“This executive order is unlawful,” said Wendy Weiser, vice president for democracy at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University. “The president does not have the authority to require this. The president cannot override a statute passed by Congress that says what is required to register to vote on the federal voter registration form.”
With the measure, Trump also sought to withhold federal election funding from states who do not comply with his directive.
“The aim here is voter suppression pure and simple,” UCLA law professor Rick Hasen wrote on his blog.
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