U.S. District Court Invalidates President Trump’s Executive Order on Voter Registration and When Ballots Must be Received

On October 31, U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued an opinion in League of United Latin American Citizens v Executive Office of the President, a case filed earlier this year in the District of Columbia, 1:25cv-946. The Opinion says that President Trump’s executive order on elections is void because the Constitution doesn’t give the president the authority to issue Executive Orders on the subjects of voter registration and election administration.

The Executive Order said that applicants who use the federal Voter Registration Form must attach proof of citizenship. It also said that ballots must arrive in election offices by the close of election day or they are void. Here is the Opinion.


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U.S. District Court Invalidates President Trump’s Executive Order on Voter Registration and When Ballots Must be Received — 8 Comments

  1. See Article I, Section 4, where Congress is given exclusive power to make or alter state elections at any time.

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