A federal judge on Thursday blocked key parts of a sweeping anti-voting executive order issued by President Donald Trump in March. Voting rights advocates described the order as “an astonishing and unprecedented voter suppression” effort that would upend how Americans register to vote, how they cast their ballots, and how their votes are counted. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, found that Trump lacked the power to unilaterally change election rules. “Our Constitution entrusts Congress and the States—not the President—with the authority to regulate federal elections,” she wrote. For that reason, she blocked the centerpiece of Trump’s executive order—a requirement that voters show documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote. Trump ordered the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), an independent agency created by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, to mandate that information on a federal voter registration form. Democrats and voting rights… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
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