Supreme Court Hands Trump Win On Voter Citizenship Checks Ahead Of Midterms

Supreme Court Allows Expansive Voter Screening Tool Ahead of Midterms

Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.

Sep 25, 2026

Supreme Court Hands Trump Win On Voter Citizenship Checks Ahead Of Midterms

A Supreme Court decision on Friday will allow the Trump administration to work with states to verify voters’ citizenship. The 6-3 ruling allows state officials to use an expanded version of a federal database to verify that registered voters are citizens. The database, known as the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, was created ...

Sep 25, 2026