US President Donald Trump signs a voting-related executive order in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 25, 2025. On Wednesday, a judge permanently blocked key provisions of the order. File Photo by Shawn Thew/UPI | License Photo
June 25 (UPI) -- A federal judge on Wednesday permanently blocked several key provisions of President Donald Trump's voting executive order, including a proof-of-citizenship requirement, handing his administration a loss in its efforts to extend federal control over elections.
Elections -- and their integrity -- have been a focus of Trump, who falsely maintains that the 2020 election was stolen from him and has sought to implement a number of rules and changes ahead of November's midterm elections that Democrats and other critics allege amount to unconstitutional interference that exceeds his presidential authority.
In March 2025, Trump issued a sweeping election-related executive order that critics described as an anti-voting measure that, along with the proof-of-citizenship requirement, required states to reject mail-in ballots postmarked the day of the election but arriving afterward and threatened to withhold federal election funding from noncompliant states.
