Atlanta (AP). The federal judge blocked President Donald Trump on Friday to rebuild the election in the US, along with a group of Democratic state prosecutors who challenged efforts as non -institutional.
Republican President March 25 The Executive Order aimed to force officials to demand documentary evidence of citizenship that everyone who registers to vote for the federal elections to accept only sent votes received during the election day, and under the conditions of the federal electoral grant to state funding for states.
General lawyers said the Directive “prohibits the constitutional power of states and seeks to amend electoral laws for the Fiat. The White House defended the commandment as “standing up for free, honest and honest elections” and named evidence of citizenship at the “general” request.
Judge Denise J. Casper from the US Massachusetts District Court told Friday’s order that states have a success of their legal challenges.
“The Constitution does not give the President any specific powers during the election,” Casper wrote.
Casper also noted that, in terms of citizenship, “there is no dispute (there can also be no) that US citizenship must vote in the federal elections and that federal voter registration forms require citizenship certification.”
Casper also quotes the arguments of the states that the requirements would “complicate states with great effort and high costs” to resume procedures.
Reports looking for a response from the White House and the Department of Justice were not immediately returned. California and New York’s general lawyers praised the Associated Press in statements, calling the Trump’s order of unconstitutional.
“Free and honest elections are the basis of this nation, and no president has the power to steal that right from American people,” said New York Prosecutor General Letitia James.
The resolution is the second legal failure of the Trump’s election order. Federal Judge in Washington, DC, previously blocked parts of the Directive, including the requirement of proof of citizenship for the Federal Voter Registration Form.
The Order is the culmination of long -term complaints of Trump about the election. After the first 2016 The trump of the victory falsely stated that his popular vote would have been much larger, if not for the “millions of people who voted illegally.” From 2020 Trump has made false statements about widespread voter fraud and manipulation of voting machines to explain its loss to democrat Joe Biden.
He said his executive order was ensured by the election before the illegal voting created by non -professionals, although several studies and studies in the states have shown that this is a rare and usually mistake. The ballot paper as a non -cycle is already contrary to law and can be imposed on fines and deportations if convicted.
The Friday order was also blocked part of the order, which aimed to require the state to exclude any letters or voting ballots received after the election day. Currently, 18 states and Puerto Rico are accepting the voting ballots received after the election day if they are marked on that day or before the National Conference on State Law Publishing Conference.
Oregon and Washington, who almost fully execute their election by mail, filed a separate claim for a voting deadline, saying that an executive order could waive voters in their states. When a lawsuit was filed, Washington State Secretary Steve Hobbs noted that after 2024 More than 300,000 votes arrived.
Trump’s order received praise from the highest election officials in some Republican states, which say it can suppress voter fraud and will provide them with federal data to better maintain their voter lists. However, many legal experts say the order exceeds the power of Trump, as the Constitution gives states the power to establish the “times, places and way of the elections”, and the Congress was allowed to establish the electoral rules to the federal institution. According to Friday’s decision, the Constitution did not provide for the establishment of the presidents’ election rules.
Earlier at this month’s meeting, the states’ request for a preliminary order to the states and lawyers said Trump’s order had advocated whether the amendments could be made on time for next year’s mid -year elections and how much it would cost the states.
The lawyer of the Justice Department, Bridget O’Hickey, stated that this Order aims to submit one set of rules for certain aspects of election operations rather than having a amendment to state law and that any damage to the states is speculation.
O’Hickey also claimed that after the election day, the votes received after the election day may be somehow manipulated, indicating that people could recover votes and change their votes based on what they see in the early results. However, in all votes received after the election day, a postage stamp showing that they were sent that day or before, and that any voting with the postage stamp will not be included after the election.