on Tuesday marks the latest high-stakes, election-related fight to reach the justices in recent weeks.”
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow voter verification database blocked by judge
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow it to use a revamped immigration database for checking the accuracy of state voter rolls, one of a series of acti...
Trump asks Supreme Court to revive controversial system used for voter purges
President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to reinstate a controversial citizenship records system his administration has sought to wield for sweeping reviews of state voter rolls.
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