COLUMBIA — 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.

A decision on how to proceed, the court said, is expected in 10 days.

Just because the court overturned Goodstein’s injunction doesn’t necessarily mean the S.C. Election Commission has to turn the data over immediately.

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