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Posted on 06/22/2026 5:21:10 PM PDT by Red Badger
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from using a revamped version of an immigration database for checking the accuracy of state voter rolls, dealing a blow to U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to boost the role of the federal government in elections ahead of the midterm elections in November.
Last year, the Department of Homeland Security revamped a system it uses to verify individuals’ citizenship and immigration status to make it easier for state and local officials to use it to make sure voters were U.S. citizens.
In a 75-page decision on Monday, U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan in Washington, D.C., sided with voting rights and privacy advocates who argued that the overhaul of the system, known as SAVE, made it less accurate and risked disenfranchising eligible voters.
“The federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote,” wrote Sooknanan, an appointee of Democrat President Joe Biden. “This Court cannot stand idly by while that happens.”
Neither DHS nor the Justice Department, which represents the administration in court, immediately responded to requests for comment.
Trump Seeks to Boost Federal Role in Elections
Trump’s Republicans are locked in a fierce battle to maintain control of both houses of Congress in the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
In the U.S., federal elections are administered by individual states. Trump and his allies have long asserted that states are not doing enough to prevent voter fraud, even though audits and academic studies have found that it is rare.
His administration’s efforts to boost the federal government’s control over elections have largely been stymied by the courts.
Three federal judges in separate cases have blocked Trump’s 2025 executive order requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and restricting the counting of mail ballots.
A March 2026 executive order restricting mail-in voting has also drawn legal challenges. Federal judges have also rejected nine of the lawsuits the administration has brought against 30 states and the District of Columbia for refusing to hand over their complete voter rolls.
Critics say Republicans are driven less by concerns over election security than by an effort to gain political advantage by narrowing the electorate, risking the disenfranchisement of eligible, often Democrat-leaning voters.
Database Revamp Raises Privacy Concerns
Last year’s SAVE revamp allowed users to search many records at a time and gave them access to individuals’ Social Security numbers.
Since then, several Republican-led states have compared their voter lists to the database and cancelled the registrations of registered voters flagged as noncitizens.
The advocacy groups that brought the lawsuit, including the League of Women Voters, said that this has resulted in people who were wrongfully identified as noncitizens being kicked off voter rolls.
Voting-rights advocates argue that SAVE can be outdated, meaning immigrants who have been naturalized and are thus eligible to vote are sometimes labeled as noncitizens.
Sooknanan ruled that the revamp also violated privacy laws restricting the federal government’s disclosure of Social Security numbers and other information.
(Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York; Editing by Noeleen Walder and Matthew Lewis)
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Just having this repeatedly in the news helps. Few illegals will vote knowing that this may be used to deport them.
Some judges are like old TV sets. They need to be slapped around untill they get the picture.
Did I miss something? The plaintiffs in this case are identified only as “voting rights and privacy advocates” ?
The Administration should buy billboard space all over the country telling illegals that if they vote in a federal election they will be deported and possibly fined or jail time..............
Judges acting in executive functions are not exhibiting “good behavior.”
NGOs most likely...............
LOLOL!
Biden’s “judge” with the stripper name: “Sparkle”...
Sparkle Sooknanan? Which 80s comedy sitcom did this guys star in? He’s a jerk. ROTFLMAO! Seriously? It’s time for Trump and the DOJ to start going after these Dipsh*t Judgettes and deport this sewage back to the septic tank they crawled out of. They don’t have the authority to pull this fascist BS. This is America!!! It don’t belong to their goatsmellin’ asses.
That's because it's well done.
She clerked for the wise Latino
Sparkle Sooknanan?
I voted for Donald Trump multiple times. I never once voted for Sparkle Sooknanan. I’ve been cheated. We all have. Nobody ever voter for her.
“The plaintiffs in this case are identified only as “voting rights and privacy advocates” ?’
They turn a blind eye to the most obvious election theft in history using, in part, standing. Trump, the state of TX, and more, didn’t have standing.
But “voting rights and privacy advocates” step right up!
My daddy say my sister a ho, and she don’t look nothing like Sparkle...
Judge Sparkle????
You misspelled “Wide Latina”...
“...argued that the overhaul of the system, known as SAVE, made it less accurate..”
ANd just how would this be so?
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