Here we go again—another judge sticking her nose where it doesn’t belong, derailing President Donald Trump’s efforts to make our elections secure. A federal judge in Washington, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly — a Bill Clinton appointee — just slammed the brakes on Trump’s executive order that would’ve required proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.
Trump signed the order in March, pointing out that the U.S. “fails to enforce basic and necessary election protections” compared to countries like India or Brazil, which tie voter ID to biometric databases.
He’s not wrong.
There’s no denying that our elections are a mess, with some states practically begging for fraud by relying on self-attestation for citizenship. Trump’s plan was simple: make voters show a passport or other ID to register. It’s not rocket science; it’s what you’d expect from a country serious about democracy. Yet Kollar-Kotelly sided with the radical who claimed Trump’s executive order would disenfranchise voters.
Disenfranchise whom, exactly? Illegal voters?
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