Federal Judge Strikes Down Proof Of Citizenship Requirement For Voting

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Federal Judge Strikes Down Proof Of Citizenship Requirement For Voting

Published 21 hours ago

on October 31, 2025

By Cullen McCue

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

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, a Clinton appointee, sided with left-wing and “civil rights” groups that had sued the Trump Administration over his executive order aimed at bolstering election integrity.

The order, titled “Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections,” directs federal agencies like the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Social Security Administration (SSA), and Department of State to provide states access to federal databases to verify voter eligibility and citizenship during registration. Agencies under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) are also required to assess citizenship before distributing federal voter registration forms to public assistance enrollees.

In order to do so, the order mandates documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration in federal elections. In order to do so, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) was directed to update the national mail voter registration form to require proof, such as a passport, birth certificate, or Real ID-compliant driver’s license.

States that fail to comply with the directive would be at risk of losing federal funding, the order states.

The order has been met with several legal challenges from left-wing groups, including the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and attorneys general from 19 Democrat-controlled states.

On Friday, Judge Kollar-Kotelly ruled that the proof of citizenship directive is an unconstitutional violation of separation of powers. “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.

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[IsailedawayfromFR]

Let's see what appellate court agrees.

[Canuck Conservative]

Well of course a Democrat judge would rule this.

Democrats can only win by massive cheating, and quietly letting illegals vote is a big part of this (another reason why they oppose the deportations ... that's their voters being removed!)