Judge blocks Trump administration demand on noncitizen votes
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 2 Nov, 22:08 · Archive
A US judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop demanding that California segregate ballots from people on lists of suspected noncitizens.
US District Judge James Boasberg issued the ruling on Monday, a day before midterm elections in which Republicans were fighting to maintain majorities in both houses of Congress.
The Trump administration had threatened California county election officials with legal action if they failed to review lists of possible noncitizens and remove them from voter rolls. An immigrant rights group, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, challenged the Justice Department's authority, saying the actions threatened to unlawfully disenfranchise recently naturalised US citizens who might be incorrectly identified.
Boasberg agreed that the lists the administration compiled were flawed and included many people wrongly listed as noncitizens. The judge found that the Justice Department was acting outside its legal authority, since the US Constitution assigns the role of administering federal elections to the states, not the executive branch. Boasberg wrote: 'California may decide for itself what procedures to use for verifying the citizenship of registered voters. The executive branch lacks authority to unilaterally impose its preferred procedures.'
How it is being reported
- Judge rules against Trump on suspected noncitizen votesA judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop demanding that California segregate ballots cast by people on its lists of noncitizens.The West Australian · 2 Nov, 21:49
- Judge rules against Trump on suspected noncitizen votesA judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop demanding that California segregate ballots cast by people on its lists of noncitizens.Perth Now · 2 Nov, 21:49
In this story: Trump administration · California · James Boasberg · Justice Department · Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights
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