The Supreme Court issued a decision on Friday allowing the use of a federal database for individual checks of voter registration.
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The Bulwark DailySep 29, 2026
The Supreme Court ruled on Friday, September 25, 2026, to lift restrictions on the Trump administration's revamped SAVE database, letting states use it to verify voters on their rolls before the midterms. The post's phrase 'individual checks' matches the reporting, which notes that broad purges are barred within 90 days of the election, so the claim is accurate as extracted.
What was said
… saw him setting up all these allegations of noncitizen voting, voter fraud, setting up all these pretext so that you could have the federal database to purge voters. None of that has worked so far. As you mentioned, the mail-in voting takeover has flopped. The SAVE database that they've tried to get everyone to use on a mandatory basis has largely flopped, although there was that Supreme Court decision on Friday where they are allowing to go forward for individual checks. So I do want to say here very plainly, uhm, the people most at risk for being flagged on this falsely are naturalized citizens. So if you are a naturalized citizen planning to vote, please check your registration now. …
The Bulwark Daily · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP reports the Supreme Court on Friday lifted restrictions on the SAVE database, allowing states, for now, to use it to verify the eligibility of voters on their rolls.[1][4]
Supports. Reuters and NBC report the Supreme Court on Friday permitted the Trump administration to use the expanded federal database to check voter citizenship and eligibility.[2][3]
Supports. LA Times and UPI describe the Friday decision as clearing the way for states to check voter rolls against the database, with the court's 6-3 split noted.[5][6]
Context. The court noted that the National Voter Registration Act bars broad purges of voter rolls within 90 days of an election, which limits the ruling's practical impact this year; state participation is voluntary.[3][4][7]
Context. The ruling is an interim emergency order, not a final decision on the legality of the program.[8][9]
Sources
9 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 tier 2, 6 not rated
- 1Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for nowapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Voting Rights & Elections News | Today's Latest Storiesreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use expanded database for potential voter purgesnbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 4Supreme Court restores Trump administration's mass voter ...independent.co.uk · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 5Supreme Court upholds Trump’s expanded citizenship data checks, stoking fears of voter purgeslatimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Supreme Court allows Trump administration to use SAVE voter ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7SCOTUS lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now | Eldorado Newseldoradonews.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 8US top court revives voter databaseianslive.in · not rated · cited for: context
- 9Supreme Court clears way for Trump administration to use ...scotusblog.com · not rated · cited for: context
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