Overview
- U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted partial summary judgment finding the directive unconstitutional on separation-of-powers grounds.
- The ruling permanently bars the Election Assistance Commission from adding a documentary proof-of-citizenship requirement to the federal registration form.
- The case, brought by the Democratic National Committee and civil-rights groups, continues over other provisions, including a rule requiring mail ballots to be received by Election Day.
- Separate challenges to the executive order remain active, including a lawsuit by 19 Democratic state attorneys general and another by Washington and Oregon.
- ACLU attorney Sophia Lin Lakin praised the decision, calling the attempted mandate an unconstitutional usurpation of power.