Cybersecurity Policy Report, Administration Appeals Court Order to Dismantle Voter Database, (Jun 29, 2026)
Organizations Mentioned:Social Security Administration
The Trump administration is appealing a district court order that required it to dismantle a database that combined Americans’ personal information held by federal agencies in an effort to identify voter fraud.
The administration notified the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that it was appealing the order issued by Judge Sparkle Sooknanan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Judge Sooknanan had ruled that combining data from the Social Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements system violated the Social Security Act of 1935, the Privacy Act of 1974, and the Administrative Procedure Act (CPR, June 22).
The administration’s arguments for overturning the district court ruling have not yet been filed in the case, League of Women Voters, et al., v. DHS, et al. No. 26-5243 (D.C. Cir. Jun. 29, 2026). The court issued an order setting a July 29 deadline for the government to file a statement of issues to be raised.
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