Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges. The Supreme Court cleared the way on Friday for the Trump administration to use a controversial government program in its aggressive search for alleged voter fraud, increasing the likelihood that eligible voters will be wrongly labeled as non-citizens due to faulty data and removed from the rolls. Key points and original sources are listed below.
- Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.S1
- The Supreme Court cleared the way on Friday for the Trump administration to use a controversial government program in its aggressive search for alleged voter fraud, increasing the likelihood that eligible voters will be wrongly labeled as non-citizens due to f...S2
- In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in its push to use a controversial database to review state voter rolls for potential noncitizens.S3
- Ruling boosts the president’s efforts to overhaul election rules before the November voteS4
- An order issued Friday by the Supreme Court temporarily allows the Trump administration to move forward with a mass voter verification system.The emergency order allows states, for now, to use the Department of Homeland Security program, called Systematic Alie...S5
- The Supreme Court permitted the Trump administration to expand a federal database containing citizenship information, as it encourages states to purge people from voter rolls.S6