Judge rejects Trump’s voter registration proof-of-citizenship order
Immigration,Federal Judge,Trump Agenda,Citizenship,Voter ID,Voting,Washington DC
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Friday sided with civil rights groups that sued the Trump administration over an executive order requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote in her decision that the responsibility for election regulation is in the hands of the states and Congress, as stated in the Constitution, and “that the President lacks the authority to direct such changes.”...
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