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Trump asks Supreme Court to revive controversial system used for voter purges
CNN • • nation
Key Points:
- President Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to reinstate the SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) program, which his administration used to audit state voter rolls for non-citizen voters.
- The program has been largely halted after a lower court ruled that its expansion violated privacy laws and led to inaccurate purges of eligible voters, raising concerns about disenfranchisement.
- Critics argue SAVE produces flawed results, wrongly identifying citizens as non-citizens, while the Trump administration insists election officials are responsible for ensuring lawful voter removals.
- The Trump administration has also linked states' access to DHS anti-terrorism grants to their use of SAVE and continues to push the Supreme Court to reinstate other election-related mandates.
- Some states have continued using SAVE due to separate legal cases, but many acknowledge the need for further investigation before removing voters based on the program's findings.
