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Trump’s DHS, Having Had SAVE Database Compliance Blocked by Courts, Reportedly Turns to Withholding State Election Security Funding

June 24, 2026June 24, 2026

There’s another development in the deployment of the expanded, and notoriously inaccurate, SAVE database, repurposed to verify citizenship for voting purposes. The Trump administration, having lost multiple court challenges, is reportedly proposing to withhold state election security funding for noncompliance.

Federal District Court Rules Use of Social Security and Other Federal Data for SAVE Database Violates Multiple Federal Privacy Statutes

June 23, 2026June 23, 2026

President Donald Trump’s executive order to verify the citizenship eligibility of registering and mail-in voters was dealt a serious blow by a Federal District Court June 22nd. It ruled that the integration of Social Security and other federal data into the SAVE database violated federal privacy statutes.

Even MORE Redistricting for 2028? NY Voters Will Be Asked to Allow It, Indiana May Reconsider It, and Georgia Passes on It

June 22, 2026June 22, 2026

Redistricting news today, not for 2026, but for AFTER the midterms. The New York Assembly advanced language for a constitutional amendment ballot measure making way for it; a newly-configured Indiana legislature may reconsider it, and Georgia’s legislature opted not to consider it for 2028.

Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down? Michigan Senate Advances State Voting Rights Act, But It Faces A Challenge in the GOP-Led House

June 21, 2026June 21, 2026

The Michigan Senate advanced the four bills comprising the Michigan Voting Rights Act June 16th, the second time in three years the bill has been before the legislature. But, it may face a difficult road in the GOP-led House.

Trying to Resurrect the SAVE America Act, President Donald Trump Demands Attaching it to Bipartisan FISA and Housing Bills

June 18, 2026June 18, 2026

President Donald Trump attempted to resurrect the SAVE America Act, stalled in the U.S. Senate, by tying it to the passage of the national security FISA Act, and bills on housing. It’s still not likely to have enough votes to pass.