Federal Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled the Trump administration cannot enforce an executive order requiring citizenship proof on voter registration forms.
A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration cannot enforce an executive order requiring documented proof of U.S. citizenship on federal voter registration forms, a decision the administration defends as a lawful effort to protect election integrity.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, D.C., on Friday found the requirement unconstitutional, writing that the president « lacks the authority to direct such changes. »
« The first question presented in these consolidated cases is whether the president, acting unilaterally, may direct changes to federal election procedures », Kollar-Kotelly wrote in her opinion.
« Because our Constitution assigns responsibility for election regulation to the States and to Congress, this Court holds that the President lacks the authority to direct such changes.
