Supreme Court authorizes citizenship database for midterm voter checks

The Supreme Court gave the Trump administration approval on September 25, 2026, to use a federal citizenship database to verify voters ahead of the midterm elections, with the court reviving the controversial SAVE system less than two months before voting. County clerks were implementing second-level checks to prevent wrongful removal of eligible voters from rolls.

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Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions ahead of midterms

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The Supreme Court's mail-ballot ruling remains important for the midterms. States continue using their established mail-voting procedures following the Court's decision. The Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

What the Supreme Court's voter-citizenship database decision means for the midterms

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The Supreme Court revived a controversial voter-citizenship database less than two months ahead of the midterm elections. In the ruling, the court sided with the Trump administration, which is seeking to use the Department of Homeland Security's SAVE database to review state voter rolls for potential noncitizens. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Jessica Huseman of Votebeat.

Supreme Court allows Trump to use SAVE database to check voter citizenship

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It's not the SAVE America Act that SCOTUS greenlit today. It's a software system only ... Supreme Court allows Trump to use SAVE database to check voter citizenship share.google/tvISklJdoctM... Critics have questioned the reliability of the data, warning it could result in US citizens being wrongly removed from electoral rolls.

The Supreme Court just threw a new monkey wrench at the midterms. Here’s what to know | CNN Politics

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Our Supreme Court is anything but supreme ... 🤔 "The move by justices less than two months from Election Day raises the real concern that legal citizen voters could find themselves unable to cast ballots." Election Day is fast approaching, but the Supreme Court is still weighing in on the rules, most recently on Friday when it allowed states to use a Trump administration-backed tool to ferret out

What You Need to Know About the Supreme Court’s Decision on Voter Purge System

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Supreme Court Allows Trump-Vance Voter Purge System to Continue, But System Cannot Be Used to Purge Voters En Masse in Upcoming Midterms democracyforward.org/blog/supreme... Democracy Forward and the coalition that we were proud to help represent in League of Women Voters v. DHS is disappointed that the Supreme Court majority chose not to prevent the Trump-Vance…