Judge permanently blocks Trump voting order on citizenship proof

A federal judge in Boston permanently blocked most of President Donald Trump’s first election executive order, including its requirement that voters show documentary proof of citizenship when registering. U.S. District Judge Denise Casper ruled Wednesday that the Constitution does not give the president specific authority over elections and said those powers belong to states and Congress. The order also sought to stop counting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day even if postmarked on time, and to withhold some federal funding from states that did not comply. Casper had temporarily halted much of the order last year; her new ruling makes that block permanent.