Trump asks Supreme Court to revive controversial system used for voter purges
President Trump has asked the Supreme Court to bring back a system for reviewing citizenship records that his administration wants to use to examine state voter rolls. The system is considered controversial, though the specific concerns are not detailed in available reporting. The case is now before the Supreme Court.
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