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June 22, 2026
Federal Judge Rules Trump's Overhauled SAVE System for Voter Verification Unlawful
- U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan declared the Trump administration's use of the revamped SAVE system for voter verification unlawful, citing violations of privacy protections.
- The ruling halts the use of SAVE, which had been expanded to aggregate personal data for bulk checks, mistakenly flagging some American citizens as potential noncitizens.
- More than 60 million voter records were run through the system, with 21,000 flagged as potential noncitizens, raising concerns over wrongful disenfranchisement.
7 Sources
- Judge blocks Trump's use of revamped immigration database for voter checksJun 22, 2026 at 5:56 PM · Reuters
- Judge blocks Trump administration's 'haphazard' voter-screening databaseJun 22, 2026 at 6:22 PM · ABC News
- Judge blocks Trump administration's overhauled database of Americans' personal informationJun 22, 2026 at 7:08 PM · CBS News
- Judge strikes down Trump administration database of social security numbers, citizenship statusJun 22, 2026 at 7:16 PM · The Hill
- Judge says Trump can’t use Social Security data for voter roll purgesJun 22, 2026 at 7:32 PM · CNN
- Federal Citizenship Data Tool Cannot Be Used to Screen Voters, Judge RulesJun 22, 2026 at 9:33 PM · NYT
- A federal judge finds a Trump data system to verify voters is unlawfulJun 22, 2026 at 10:25 PM · NPR