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The Guardian - US
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Sam Levine in New York

Federal judge blocks Trump order that could disenfranchise millions of voters

a man shows a stack of voter registration forms
A stack of voter registration forms at a roadside Trump-themed trailer near the Cadillac Ranch art installation in Amarillo, Texas, on 31 July 2020. Photograph: Bryan R Smith/AFP/Getty Images

A federal judge on Thursday blocked Donald Trump’s efforts to add a proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form, a change that voting rights advocates warned would have disenfranchised millions of voters.

The president sought to unilaterally add the requirement in a 25 March executive orders. The Democratic party, as well as a slew of civil rights groups, challenged that order, arguing the president does not have the power to set the rules for federal elections.

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