NonilexJun 13, 2025

#Judge blocks #Trump’s election #ExecutiveOrder, siding with #Democrats who called it overreach

A federal judge on Friday blocked Trump’s attempt to overhaul #elections in the US, siding with a group of Democratic #state attorneys general who challenged the effort as #unconstitutional.

#law #ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification #democracy
https://apnews.com/article/trump-elections-executive-order-4f863aaa8e0c59640ebc727827ffc887

Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order

The attorneys general for California and New York are praising a federal judge's decision to block President Donald Trump’s executive order on elections. The judge in Massachusetts on Friday sided with the Democratic state attorneys general, who called the Republican president's executive order overreach. Trump's order sought to compel officials to require documentary proof of citizenship for everyone registering to vote for federal elections and accept mailed ballots only if received by Election Day. The attorneys general say Trump's order was unconstitutional. The White House has defended Trump's order as “standing up for free, fair and honest elections." The judge says the Constitution doesn't grant the president any specific powers over elections.

AP News
Show threadNonilexJun 13, 2025

#Trump’s March 25 #ExecutiveOrder sought to compel officials to require documentary proof of citizenship for everyone registering to #vote for federal #elections [you already must be a citizen], accept only mailed ballots received by Election Day & condition federal #election grant funding on #states adhering to the new #ballot deadline.

#law #ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification #democracy

Show threadNonilexJun 13, 2025

The #state AGs said the directive “usurps the States’ #constitutional #power & seeks to amend #ElectionLaw by fiat.” The #Trump admin defended the order as “standing up for free, fair & honest elections” & called proof of citizenship a “commonsense” requirement.

Judge Denise J. Casper of the US District Court in Massachusetts said in Friday’s order that the #states had a likelihood of success as to their #legal challenges.

#law #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #democracy

Show threadNonilexJun 13, 2025

“The #Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over #elections,” Judge Casper wrote.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282905/gov.uscourts.mad.282905.107.0.pdf

Casper also noted that, when it comes to #citizenship, “there is no dispute (nor could there be) that U.S. citizenship is required to vote in federal elections & the federal voter registration forms require attestation of citizenship.”

#Trump #law #ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification #democracy

Show threadNonilexJun 13, 2025

Casper cited arguments made by the #states that the requirements would “burden the States with significant efforts & substantial costs” to update procedures.

The ruling is the second #legal setback for #Trump’s election order. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., previously blocked parts of the directive, including the proof-of-#citizenship requirement for the federal #VoterRegistration form.

#law #ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification #democracy

Show threadNonilexJun 13, 2025

The order is the culmination of Trump’s longstanding complaints about #elections. After his first win in 2016, #Trump falsely claimed his popular vote total would have been much higher if not for “millions of people who voted illegally.” Since 2020, Trump has made false claims of widespread voter fraud & manipulation of voting machines to explain his loss to Democrat Joe #Biden. [when really he’s just a sore loser]

#law #ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #democracy

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#Trump has said his #ExecutiveOrder *secures* elections against illegal voting by noncitizens, though multiple studies & investigations in the #states have shown that it’s exceedingly rare & typically a mistake. Casting a ballot as a noncitizen is already against the #law & can result in fines & #deportation if convicted.

#ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification #democracy

Jun 13, 2025 at 2:03pmWeb
Show threadNonilexJun 13, 2025

The order also would require #states to exclude any mail-in or absentee ballots received after Election Day & puts states’ federal #funding at risk if #election officials don’t comply. Currently, 18 states & Puerto Rico accept mailed ballots received after Election Day as long they are postmarked on or before that date, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

#Trump #law #ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification #democracy

Show threadNonilexJun 13, 2025

Oregon & Washington, which conduct their #elections almost entirely by mail, filed a separate lawsuit over the #ballot deadline, saying the #ExecutiveOrder could disenfranchise voters in their #states. When the lawsuit was filed, Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs noted that more than 300,000 ballots in the state arrived after Election Day in 2024.

#Trump #law #ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification #democracy

Show threadNonilexJun 13, 2025

…legal experts say the order exceeds #Trump’s power because the Constitution gives states the authority to set the “times, places & manner” of #elections, with #Congress allowed to set rules for elections to federal office. As Friday’s ruling states, the #Constitution makes no provision for presidents to set the rules for elections.

#Trump #law #ElectionLaw #ExecutiveOverreach #AbuseOfPower #VoterSuppression #VoteNullification #democracy

Show threadSouprMattJun 13, 2025
@Nonilex So glad to see this ruling. The text of the constitution is crystal clear. The president has no authority at all when it comes to elections.
Show threadFinchHaven sfbaJun 13, 2025

@Nonilex

"When the lawsuit was filed, Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs noted that more than 300,000 ballots in the state arrived after Election Day in 2024."

This is how #VoteByMail has been conducted in my county in #WashingtonState since 2009

There are multiple steps where authentication is confirmed, repeatedly, no matter what #Trump and the #Republicans want to pretend

Show threadFinchHaven sfbaJun 13, 2025

@Nonilex

"The #Trump admin defended the order as “standing up for free, fair & honest elections” & called proof of citizenship a “commonsense” requirement."

The simple fact is that #Republican political marketing slogans do *not* make relevant points of law which must be accepted in courts of law

No matter how many times #Trump and the #Republican repeat their marketing slogans