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ATLANTA: A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump鈥檚 attempt to overhaul elections in the US, siding with a group of Democratic state attorneys general who challenged the effort as unconstitutional.
The Republican president鈥檚 March 25 executive order sought to compel officials to require documentary proof of citizenship for everyone registering to vote for federal elections, accept only mailed ballots received by Election Day and condition federal election grant funding on states adhering to the new ballot deadline.
The group of attorneys general said the directive 鈥渦surps the States鈥� constitutional power and seeks to amend election law by fiat.鈥� The White House has defended the order as 鈥渟tanding up for free, fair and honest elections鈥� and called proof of citizenship a 鈥渃ommonsense鈥� requirement.