Voters won’t have to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote in U.S. elections while a federal court challenge continues.
April 24 Voters won’t have to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote in U.S. elections while a federal court challenge continues.
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction motion to temporarily stop the federal government from requiring would-be voters to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote.
“Our Constitution entrusts Congress and the states — not the president — with the authority to regulate federal elections”, Kollar-Kotelly wrote.
“Congress is currently debating legislation that would effect many of the changes the president purports to order”, she said.
“No statutory delegation of authority to the executive branch permits the president to short-circuit Congress’s deliberative process by executive order.
