A federal court has put the brakes on President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration.
On the 13th, the federal court in Massachusetts issued an injunction blocking President Trump’s executive order requiring proof of citizenship for new voter registration until the outcome of the lawsuit is decided.
In March, President Trump signed an executive order to reform the election system requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration in federal elections. However, the court handling the opposition lawsuit filed by several Democratic-leaning states, including California, issued an injunction blocking the implementation of the main provisions of the executive order.
Judge Dennis Casper, who issued the injunction, wrote in his order that “the Constitution does not grant the President specific authority over elections.”
Judge Casper also blocked the executive order’s provisions that would have forced the deadline for mail-in ballots to be Election Day and withheld federal funding from states that fail to comply.
However, the Trump administration has consistently argued that the requirements outlined in the executive order are necessary to combat election fraud, so an appeal is likely.