Overview
- U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly granted partial summary judgment to the Democratic National Committee and several civil-rights groups.
- The opinion finds the president lacks authority to direct the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to change the federal voter-registration form.
- The EAC is permanently barred from taking steps to add a documentary proof-of-citizenship requirement to the federal form.
- Litigation continues over other provisions of the order, including an Election Day receipt rule for mailed ballots and threatened funding penalties for states.
- Separate challenges by 19 Democratic state attorneys general and by Washington and Oregon remain pending.