US Supreme Court allows Trump to use controversial voter 'verification' system
Summary
The US Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to use an expanded federal database to check the citizenship of registered voters before the November elections. Critics say this system may wrongly remove eligible voters, while the administration says it helps stop non-citizens from voting.Key Facts
- The Supreme Court blocked a judge’s order that stopped states from using Social Security numbers to verify voters' citizenship.
- The database is called SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) and was redesigned last year to allow large-scale citizenship checks.
- Some Republican-led states have used the database to cancel voter registrations flagged as non-citizens.
- Critics warn the system may wrongly disenfranchise eligible voters, especially those who often vote Democratic.
- A judge previously ruled the database is unreliable and threatens voters’ privacy and rights.
- The Justice Department called the judge’s previous block "indefensible" and said using SAVE protects election integrity.
- Non-citizen voting is very rare, with verified cases numbering fewer than 100 since 2000, according to data from the Heritage Foundation.
- Some people wrongly flagged as non-citizens have been removed from voter rolls due to outdated or incorrect SAVE data.
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