WashingtonTexas officials found SAVE wrongly flagged 578 citizens.
The US Supreme Court on Friday let states screen voter rolls against that database.
An unsigned emergency order lifted a lower court’s block on SAVE, over dissents from all 3 liberal justices.
The court confirmed federal law bars systematic purges within 90 days of an election, blunting the effect before November.
The court will decide next term, in an Arizona case, whether that ban covers noncitizens.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 200+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story very differently.
- Raw Story leans critical
- Texas falsely flagged 578 US citizens as noncitizens; chaos risk <40 days to midterms; cites Democratic concerns on partisan database
- The Independent leans critical
- collects SSNs, sensitive data for voter purges; Travis County 25% false-positive rate; 90-day pre-election NVRA compliance requirements
- Al Jazeera Online
- TRT World leans critical
- situates in Trump's noncitizen-voting push; cites June court finding that states are wrongfully purging citizens
Sources: Raw Story, The Independent, Al Jazeera Online, TRT World