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In SAVE ruling, Supreme Court signals path to weaken key protection against last-minute purges
Democracy Docket ^ | September 25, 2026 | Yunior Rivas

Posted on 09/26/2026 2:47:08 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The Supreme Court’s decision Friday to revive the Trump administration’s expanded SAVE database for the midterms also suggests the justices may be eager to weaken one of federal law’s most important safeguards against last-minute voter purges.

In its ruling, the Court acknowledged that the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) prohibits states from conducting “systematic” voter removal programs during the quiet period — the 90 days before a federal election. The majority said that restriction “limits the potential impact” of restoring the administration’s SAVE database weeks before the midterms.

But the majority noted that “individualized inquiries” remain permissible during the quiet period. And the Court relied on the government’s inability to conduct those inquiries, as long as use of the SAVE database remained blocked, as one reason the administration was entitled to emergency relief.

Now, a crucial voter protection could hinge on whether the Supreme Court wants to narrow the definition of “systematic” as applied to purges. And there’s reason to fear that it does.

The distinction is particularly notable because the Court itself described the Trump administration’s expanded Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program as now allowing “state and local authorities to conduct bulk searches of multiple individuals at once.”

Friday’s ruling does not explicitly hold that states can run thousands of voters through SAVE and then evade the NVRA’s quiet period by treating each resulting citizenship challenge as an “individualized” inquiry.

But it does raise the question: If the federal government or a state uses a bulk database search to flag thousands of voters, then removes each person separately, will the Court allow that as an individualized process, rather than barring it as a systematic purge?

The majority said the parties in Friday’s SAVE case had not asked the Court to resolve that question and that it “need...”

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The right of the Democrats to embezzle elections shall not be infringed.
1 posted on 09/26/2026 2:47:08 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“The right of the Democrats to embezzle elections shall not be infringed.”

Your sarcasm makes the point. But for accuracy—they have the right to choose.

Choosing to conspire with a foreign actor against the United States has consequences.

In other words, the military giveth, and the military shall taketh away.


2 posted on 09/26/2026 2:53:02 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Democracy Docket has no plan to secure elections.
The in place fraud is doing exactly what they want.


3 posted on 09/26/2026 2:54:30 PM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The SAVE database doesn’t require anything. It’s a resource that states can choose to use. Simply making it available doesn’t constitute a purge of voter registrations.


4 posted on 09/26/2026 3:00:42 PM PDT by jdege
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If the states were doing their jobs properly, they would get the rolls cleaned up in the 640 days before the 90-day cut-off. Just plan ahead a little bit!


5 posted on 09/26/2026 3:42:02 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is why it needs to be expanded to 19 justices with half of them from the LGBTQ and the other half on the autism spectrum.


6 posted on 09/26/2026 3:48:15 PM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

No group or power will ever stand with force to oppose the Democratic/Islamo/Socialist/Globohomo agenda or initiatives.


7 posted on 09/26/2026 3:49:42 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (Pעומ לצד ישראל. The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Bah. Couldn’t get information without joining.

I can see it is Leftist organization anyway. They always name things (”Democracy Docket”) in the fashion of the old Communist fronts to deceive people into thinking they are working towards the betterment of the nation instead of striving to destroy it.


8 posted on 09/26/2026 3:54:42 PM PDT by rlmorel (Gas prices are Temporary. Communism is Forever. Vote Republican.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It’s important to preserve an individual’s right to vote, if there’s a possibility they’re entitled to that right.

However, it’s also important to preserve everyone else’s right to have their vote be important.

Should the standard for purging an individual be beyond a reasonable doubt or a preponderance of evidence?

If it’s only one individual with a shaky case, I’d lean towards the individual. If it’s hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands, I lean towards it’s a pattern and there’s something wrong there.

If it’s a large number, and they strongly tend to vote for a particular party, that’s another indication that there’s a problem and they should be purged.


9 posted on 09/26/2026 4:23:43 PM PDT by Tymesup
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The communist in congress long ago began the process of infiltrating and designing the system for vote fraud.


10 posted on 09/26/2026 4:29:59 PM PDT by Revel
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Bah. Couldn’t get information without joining.

Go to the top of my homepage and follow the instructions: https://freerepublic.com/~epluribusunum/index

11 posted on 09/26/2026 4:34:05 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The right of the Democrats to embezzle elections shall not be infringed. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Thank you for putting that together. I have it bookmarked.


