State Department weighs sharing passport data under Trump administration

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What is the State Department proposing?

The department is evaluating a system that would let state, local and certain nonprofit officials access federal passport records to verify that voters are U.S. citizens before the November 2026 midterm elections.

When could the proposal be formally announced?

The department could issue a notice in the Federal Register as early as 22 October, outlining the details of the intended information‑sharing arrangement.

What legal backdrop supports the plan?

A recent Supreme Court decision, split 6‑3, allows the Department of Homeland Security to provide citizenship information to local governments for voter verification, giving the State Department a judicial green light for its data‑sharing effort.

Why do Democrats object to the plan?

Democratic officials warn that the scheme could generate false‑positive matches, mistakenly flagging eligible naturalised citizens as non‑citizens, especially where government databases contain mismatched records.