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The Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Trump administration may proceed with its expanded system for verifying voter citizenship status, granting the executive branch a temporary reprieve in its effort to deploy new election rules ahead of the midterm elections.
The decision permits the use of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, service in its newly modified form, a tool originally designed for immigration benefit eligibility that the administration repurposed last year to assess voter eligibility.
The high court's majority opinion stated that the federal government must answer inquiries from state and local election officials regarding the citizenship of registered voters.
The justices concluded that the lower court's previous block prevented the federal government from using the program it believes is best suited for this task. This ruling effectively reverses a decision by U.S.
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