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From the Associated Press: NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from immediately enacting certain changes to how federal elections are run, including adding a proof-of-citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form.
The decision is a setback for President Donald Trump, who has argued the requirement is needed to restore public confidence in elections. But the judge allowed other parts of Trump’s sweeping executive order on U.S. elections to go forward for now, including a directive to tighten mail ballot deadlines around the country.
Trump’s March executive order overhauling how U.S. elections are run prompted swift lawsuits from the League of United Latin American Citizens, the League of Women Voters Education Fund, the Democratic National Committee and others, who called it unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington sided with voting rights groups and Democrats, saying that the Constitution gives the power to regulate federal elections to states and Congress — not the president. She noted federal lawmakers are currently working on their own legislation to require proof of citizenship to vote.
In a 120-page decision on Thursday, she said the plaintiffs had proven that the proof-of-citizenship requirement would cause their clients irreparable harm and go against the public interest, while the government had offered “almost no defense of the President’s order on the merits.”
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The report notes that the ruling is not yet permanent, but the judge has “granted a preliminary injunction to stop the citizenship requirement from moving forward while the lawsuit plays out.”
The judge also blocked President Trump’s order requiring public assistance enrollees to have their citizenship assessed before getting access to the federal voter registration form.
ABOUT THIS JUDGE: Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, 82, is a senior U.S. District judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She was nominated by Bill Clinton in 1997. Born in New York City, her paternal grandparents were immigrants from Hungary.
🚨Just in: D.C. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly who is 82 years old has blocked President Trump’s election executive order that requires proof-of-citizenship mandate for voter registration pic.twitter.com/ye2V6GLBRT
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) April 24, 2025
Breitbart writer Randy Clark voiced his opinion: “There’s a reason Democrats are falling all over themselves to prevent deportation of aliens, gang members or not. It has nothing to do with due process, morals, or sympathy for the less fortunate. All about regaining power and keeping it.”
There’s a reason Democrats are falling all over themselves to prevent deportation of aliens, gang members or not. It has nothing to do with due process, morals, or sympathy for the less fortunate. All about regaining power and keeping it.
Judge blocks parts of Trump’s overhaul…
— Randy Clark (@RandyClarkBBTX) April 24, 2025
Below is the moment Trump had signed the executive order.
Washington, D.C. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, appointed by Bill Clinton, has blocked the Trump administration from requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
“Our Constitution entrusts Congress and the States—not the President—with the authority to… pic.twitter.com/MDSBQH0dH3
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) April 24, 2025
And yet- another one.
Judge blocks parts of Trump’s overhaul of US elections, including proof-of-citizenship requirement https://t.co/lVhivuA1yQ
— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) April 24, 2025
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