Voters will show the election judge’s identification. (Photo: Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON – A federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order, demanding that the state mandate voters in federal elections, providing documents proof of citizenship, deeming the measure a serious burden on the state and could harm voters.
US District Judge Dennis J. Casper has issued a temporary injunction to prevent the order from coming into effect while the case is pending.
“There is no (and no) dispute that US citizenship needs to vote in federal elections. I wrote it in her order.
“The question here is whether the president is able to request evidence of the law of that law, and whether the power of the election requirements is in the hands of Congress, and whether it is possible to request evidence of the law of that law, and the legally prepared (the Election Assistance Commission) must consult with the state after a notice and comment period before implementing changes to the federal form for voter registration.”
19 state Democratic attorney general after filing a lawsuit in US District Court for the Massachusetts area Signed to the President Orders for March.
The order directed the Federal Election Assistance Commission. This began requiring grants to states within 30 days to be distributed and voted to provide evidence of citizenship, such as passports indicating citizenship and state-issued identification.
Harm to voters
In her decision to grant a preliminary injunction, Casper said the state showed that “citizens will be deprived of their rights” without a suspension of the executive order.
“The state is also proving that challenged requirements can lead to confusion and confusion that could lead to loss of trust in the election process,” she said.
The executive order poses the risk of irreparable harm to the state “for at least three reasons,” Casper writes.
She focused on the costs and resources to implement the executive order. Federal funding states risk losing if they comply with the order and do not block voters from participating.
Voters’ participation is “an antithesis of the Parliament’s purpose to enact (the Uniform Citizen Absentee Voting Act overseas) and (the National Voting Registration Act).” she wrote.
The order also prohibits counting absentees or mail-in ballots received after Election Day. The state has set its own rules for counting votes, allowing many people to arrive after Election Day but have been consumed before.
The states that brought challenges to the executive order are Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin.
Immigration crackdown
The executive order that Trump signed in March was his culmination. Rhetoric on the Campaign Trail About those who have no US citizenship votes in federal elections and his vows to enforce immigration crackdowns and massive deportation.
Republicans have tried to use rare examples of people who have no citizenship votes in federal elections, and have used local governments that allow immigrants to vote in local elections to tighten restrictions on voter registration.
US Republicans In April, the codified bill was passed. Presidential order.
The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank; An analysis of election actions was conducted Between 2003 and 2023, we discovered 29 instances of non-citizen vote.
