Second judge blocks portions of Trump's executive order seeking to overhaul U.S. elections

Washington — A federal judge in Massachusetts blocked President Trump's administration from implementing portions of his executive order that imposed new requirements involving proof of citizenship to register to vote in U.S. elections.

U.S. District Judge Denise Casper agreed to grant a preliminary injunction sought by attorneys general from 19 states, who brought their legal challenge to Mr. Trump's executive order in April and sought to block sections of it. She found that the states were likely to succeed in their case.

Casper is the second judge to prevent the Trump administration from implementing provisions of the executive order, which aimed to overhaul U.S. elections. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., agreed in April to issue a preliminary injunction in a trio of cases brought by voting rights groups and the Democratic Party.