A Clinton-appointed judge on Thursday agreed with plaintiffs that President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring proof of citizenship to vote would hurt the Democratic Party.
U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly — appointed to the bench by President Bill Clinton — blocked Trump’s order directing state officials to require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections and conditioning federal funding on whether or not each state requires voter ID. In her 120-page ruling, the judge argued that the Democratic Party showed “substantial likelihood” that requiring proof of citizenship would hurt their voter registration efforts.
“First, many of the Democratic Party Plaintiffs have organizational standing to challenge this provision based on its effect on their ability to register new voters as members and supporters of the Democratic Party, which they do in service of their mission of electing Democratic candidates to office throughout the country,” Kollar-Kotelly wrote, according to court documents.
