US top court allows Trump to use controversial voter verification system | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera

Author: Al Jazeera StaffPublished on: September 25, 2026Country: United States
Crime & Law
US top court allows Trump to use controversial voter verification system | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera

The US Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to use the controversial voter verification system, SAVE, just weeks before the November midterm elections. The emergency order permits the Department of Homeland Security to utilize the system to verify voter eligibility on state rolls. Voting rights groups warn that the system, revamped in 2025 under Trump, risks misidentifying citizens as non-citizens and wrongful purges, especially given outdated citizenship data, although states are not required to use it and some have voluntarily adopted it.

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