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President Trump Asks Supreme Court to Revive System for Checking Voter Rolls for Noncitizens as Midterms Loom

Signs are seen as preparations continue ahead of the Republican National Committee (RNC) Midterm Convention at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on September 8, 2026. The convention, announced by Trump as the first national Republican gathering held during a midterm election year, is expected to draw the president alongside Vice President JD Vance and other Republican leaders as the party looks to rally voters ahead of a hard-fought battle for control of Congress in November. (Credit: Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via Getty Images)

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to restore an expanded federal system that allows election officials to check voter rolls against citizenship and Social Security data, seeking to make the tool available ahead of November's midterm elections.

Solicitor General D. John Sauer urged the justices to lift a lower-court order blocking changes to the Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, as The Hill reports.

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