DHS seeks Supreme Court go-ahead to use Social Security data for voter eligibility checks
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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to allow access to a broad government database that includes Social Security data to verify that would-be voters are U.S. citizens; a federal judge blocked the move on privacy grounds, and the Court is weighing this in the context of multiple voting cases ahead of the midterms.
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- Citing election-fraud concerns, Trump administration brings dispute over voter database to the Supreme Court SCOTUSblog
- Trump asks Supreme Court to restore states’ access to citizenship database before election Politico
- Trump asks Supreme Court to revive controversial system used for voter purges CNN
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