Federal Judge Blocks Trump From Implementing Proof of Citizenship Requirement to Vote

The ruling converts a preliminary injunction that the judge had issued a year ago into a permanent ban.

Election workers conduct ballot tabulation at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center during California's state primary election in the City of Industry, Calif., on June 2, 2026. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing part of an executive order he signed last year that would require proof of citizenship to vote in elections.

In an order issued on June 24, Judge Denise J. Casper of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts wrote that federal law and the Constitution do not give power to a president to manage elections.