A federal judge in Washington, D.C., paused on Thursday a portion of President Donald Trump’s executive order to overhaul elections nationwide that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote.
In lawsuits brought by Democrats and voting rights groups, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia found that having the Election Assistance Commission change federal voter registration application forms to require proof of citizenship likely violated the Constitution.
“Our Constitution entrusts Congress and the States — not the President — with the authority to regulate federal elections,” Kollar-Kotelly wrote in the opinion.
