NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, D.C., sided with Democratic and civil rights groups that sued the Trump administration over his executive order to overhaul U.S. elections.
She further emphasized that on matters related to setting qualifications for voting and regulating federal election procedures “the Constitution assigns no direct role to the President in either domain.”.
It says the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, which has been considering adding the requirement to the federal voter form, is permanently barred from taking action to do so.
President Trump’s attempt to impose a documentary proof of citizenship requirement on the federal voter registration form is an unconstitutional power grab.”.
In Kansas, a proof-of-citizenship requirement that was in effect for three years created chaos before it was overturned in federal court.
In early April, 19 Democratic state attorneys general asked a separate federal court to reject Trump’s executive order.
Washington and Oregon, where virtually all voting is done with mailed ballots, followed with their own lawsuit against the order. »
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