A second judge stops more of Trump’s voting order: NPR

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More than a month after a federal court stopped a part of the executive command of President Trump with regard to votingAnother court ruled on Friday that additional provisions of the order should also pause.

The decision of the American district court Denise Casper, in the Massachusetts district, confirmed a break about one of the most controversial components of the order, which require people to provide documents that prove their citizenship, such as a passport, when they register to vote using the national registration form.

But Casper also blocked a provision that was aimed at exterminating states of counting e -mail balls from the resistance on election day, but those election officials then receive.

The judge noted that states have the authority to determine the rules for their elections, according to the Constitution, not the president.

“The Constitution does not give the president any specific powers about elections,” wrote Judge Casper, an appointed by former President Barack Obama.

In a statement spokesperson for the White House Harrison Fields said: “President Trump will continue to fight for the integrity of the elections, despite democratic objections that reveal their contempt for commonse guarantees such as verifying citizenship. Free and honest elections are the basis of our Constitutional Republic, and we have trust in an ultimate trust.”

The documentary proof of the citizenship part of the executive order was already paused in April as part of a separate lawsuit that was brought by voting rights and the Democratic Party, but that statement did not affect the voting provision of the E -mail.

Trump’s order had called on the federal election aid committee to withhold money to the About 20 states and jurisdiction With forgiveness -minded post -stemnuts. Many election officers, especially those in the majority of votes, such as those rules, because they facilitate dependence on the postal service to be on time and not to make mistakes that influence voters.

Republicans, however, quarrel The rules benefit Democrats and have also wrongly claimed that such laws allow fraud to infect results.

Immediately after Trump’s command was released in March, many voting officials throughout the country expressed alarm about what they saw as a federal over -range in their processes.

“The EO elections are facial unconstitutional … and an insult to the sovereignty of the states and their constitutional authority to regulate the administration of elections,” wrote the Democratic Procurators -General from 19 states that sue the order.

In their initial complaint, they argued that the executive order “sets chaos” because states should distract means of implementing new training, testing, voters education and coordination “in Breakneck Tempo” to meet the order – or to lose the required funds if they do not meet.

Casper’s decision also blocked a provision of the executive order that would have added new requirements for how American citizens abroad, including military members and their families, register and vote. These overseas voters are currently using a designated postcard to register and request an absent ballot. The order should be sent from such voters to also be eligible for proof of citizenship and proof to vote in their home state.

Such a provision “seems to be contrary to the will of the congress, which tried to remove procedural roadblocks, so that American citizens live abroad,” the judge wrote.

NPRs Jude Joffe-Block contributed reporting.