Democracy Docket: DOJ asks Supreme Court to let DHS use immigration database to purge state voter rolls

“DHS’s overhaul of the SAVE database is just one prong in its effort to shape state voter rolls and influence who can vote.”

“Following the playbook outlined in Trump’s March 2026 executive order, DHS is also centralizing Americans’ sensitive personal data to compile lists of people eligible to vote in every state.”

“Combined, the lists would amount to a national voter registration list managed by the federal government — something that has never existed before.”

“The Electronic Privacy Information Center, which is among the plaintiffs challenging the SAVE program’s expansion, sued DHS last week over the compilation of those lists.”

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