US Supreme Court allows Trump to use SAVE database for voter citizenship checks
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Neutral summary
The US Supreme Court on Friday, September 25, granted the Justice Department's request and stayed a lower court judge's order that had blocked the use of the expanded federal SAVE database for mass voter citizenship checks. The 6-3 ruling sided with the Trump administration over the dissent of the liberal justices. The administration argues the database, which includes Social Security numbers and other sensitive data, is needed to combat noncitizen voting ahead of November's midterm elections. Voting rights groups and Democrats have warned the system could falsely identify citizens as noncitizens, leading to improper voter purges. Plaintiffs in the case pointed to Travis County, Texas, where 25% of matches involved people who had already proven their citizenship. However, experts note that a federal law imposing a 90-day 'quiet period' before elections may limit the immediate impact of the ruling. The New York Times and The Independent report that changes are unlikely to affect the November elections, but critics fear the unreliable database could put millions of Americans at risk in the future.
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Factual core
- The U.S. Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to access voter databases to verify the citizenship of voters.
- Critics say the measure could deprive eligible voters of their right to vote.
- The database is ostensibly designed to verify voter citizenship.
- The ruling applies before the US midterm elections in November.
- The Trump administration sought to use the database as part of its efforts to enforce voter eligibility rules.
- The Supreme Court, by a majority, deemed improper a lower court's decision to block the use of the system.
- The Justice Department expanded the SAVE database last year to allow searches by multiple records and Social Security numbers.