What the Supreme Court's voter-citizenship database decision means for the midterms
Summary
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to use a government database to check if noncitizens are on voter lists. This decision came shortly before the midterm elections and affects how states verify voter eligibility.Key Facts
- The Supreme Court revived a voter-citizenship database program.
- The database comes from the Department of Homeland Security’s SAVE system, which verifies citizenship status.
- The Trump administration wants to use this database to review state voter rolls.
- The goal is to identify people registered to vote who might not be citizens.
- The decision happened less than two months before the midterm elections.
- This ruling supports efforts to tighten voter eligibility checks.
- Geoff Bennett and Jessica Huseman discussed the ruling and its impact.
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