A Washington state-based federal judge on Friday struck down key parts of President Trump’s Executive Order on mail-in ballots.
Trump’s Executive Order required proof of citizenship on federal voter registration forms and required mail-in ballots to be received by Election Day.
President Trump’s EO also instructed the DOJ to take action against states that count ballots that arrive after Election Day.
US District John Chun, a Biden appointee, blocked certain parts of President Trump’s March 2025 order cannot be implemented in Washington state and Oregon.
Judge Chun said Trump’s executive order violated the Constitution’s separation of powers and claimed the President exceeded his authority.
The White House responded to the judge’s ruling.
“President Trump cares deeply about the integrity of our elections and his executive order takes lawful actions to ensure election security. This is not the final say on the matter and the Administration expects ultimate victory on the issue,” White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told Fox News.
Fox News reported:
A federal judge in Washington state on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enforcing key parts of an executive order that sought to change how states administer federal elections, ruling the president lacked authority to apply those provisions to Washington and Oregon.
U.S. District Judge John Chun held that several provisions of Executive Order 14248 violated the separation of powers and exceeded the president’s authority.
“As stated by the Supreme Court, although the Constitution vests the executive power in the President, ‘[i]n the framework of our Constitution, the President’s power to see that the laws are faithfully executed refutes the idea that he is to be a lawmaker,’” Chun wrote in his 75-page ruling.
Read Trump’s March Executive Order:
RESTORING TRUST IN AMERICAN ELECTIONS: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to protect the integrity of American elections.
This Order strengthens voter citizenship verification and bans foreign nationals from interfering in U.S. elections.
The Election Assistance Commission will require documentary, government-issued proof of U.S. citizenship on its voter registration forms.
Agencies like the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Social Security Administration and Department of State must provide states with access to Federal databases to verify eligibility and citizenship of individuals registering to vote.
The Attorney General will prioritize prosecuting non-citizen voting and related crimes, including through use of DHS records and coordination with state attorneys general.
Federal election-related funds will be conditioned on states complying with the integrity measures set forth by Federal law, including the requirement that states use the national mail voter registration form that will now require proof of citizenship.
The Order improves the integrity of elections by directing the updating of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines 2.0 and security standards for voting equipment and prioritizing federal grant funds accordingly.
This includes requiring a voter-verifiable paper ballot record and not using ballots in which the counted vote is contained within a barcode or QR code.
It directs the Attorney General to enter into information-sharing agreements with state election officials to identify cases of election fraud or other election law violations.
Non-compliant states may face prioritized Federal enforcement of election integrity laws and loss of funding given their unwillingness to police fraud.
The Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security shall prevent non-citizens from any involvement in administering elections.
The Attorney General will fully enforce the voter-list maintenance requirements of the National Voter Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act.
Given clear Federal law setting a single Election Day deadline, the Attorney General shall take appropriate action against states that count ballots received after Election Day in Federal elections. Federal election funding will be conditioned on compliance.
The Attorney General will prioritize enforcement of laws prohibiting foreign nationals from contributing to or donating in U.S. elections.
All agencies must report on compliance with undoing Biden Executive Order 14019, which turned Federal agencies into Democratic voter turnout centers.
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