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UpdateNationalMonday, October 5, 2026

Supreme Court allowed resumed use of expanded citizenship verification system

This page covers a Supreme Court order on the federal SAVE citizenship-verification system.

Reporting by
Voting Rights Lab
“The Markup: Courts, citizenship checks, and seized ballots”, Monday, October 5, 2026
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What happened

The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order allowing officials to resume using an expanded version of the federal SAVE citizenship-verification system. The Voting Rights Lab is tracking 1,725 bills this session across 44 states and D.C.1

1,725
bills tracked this session1
44 states and D.C.
where bills are tracked1
What it means

What this means for registering to vote

The order allows the expanded citizenship-verification system to be used again.1

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Sources

  1. Voting Rights Lab, https://votingrightslab.org/2026/10/05/markup-supreme-court-save-citizenship-seized-ballots · Monday, October 5, 2026

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