US EditionFederal judge rules Trump can’t require citizenship proof on the federal voting form
- On Friday, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof-of-citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, siding with Democratic and civil rights groups.
- Because the Constitution assigns election regulation to States and Congress, the judge wrote the proof-of-citizenship directive violates separation-of-powers, and the lawsuit by the DNC and civil rights groups will continue.
- The ruling also bars the U.S. Election Assistance Commission from acting to add the proof-of-citizenship requirement and addresses that mailed ballots must be received by Election Day.
- Other legal challenges are continuing in multiple courts as other lawsuits against President Trump’s election executive order are ongoing, and in early April, 19 Democratic state attorneys general asked a separate federal court to reject the order while Washington and Oregon filed their own suit.
- The decision dealt a blow to the administration and allies who argued the mandate was necessary to restore public confidence in voting, and it leaves implementation of the requirement to States and Congress.
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Federal judge blocks Trump order requiring citizenship proof on federal voter registration forms
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U.S. states can decide for themselves whether the passport must be shown when voting. That is not a matter for the president, a federal judge judges.
Trump can't require proof of citizenship on voting form, judge rules
President Donald Trump cannot alter federal voter registration forms to require proof of citizenship, a judge ruled Friday. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled that only Congress and the states have the power to regulate federal elections. Kollar-Kotelly deemed unconstitutional Trump’s March executive order requiring documentary proof of citizenship on the national mail voter registration …
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