12 posted on 09/26/2026 4:40:19 PM PDT by rlmorel (Gas prices are Temporary. Communism is Forever. Vote Republican.)
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“The right of the Democrats to embezzle elections shall not be infringed.”
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Right.... Republicans hold the presidency, Senate, and the House of Representatives today. If Democrats are embezzling anything, it’s just another demonstration of Republican incompetence.


13 posted on 09/26/2026 4:53:38 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king (Wake up and smell the coffee!)
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To: Tymesup
The purge of questionable voters is conducted via procedural mechanisms that include notice to voters before they are purged. Even then, purged voters who show up to the polls can still vote via provisional ballots that are reviewed by the election authorities in a process that is open to the public.

I have sat in on enough voter purge and provisional ballot qualification sessions to have confidence in their results when they are carried out properly. In Florida, the decision is made by a majority vote of a three member election board that includes a local judge. The facts are rarely in dispute and the proper decision is almost always clear.

In the event, the standard of decision -- preponderance of the evidence -- rarely matters. The larger problem is that America's voters rolls at all levels are bloated with invalid registrations that serve as means for injecting fraudulent votes. That is how elections are stolen with little recourse.

14 posted on 09/26/2026 6:34:41 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Rockingham

thx for info


15 posted on 09/26/2026 9:30:41 PM PDT by Tymesup
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

It's Yunior!

Trulli

16 posted on 09/27/2026 5:31:03 AM PDT by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: reasonisfaith
"Choosing to conspire with a foreign actor against the United States has consequences.

I was just wondering, when does that happen? I mean, we've seen Russian gate, Hillary uranium gate, Politician China money and girly gate and probably lots more that I can't remember and we haven't heard of. I haven't seen anyone going to jail lately... (?)

17 posted on 09/27/2026 5:53:40 AM PDT by unread (One of the largest cities in America has fallen to the communist... Think about that...)
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"Right.... Republicans hold the presidency, Senate, and the House of Representatives today. If Democrats are embezzling anything, it’s just another demonstration of Republican incompetence.

I think where the dimocraps have the advantage over Republicans is the fact that they are perfectly willing to something dishonest, illegal.

It's all about the morality of the folks involved. The dimocraps lie, cheat, steal, murder their own offspring and will stab you in the back at the first opportunity they get...

The Republicans? Well, they ain't choirboys by no means, well maybe some are, but they do seem to have at least a semblance of respect for the constitution and a commitment to the people they represent....sorta. But the dimocraps? They hate everything, even each other....well, they do seem to like narcotics an awful lot.....

18 posted on 09/27/2026 6:56:51 AM PDT by unread (One of the largest cities in America has fallen to the communist... Think about that...)
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Choosing to conspire with a foreign actor against the United States has consequences.

“I was just wondering, when does that happen? I mean, we’ve seen Russian gate, Hillary uranium gate, Politician China money and girly gate and probably lots more that I can’t remember and we haven’t heard of. I haven’t seen anyone going to jail lately... (?)”

What made you think it has to happen according to your timeline?

Why is your timeline even a consideration, as opposed to the timeline of those Great Patriots who are actually doing something?

What on God’s Green Earth has happened to your mind?


19 posted on 09/27/2026 1:34:40 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: reasonisfaith
Bob (Wills is still king) said this:

Choosing to conspire with a foreign actor against the United States has consequences.

I (Unread) said this:

“I was just wondering, when does that happen? I mean, we’ve seen Russian gate, Hillary uranium gate, Politician China money and girly gate and probably lots more that I can’t remember and we haven’t heard of. I haven’t seen anyone going to jail lately... (?)”

You (reasonisfaith) said this:

What made you think it has to happen according to your timeline?

Well, I am 83 years old and I would like to see some of these stinking commie dimocraps find justice before I give up the ghost.

You (reasonisfaith) said this:

"Why is your timeline even a consideration, as opposed to the timeline of those Great Patriots who are actually doing something?"

I (unread) say this:

I'm I not a tax paying citizen of this nation? Do I not have the right to expect law and order even the highest parts of our government? I too served this nation. Am I not a patriot as well?

And NEVER forget, we don't work for those "PATRIOTS", they work for us, and they better damn well remember that..!

You (reasonisfaith) said this:

What on God’s Green Earth has happened to your mind?"

I (unread) say this:

Well, I did say I'm 83 years old. But I still know a commie prick when I see one..

Sorry, I really didn't mean to call you a commie...

20 posted on 09/27/2026 4:45:03 PM PDT by unread (One of the largest cities in America has fallen to the communist... Think about that...)
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