Judge blocks voter database linking Social Security and citizenship records
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from implementing a voter verification system that would combine Social Security information with citizenship records, ruling that the effort unlawfully exposed sensitive personal data and led to eligible voters being wrongly flagged as noncitizens.
TL;DR
- A federal judge blocked the Trump administration's voter verification system combining Social Security and citizenship data.
- The judge ruled the system unlawfully exposed sensitive personal data and wrongly flagged eligible voters as noncitizens.
- The modified Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database was halted due to privacy violations and improper removal of voters.
- The lawsuit was brought by the League of Women Voters and other advocacy groups.
- The ruling could impact a separate administration effort to use homeland security funding to encourage states to adopt election reforms using the SAVE database.
- The administration is likely to appeal the decision.