Wednesday, September 30: Voter purge efforts fizzle, Good Samaritan Coalition pushes for change in law for people who help overdose victims, small businesses sue over Trump tariffs, the trouble with quick cash for homes
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“This decision will not have any significant impact on the 2026 election, as systematic voter list maintenance is prohibited within 90 days of a federal election, which the Supreme Court explicitly confirmed.”
– David Becker, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research, on the U.S. Supreme Court decision that states can access Homeland Security’s SAVE system, which draws upon citizenship information stored across the federal government to scour voter rolls in the hunt for possible noncitizens
Voters fill out ballots using touch screens during early voting at the Bismarck Event Center in Bismarck, North Dakota, on June 8, 2026. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)
Five weeks before Election Day, President Donald Trump’s sprawling effort to identify and remove noncitizen voters hasn’t produced the kind of large purges that could meaningfully affect the midterm elections, Jonathan Shorman reports. Even a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision giving states access to a supercharged Department of Homeland Security computer program to verify voters’ citizenship will have a limited immediate impact, election experts say.
The Good Samaritan Coalition of Wisconsin is pushing to change the law so that people on probation, parole and community release do not have to fear arrest and incarceration if they call 911 to help someone who is overdosing. Criminal Justice Project Fellow Frank Zufall reports on a Coalition meeting in Eau Claire, where people directly affected spoke and a large number of nursing students took part.
Small businesses will once again challenge President Donald Trump’s tariffs in federal court this week. Spice importer Burlap & Barrel and rare watch importer Collective Horology will argue Wednesday in the Court of International Trade in New York City that the Trump administration did not properly establish forced labor cases against dozens of U.S. trading partners before levying duties on goods that numerous American importers buy. Ashley Murray reports from Washington.
Advocates say the business of buying homes for cash can confuse vulnerable homeowners and rob them of home equity. And now, many states are cracking down. Kevin Hardy of Stateline has the story.
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Narcan was handed out by Andrew Garr during a meeting of the Good Samaritan Coalition in Eau Claire. Garr encourage all the participants to carry Narcan to save a life. (Frank Zufall/Wisconsin Examiner)
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