Overview
- U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued an 81-page opinion finding the executive order’s directive unconstitutional on separation-of-powers grounds.
- The ruling permanently enjoins the U.S. Election Assistance Commission from adding a documentary citizenship requirement to the national mail voter registration form.
- Civil-rights groups and Democratic committees, including LULAC, the League of Women Voters, the NAACP and the DNC, brought the consolidated challenges in Washington, D.C.
- The decision makes permanent the judge’s April preliminary injunction that had already halted implementation of the directive.
- The White House signaled it will appeal, and lawsuits over other parts of the March order, including a rule on mail-ballot receipt by Election Day, remain pending.