Federal judge rules Trump can’t require citizenship proof on the federal voting form
October 31, 2025
President Donald Trump’s request to add a documentary proof of citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration form cannot be enforced. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly on Friday sided with Democratic and civil rights groups that had sued the Trump administration over his executive order to overhaul U.S. elections. The Washington, D.C.-based judge ruled that the proof-of-citizenship requirement is unconstitutional because it violates the separation of powers. That deals a blow to the administration and its allies, who have argued that such a mandate is necessary to restore public confidence that only Americans are voting in U.S. elections.