politics United States
Courts clash over Trump administration’s use of SAVE voter database
25%
A Travis County election official said 25% of the system's noncitizen matches involved people who had already proven their US citizenship.
The Supreme Court temporarily lifted restrictions on the Trump administration’s use of DHS SAVE to check voter eligibility. On October 9, a federal judge ruled the Justice Department’s voter-data cross-checking unlawful, citing risks to eligible voters; the Supreme Court pause remains.
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Donald Trump
- United States
- Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements
7 sourcesThe Guardian, PBS News, BBC News, FRANCE 24, Al JazeeraUpdated
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The US Supreme Court lifted restrictions on a federal database of voters.
7 of 7 sources“an order the US Supreme Court temporarily paused last month”