Judge partly blocks Trump order that claimed greater control over US elections


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  • Friday, 25 Apr 2025

People vote in the 2024 U.S. presidential election on Election Day in Columbus, Ohio, U.S., November 5, 2024. REUTERS/Megan Jelinger/File Photo

(Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday blocked parts of President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to impose new rules on federal elections, which Democrats and other groups said risked denying eligible citizens the right to vote.

U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington ruled that the Trump administration cannot enforce parts of the order requiring federal election officials to assess whether people who are registering to vote are citizens.

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