The SAVE database is putting eligible voters’ access to the ballot at risk
the SAVE database is putting eligible voters’ access to the ballot at risk
- Thu, Oct 29 at 2:55 PM
Mark,
Republicans in Arizona want to use the Trump administration’s inaccurate SAVE database to cancel voter registrations, including in the days before elections.
That’s why CREW filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to enforce the 90-day quiet period under federal law to prevent Arizona from purging voters in future elections.
Mark, as the Trump administration is working to undermine trust in our elections, spread unproven claims of voter fraud and interfere with states’ authority to run their own elections, CREW is fighting back on every front.
This brief we filed in the Supreme Court is just one part of our wide-ranging and long term effort to protect our democracy: We’re also taking this administration to court. We’re filing records requests to get answers when officials refuse to explain their claims. We’re exposing this administration’s unprecedented, corrupt attempts to use taxpayer resources to push their partisan aims.Here’s what you need to know, Mark:
According to Arizona law, election officials must perform monthly checks of the state’s voter rolls against the DHS’s SAVE database to verify the citizenship status of registered voters.
When Arizona passed this law in 2022, SAVE had a narrow reach. But in 2025, the Trump administration changed SAVE’s scope by secretly linking it to Social Security Administration records, extending its reach to more than 300 million people, including U.S.-born citizens.
Since DHS modified SAVE, it has conceded that, due to “shortfalls in data accuracy,” the system cannot reliably confirm citizenship for citizens born outside of the United States.
Because of those inaccuracies, multiple U.S. citizens have been wrongfully purged from voting rolls.
In Yavapai County, Arizona, the county recorder found a 72% error rate when using SAVE to identify purported noncitizens.
Because of the inaccuracies in the SAVE database, there is a high risk that eligible voters incorrectly identified as noncitizens will not be able to correct the error in the weeks before the election. Using SAVE during the quiet period also increases the chances that sensitive data is improperly released.
That’s why the National Voter Registration Act prohibits systematic voter-roll purges within 90 days of a federal election. This quiet period exists to prevent eligible voters from being disenfranchised by last-minute changes—and to reduce the risk of sensitive personal information being improperly exposed.
CREW filed this amicus brief in RNC v. Mi Familia Vota to urge the Supreme Court to enforce that protection and stop Arizona from using an inaccurate database to put eligible voters’ access to the ballot at risk.
Now, we have two requests from you. First of all: Please make sure you are registered to vote and help spread the word that despite the Trump administration’s efforts to suppress the vote—your vote matters and your vote will count.
Second: Please consider supporting our legal work to protect our elections and our democracy. These are big fights and they take resources.
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