A federal appeals court has upheld a lower judge’s ban on the Trump administration using an immigration database to ensure the integrity and accuracy of state voter rolls.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled 2–1 on Sept. 4 to reject the federal government’s bid to lift a ban on using the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements system, otherwise known as SAVE, for purposes of voter roll maintenance.
The decision was issued about two months ahead of the midterm elections in November, as Republican lawmakers vie to retain their slim majorities in both chambers of Congress. …