{"id":2505446,"date":"2025-10-31T22:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T02:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-cant-require-proof-of-citizenship-on-voting-form-judge-rules\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T22:03:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T02:03:21","slug":"trump-cant-require-proof-of-citizenship-on-voting-form-judge-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-cant-require-proof-of-citizenship-on-voting-form-judge-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump can&#8217;t require proof of citizenship on voting form, judge rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-cant-require-proof-of-citizenship-on-voting-form-judge-rules%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2505446&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-dissidents-slam-nominee-for-top-defense-post\/\" title=\"Iranian Dissidents Slam Nominee for Top Defense Post\">federal judge ruled<\/a> that former President Donald Trump cannot require proof of citizenship on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/official-election-data-drops-2020-bombshell-thousands-of-ballots-may-have-been-illegally-cast\/\" title=\"Official Election Data Drops 2020 Bombshell: Thousands of Ballots May Have Been Illegally Cast\">federal voter registration form<\/a> through an executive order. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia stated that only Congress and the states have the authority to regulate federal elections, making Trump&#8217;s March executive order unconstitutional. The order had mandated documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for national mail-in voter registrations as a measure to ensure election integrity. The ruling permanently blocks the administration from enforcing this requirement.Democratic groups had challenged the order in court, and the League of United Latin American Citizens praised the decision. the Trump administration indicated it plans to appeal the ruling.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump can&rsquo;t require proof of citizenship on federal voting form, judge rules<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2389200\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> cannot alter federal <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/voting\/\">voter registration forms<\/a> to require proof of citizenship, a judge ruled Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled that only Congress and the states have the power to regulate federal <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elections\/\">elections<\/a>. Kollar-Kotelly deemed unconstitutional Trump&rsquo;s March <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3358947\/trump-executive-order-proof-citizenship-vote-federal-elections\/\">executive order<\/a> requiring documentary proof of citizenship on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawsuit-wisconsin-elections-commission-illegally-used-unauthorized-voter-registration-forms\/\" title=\"Lawsuit: Wisconsin ... Commission Illegally Used Unauthorized Voter Registration Forms\">national mail voter registration form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3871486\/trump-asks-courts-how-to-fund-snap-during-shutdown\/\">Trump asks courts how to legally fund SNAP so Americans don&#8217;t &#8216;go hungry&#8217; during shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3867311\/moral-hazard-monetized-justice-saul-alinsky\/\">The moral hazard of monetized justice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3870220\/doj-investigation-black-lives-matter-fraud-donors\/\">DOJ investigating allegations Black Lives Matter defrauded donors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The first question presented in these consolidated cases is whether the President, acting unilaterally, may direct changes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whatever-it-takes-biden-says-without-hesitation-hed-axe-the-filibuster-to-pass-democrats-voting-overhaul\/\" title=\"\u2018Whatever It Takes\u2019: Biden Says Without Hesitation He\u2019d Axe The Filibuster To Pass Democrats\u2019 Voting Overhaul\">federal election procedures<\/a>. 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,&rdquo; Kollar-Kotelly wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The judge is an appointee of former President Bill Clinton. Her ruling came as a judgment in the case brought by several <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3365364\/leftwing-groups-sue-trump-citizenship-voting-requirement\/\">Democratic groups<\/a> against Trump&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/03\/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections\/\">executive order<\/a> titled &ldquo;Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson signaled that the current administration will appeal the ruling to a higher court.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump has exercised his lawful authority to ensure only American citizens are casting ballots in American elections. This is so commonsense that only the Democrat Party would file a lawsuit against it. We expect to be vindicated by a higher court,&rdquo; Jackson said in a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump pitched the March executive order as a measure to ensure election integrity. The White House released a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2025\/03\/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-protects-the-integrity-of-american-elections\/\">fact sheet<\/a> saying that the order &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >strengthens voter citizenship verification<\/a> and bans foreign nationals from interfering in U.S. elections.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The ruling &ldquo;permanently&rdquo; enjoins the Trump administration from implementing Section 2(a) of the executive order, which requires the Election Assistance Commission to require national mail voter registration forms to include &ldquo;documentary proof of United States citizenship.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3867194\/41k-wisconsin-voter-registration-dont-match-driver-id\/\">41K WISCONSIN VOTER REGISTRATIONS DON&rsquo;T MATCH DRIVER, ID DATABASE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The League of United Latin American Citizens, a plaintiff in the lawsuit, praised the judge&rsquo;s ruling in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;From the beginning, LULAC has been at the vanguard of defending the rights of children born in this country,&rdquo; Roman Palomares, LULAC national president, said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/lulac.org\/news\/pr\/LULAC_HAILS_COURTS_REJECTION_OF_TRUMPS_BIRTHRIGHT_CITIZENSHIP_ATTACK\/\">statement<\/a>. &ldquo;Nearly a century of leadership has taught us that when civil rights are threatened, we must act boldly and without hesitation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump blocked from requiring citizenship proof on federal voting form<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2505447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP24305654607234.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[35588,3634,32570],"class_list":["post-2505446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-citizenship-proof","tag-trump","tag-voting-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP24305654607234.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2505446"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2505450,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2505446\/revisions\/2505450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2505447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2505446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2505446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2505446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}