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Trump administration runs millions of voter registrations through federal database amid purge fears

Monday, 27 July 2026, 06:48 · 1 min read

The Trump administration has screened at least 67 million U.S. voter registrations through a Department of Homeland Security system called SAVE (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements), flagging tens of thousands of records as potentially belonging to non-citizens or deceased individuals. Critics, including the American Civil Liberties Union, warn that the error-prone system risks wrongly removing eligible voters from the rolls ahead of November's midterm elections, with some states suspending registrations immediately upon a flag being raised. At least six federal lawsuits have been filed challenging the programme, with voting rights advocates arguing that outdated or incomplete data will disenfranchise legitimate voters before they have a realistic chance to prove their eligibility.

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The Hindu — Trump administration promotes program to check voter eligibility; critics fear a midterm purge ↗︎
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