Supreme Court allows use of citizenship database in midterm elections

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States Supreme Court lifted a lower court order that blocked the use of a federal citizenship database to verify voters for the midterm elections. l

In a 6-3 ruling, the judges stated the lower court's order prevented the federal government from using the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements system to help states screen the records for noncitizens.

President Donald Trump has said that noncitizen voting is a pressing threat to free and fair elections. Audits of voter rolls show that voting by noncitizens is rare.