Trump asks Supreme Court to revive controversial system used for voter purges

Supreme Court Asked to Enter Voter Verification Fight

“The Justice Department has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the Trump administration to resume expansion of an internal government database available to states to verify the citizenship status of voters,” Bloomberg reports. “The application submitted to the court on Tuesday marks the latest high-stakes, election-related fight to reach the justices in recent weeks.”

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow voter verification database blocked by judge

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme ​Court on Tuesday to allow ‌it to use a revamped immigration database for checking the accuracy of state voter rolls, one of ‌a ​series of acti...

Trump asks Supreme Court to revive controversial system used for voter purges

President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to reinstate a controversial citizenship records system his administration has sought to wield for sweeping reviews of state voter rolls.