Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near
Court rulings and federal quiet-period rules have limited immediate purges, while Democrats and experts say SAVE has produced false matches and few verified cases.
- Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump's sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn't produced large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm elections, as Supreme Court protections limit immediate impact.
- The Trump administration repurposed the SAVE system—previously used to check benefit eligibility—into a tool to verify voter citizenship, which Republicans hail as a powerful measure to ensure voter roll accuracy.
- Critics, including the Center for Democracy & Technology, warn that SAVE relies on outdated data, creating false positives; studies show noncitizen voting is extremely rare, with the Census identifying just 0.015% in 2020.
- Separately, District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan on Monday blocked the administration's attempt to require states to use SAVE for FEMA grants, while the Supreme Court allowed limited access despite the National Voter Registration Act's quiet period.
- The Supreme Court is set to hold oral arguments in December regarding the reach of the National Voter Registration Act's quiet period, potentially giving states more leeway to purge voters in future elections.
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Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near • Washington State Standard
Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm elections. Even a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision giving states access to a supercharged Department of Homeland Security computer program to verify voters’ citizenship will have […]
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Trump thwarted in hunt for rare noncitizen voters as midterms near
Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm elections. Even a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision giving states access to a supercharged Department of Homeland Security computer program to verify voters’ citizenship will have […]
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