Judge blocks Trump administration from pressuring states over noncitizen voting
The judge said the administration’s data may be unreliable, warning that lawful voters could be disenfranchised.
- On Monday, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan barred the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security from sending states lists of registered voters the administration claims may not be citizens, preventing officials from asking states to separate or discard their ballots.
- Over the past month, the Trump administration ramped up a pressure campaign against election officials, sending letters to California and Washington demanding they not count any ballots from more than 20,000 voters the administration alleged were noncitizens.
- Chutkan, a Washington DC-based appointee of former Democratic President Barack Obama, ruled the administration's data lacked reliability, creating a risk that lawfully registered voters would be disenfranchised; plaintiffs also alleged the effort violated the Privacy Act.
- This ruling marks the latest in a series of legal setbacks for President Donald Trump, who has attempted to assert federal control over election administration ahead of the November 3 midterms.
- Republicans are battling to retain majorities in both houses of Congress, while Trump continues to assert that states facilitate illegal noncitizen voting, an act experts say is exceedingly rare.
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A U.S. judge on Monday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from moving forward with a plan that the administration says is aimed at preventing non-citizens from voting in elections. Critics say the plan could disenfranchise eligible voters and infringe on states' authority to hold elections.
Judge blocks Trump administration from pressuring states over ...
US judge blocks Trump administration plan to flag suspected noncitizen voters
A US District Judge has ruled against the Trump administration's plans to tackle noncitizen voting. This ruling aims to protect eligible voters potentially affected by the administration's actions. The administration had been pressured to provide states with lists containing suspected noncitizen voters. Various legal setbacks have challenged these efforts before the upcoming midterm elections. The Justice Department's aggressive tactics have fac…
A U.S. federal judge temporarily blocked an initiative of President Donald Trump's administration aimed at transmitting lists of voters to states that the federal authorities claim may not be U.S. citizens.
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