Judge blocks key part of Trump's election law
A federal judge has decided to block a database with information on millions of Americans that was to be used in elections.
The decision is a significant setback for President Donald Trump.
The database will contain information such as the equivalent of social security numbers, citizenship status and other sensitive information, reports The Hill.
The Trump administration's plan is for this database to be used as a tool to identify and compile lists of people who are deemed eligible to vote.
But according to Judge Sparkle L Sooknanan, the initiative, which was issued by presidential order earlier this year, violates several laws and also risks leading to people being wrongfully deprived of their right to vote.
Trump has previously described his attempt at new laws as so important that it “overshadows everything else.”
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