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How new Supreme Court rulings could impact midterm elections
The justices let states use the expanded voter-verification database and blocked Missouri’s new congressional map after saying the change could cause electoral chaos.
- On Friday, the Supreme Court issued two election-related rulings, allowing states to use the revamped voter verification database from the administration of President Donald Trump while rejecting a congressional map change.
- Designed to identify noncitizens and prevent election fraud, the Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program has scanned at least 67 million voter registrations since the administration expanded its search capabilities last year.
- Issuing a six-to-three emergency order, the high court lifted lower court restrictions on the database. Election law expert David Becker, who leads the Center for Election Innovation and Research, noted existing law blocks most states from purging rolls within 90 days.
- Regarding the Missouri map, the justices rejected a redistricting plan designed to help Republicans gain an additional House seat. Implementing the change during an ongoing election "would usher in electoral chaos," the court's unsigned opinion stated.
- This ruling concludes the longest-running legal battle among roughly 12 states. It follows an earlier rejection of the effort to restrict mail ballot procedures, allowing states to proceed with normal processes for the midterms this fall.
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Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN The election day is fast approaching, but the Supreme Court is still ruling on the rules; the last time it was this Friday, when it allowed states to use a tool backed by the Trump administration to detect the vote of non-citizens, a practice of which there is little evidence that it will happen widely. No one wants non-citizens to vote illegally, but the decision of the magistrates, less than two months after th…
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