Judge halts Trump order seeking to create federal voter list

A federal judge on Thursday issued the fourth order striking down President Trump’s March executive action seeking to overhaul elections by creating an internal list of eligible voters based on available data. 

District Court Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former President Obama, echoed her colleagues in affirming that states have authority over their election processes and said current efforts to remove citizens from voter rolls are unconstitutional. 

“The President ‘plays no direct role in the process’ of appointing electors, ‘nor does he have authority to control the state officials who do,’” Talwani wrote in the order, ruling in favor of the 22 Democratic-led states, the District of Columbia and attorneys representing Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), who brought the lawsuit.

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