Federal judge rules Trump can't require citizenship proof on the federal voting form

‘Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced, a federal judge ruled Friday.

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, D.C., sided with Democratic and civil rights groups that sued the Trump administration over his executive order to overhaul U.S. elections.

She ruled that the proof-of-citizenship directive is an unconstitutional violation of the separation of powers, dealing a blow to the administration and its allies who have argued that such a mandate is necessary to restore public confidence that only Americans are voting in U.S. elections.

“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,” Kollar-Kotelly wrote in her opinion.’


Very good.

So much for conservatives being ‘advocates’ of states’ rights.

Elections are the sole purview of the states.

And the states are perfectly capable of ensuring only citizens are voting

I agree. States rights it is. Just remember that next time when some states restrict mail in voting or limit voting to election day, not election week, and when some states put ID requirements to register to vote or to actually vote.
 
We should shit-can "voter registration" as we know it in this country as a function of Federal elections.

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