Politics
US Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use SAVE voter-verification system
September 25, 2026 at 06:55 PM
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AJAl Jazeera English
US top court allows Trump to use controversial voter verification system
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BNBBC News
Supreme Court revives controversial US data system for citizenship checks
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TGThe Guardian
US supreme court lifts restrictions on controversial voter database
(opens the publisher’s site)The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to use a citizenship-check database on state voter rolls weeks before the November midterm elections.
- The court's emergency order Friday permits the Department of Homeland Security to use the SAVE system to verify voter eligibility on state rolls.
- The order was issued on a 6-3 vote, with the three liberal justices dissenting.
- In June, a federal judge ruled the system illegal, a violation of privacy rights, and prone to errors on voter rolls.
- Challengers cited a Travis County, Texas election official's finding that up to 25 percent of those flagged as non-citizens were US citizens.