Missouri can keep using disputed federal database to review voter eligibility

By: Rebecca Rivas

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: September 30, 2026

Words: 1,387

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago


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Missouri can continue using a federal database to review voter eligibility after the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily cleared the way for states to use an expanded version of the system to check the citizenship status of registered voters.

The court’s 6-3 emergency order on Friday stayed a federal judge’s ruling that had blocked the expanded use of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, database. The lower …