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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Voter-Screening Tool

Voting rights organizations had challenged a Trump administration overhaul of a government database, arguing it could be used to disenfranchise eligible voters.

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The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a lawsuit over the use of a controversial data system to review state voter rolls.

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Supreme Court case over Trump administration voter-screening data system

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The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to use an overhauled data system to review state voter rolls using citizenship information and other sensitive data to filter alleged non-citizen voting. The system had previously been found by a lower court to violate federal privacy protections and has erroneously flagged U.S. citizens.

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow use of citizenship database

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a lawsuit over the use of a controversial data system to review state voter rolls.

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