The Supreme Court of South Carolina just said that its state can share voter data with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

Just the News reported on the court's decision on Friday.

This is being celebrated as a "big win" by the administration of President Donald Trump.

🚨 BIG WIN—SC Supreme Court reverses judge's ruling denying @TheJusticeDept’s @CivilRights access to voter rolls. Clean voter rolls for the win! pic.twitter.com/fdlhJZyaEA

— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) September 11, 2025

Background

Trump has vowed to secure our elections and, to this end, the DOJ has asked various states to provide information about their voters.

WRDW reports:

It’s the latest update in the legal fight over whether voters’ sensitive information can be shared, and what will be done to guard their privacy. This started with a request from the U.S. Department of Justice for South Carolina and other states to hand over information on all of their registered voters.

WRDW notes, "Information the DOJ has requested – includes the names, addresses, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers and last four digits of Social Security numbers."

The move was immediately challenged in the courts. Concerns have been raised about such things as identity theft.

Thus far, the state has not handed over the requested information to the Trump administration.

The latest

The South Carolina Supreme Court recently stepped into the matter, and it appears to have just given the Trump administration a victory.

WISTV reports:

So far, the State Election Commission has not handed that over after back and forths with the Trump administration over deadlines and what is legally permissible to disclose. Then Crooks sued, Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein issued a temporary restraining order that blocked the state from handing over this information, and the governor got involved. Gov. Henry McMaster requested to intervene in the case and asked the state Supreme Court to overturn the lower court’s order, which it did Thursday, saying Goodstein erroneously issued the restraining order. The high court also tossed the plaintiff’s request to subpoena the governor.

It would now appear that the state supreme court has cleared the way for South Carolina to hand over to the Trump administration the desired information.

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon celebrated the decision on her social media account.

She released a message, writing:

BIG WIN—SC Supreme Court reverses judge's ruling denying @TheJusticeDept’s @CivilRights access to voter rolls. Clean voter rolls for the win!