On Thursday, the South Carolina Supreme Court made a ruling that should hearten anyone who’s been demanding and working toward election reform. The ruling reverses a judge’s previous order that blocked the Trump administration from access to SC’s voter rolls. AAG Dhillon celebrated the news on her official X account in a post:
“BIG WIN—SC Supreme Court reverses judge’s ruling denying @TheJusticeDept’s @CivilRightsaccess to voter rolls,” she wrote. “Clean voter rolls for the win!” (You can read the full decision here.)
Here’s more on the court’s decision:
The S.C. Supreme Court has lifted the restraining order that blocked the state from turning over sensitive voter information of 3.3 million South Carolina voters to the federal government but the legal challenge will continue.
The Sept. 11 ruling said Circuit Court Diane Goodstein erred in her decision last week to temporarily block a request from the Department of Justice for a trove of data including voters’ addresses, drivers license numbers and partial Social Security information while it weighed the merits of a lawsuit challenging the request.