US Asks Supreme Court on Voter Database Use

The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow federal authorities to use an expanded immigration database for verifying the citizenship of registered voters, a move aimed at bolstering election integrity ahead of the November 3 midterm elections. The emergency request follows rulings by a federal judge and an appeals court that blocked the administration from operating the enhanced system. At the center of the dispute is the Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program. Traditionally used to determine immigration or citizenship status for benefit and license applicants, the system was expanded in May 2025 to include Social Security Administration information and records of individuals who acquired U.S. citizenship at birth. This expansion, directed by President Donald Trump through an executive order, aimed to enable broader searches of voter rolls. In June 2026, U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan blocked the use of the expanded database, finding that the administration had unlawfully combined and repurposed personal information belonging to millions of Americans.