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Following the decision, voting rights groups announced a voter protection campaign, while the Department of Justice and Homeland Security pursue separate election-related investigations.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-09-18T01:05:30.105Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-09-17T23:56:08.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-18T01:05:30.105Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":74,"critic":95,"hype":15,"notes":{"trust":"Trust 74: multiple outlets corroborate Supreme Court ruling and named bodies like the Court and DHS, with a named official.","critic":"Critic 95: explains significance, quotes officials, separates fact from comment, provides specifics and next steps.","hype":"Hype 15: language is measured with no sensationalist phrasing or clickbait headlines."}},"tags":["#SupremeCourt","#MailVoting","#ElectionIntegrity","#VoterProtection","#DOJ","#DHS"],"entities":["Donald Trump","U.S. Supreme Court","Common Cause","Department of Justice","Department of Homeland Security"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Donald Trump's plan to overhaul the nation's mail-voting processes.","Voting rights groups and Democratic officials have launched a voter protection campaign through Common Cause.","The Department of Justice has ordered more than two dozen states to preserve 2024 election records.","The Department of Homeland Security is investigating \"Unlawful Voter Initiative\" to identify noncitizen voters."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The U.S. Supreme Court has ended one of Donald Trump's significant attempts to change national mail-voting procedures. The court's decision came as mail ballots were being sent out in some states and early voting was beginning in others. Trump has continued to make claims about mail ballots being corrupt and widespread election fraud."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Following the Supreme Court's ruling, voting rights groups and Democratic officials announced a voter protection campaign coordinated by Common Cause. This initiative aims to counter potential election interference from the Trump administration ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. The Department of Justice has also directed officials in over two dozen states to preserve 2024 election records as part of an ongoing effort to obtain detailed voter data."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Separately, the Department of Homeland Security has initiated an investigation named the \"Unlawful Voter Initiative.\" This probe aims to identify noncitizen voters on state rolls. A federal judge had previously barred a new version of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program in June, citing it as an illegal privacy violation. The Trump administration has sought the Supreme Court's intervention on this ruling."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreements in reporting"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"PBS NewsHour reported that the Department of Justice sent letters to 29 states and the District of Columbia, ordering them to preserve documents and stating they were \"under investigation\" for failing to provide data. Other reports did not specify the number of states or the exact wording of the DOJ's communication."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left-rated reports mentioned the federal judge's June ruling that barred the new version of the SAVE program, calling it an illegal violation of privacy. 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