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On Sept. 25, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3, the exact ideological split within the judicial branch, that the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database will be accessible to states before midterm elections.

The SAVE database is a tool used to determine someone’s immigration status and citizenship data. It also decides whether they qualify for public services and benefits, such as Medicaid and food stamps.

President Donald Trump argues the SAVE database should be expanded as a safeguard to protect our elections from fraud — something he’s made a rallying cry since his first presidential campaign.

The absurdity of this assertion ignores what makes our elections safe. The purposeful complexity and fragmentation of elections and our general federal system are the main safeguards we possess against election........

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