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A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from implementing a voter-screening database that combined citizenship records with Social Security information. The ruling argued the effort violated federal privacy protections and resulted in inaccurate information being shared with states.<\/p>\n

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In a 75-page decision, U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan halted the administration\u2019s revised SAVE database, a system developed by the Department of Homeland Security as part of an effort to strengthen election integrity and identify non-citizens on voter rolls.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote,\u201d Sooknanan wrote. \u201cThis Court cannot stand idly by while that happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lawsuit was brought by the progressive League of Women Voters and other left-wing advocacy organizations, which argued that the administration unlawfully consolidated sensitive personal information and distributed inaccurate data to states.<\/p>\n

According to the ruling, the updated SAVE system combined citizenship records with information from the Social Security Administration, creating a database that Sooknanan concluded Congress had not authorized.<\/p>\n

The judge said states were granted access to the system despite concerns about the reliability of the information it contained.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSince then, states have run their voter rolls through the modified SAVE system, and some of the Plaintiffs\u2019 members have been wrongfully identified as non-citizens by SAVE, resulting in the cancellation of their voter registrations,\u201d Sooknanan wrote.<\/p>\n

The ruling immediately stops implementation of the revised system, which had become a central component of the administration\u2019s election-security and immigration enforcement agenda.<\/p>\n

Sooknanan concluded that the program violated protections contained in both the Social Security Act and the Privacy Act. The judge also criticized the administration\u2019s handling of inaccurate records, writing that efforts to minimize the consequences of erroneous citizenship designations \u201cborder on the absurd.\u201d<\/p>\n

The decision is expected to be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.<\/p>\n

Read more Randi Whinegarten<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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