Original Date Announced

The Trump administration issued Executive Order (EO) 14248, "Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections," in order "to safeguard American elections in compliance with Federal laws." § 2 of the EO enforces "the Federal prohibition on foreign nationals voting in Federal elections."

• § 2(a) requires the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to require proof of citizenship in its national mail-voter registration form. Proof of citizenship is limited to a U.S. passport, a REAL ID Act-compliant ID, a military identification card, or "a valid Federal or State government-issued photo identification if such identification indicates that the applicant is a United States citizen or if such identification is otherwise accompanied by proof of United States citizenship."
• § 2(b) requires the State Department and DHS to grant local election officials access to federal databases for verifying citizenship status. It instructs DHS and DOGE to review state voter-registration records and compare them with federal immigration databases, as required by 52 U.S.C. § 20507.
• § 2(c) states that DHS must provide the Attorney General (AG) with a list within 90 days of "complete information on all foreign nationals who have indicated on any immigration form that they have registered or voted in a Federal, State, or local election."
• § 2(d) requires federal agencies to verify citizenship before providing Federal voter-registration forms to enrollees in public assistance programs.
• § 2(e) empowers the AG to prioritize prosecutions under 18 U.S.C. §§ 611 and 1015(f), which prohibit and penalize voting and false statements related to voting by non-citizens.

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2025.04.24 Memorandum opinion - League of United Latin American Citizens

United States District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the District of Columbia issued a Memorandum Opinion for a group of three consolidated cases challenging EO 14284.

The Court denied preliminary injunctive relief as to Sections 2(b), 7(a), and 7(b) because the challenges were premature.

• 2(b) ordered DHS and DOS to open databases to DOGE in order to search for non-citizens who have registered to vote.
• 7(a) ordered the AG to enforce certain statutes against states that do not comply with requiring mail-in ballots to be received by election day.
• 7(b) ordered the EAC to withhold some federal grants from States that did not comply with the mail-in requirement addressed above.

The Court then ordered preliminary injunctive relief against the implementation of Sections 2(a) and 2(d), because plaintiffs were substantially likely to prevail on the merits and implementation would cause them irreparable harm.

• 2(a) ordered the EAC to amend the national voter-registration form to require proof of U.S. citizenship.
• 2(d) ordered federal voter-registration agencies to assess the citizenship of people who received public assistance before providing a voter registration form.

League of United Latin American Citizens v. Executive Office of the President, No. 25-0946 (D.D.C. 2025); Democratic National Committee v. Trump, No. 25-0952 (D.D.C. 2025); and League of Women Voters Education Fund v. Trump, No. 25-0955 (D.D.C. 2025).

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2025.06.13 Memorandum and Order - State of California v. Trump

U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper issues a preliminary injunction in State of California v. Trump, enjoining Sections 2(a), 3(d), 2(d), and 7(b) of Executive Order No. 14248 and Section 7(a) as to civil or criminal enforcement actions.

• Sections 2(a) and 3(d) mandate the Election Assistance Commission and Secretary of Defense to require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship for voter registration.
• Section 2(d) required federal agencies to verify citizenship before providing Federal voter-registration forms to enrollees in public-assistance programs.
• Sections 7(a) and 7(b) directed the Attorney General to take action against States that either allow for counting of ballots mailed on or before Election Day but received afterward, or allow voters to cure timely submitted ballots with minor technical issues.

The Court found that the challenges were ripe, and that Plaintiffs were likely to succeed on the merits of their claims that the President lacked authority to impose these requirements on the States and that no existing laws allowed for civil- or criminal-enforcement actions against the States. State of California v. Trump, 1:25-cv-10810, (D. Mass.).

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2025.10.31 Memorandum Opinion - League of United Latin American Citizens v. Executive Office of the President

Judge Kollar-Kotelly of the District of Columbia issued a Memorandum Opinion for a group of three consolidated cases challenging EO 14284.

The court granted Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgement on Section 2(a) of EO 14284, which ordered the Election Assistance Commission to amend the national voter-registration form to require proof of U.S. citizenship. The court found that Section 2(a) violates the constitutional separation of powers because the "Constitution entrusts Congress and the States—not the President—with the power to regulate federal elections." The court permanently enjoined Defendants from implementing 2(a) because Plaintiffs would suffer irreparable harm without an injunction and the balance of equities and public interest weigh in favor of a permanent injunction.

The court also dismissed Plaintiffs' claim that 2(a) violates the Administrative Procedure Act.

League of United Latin American Citizens v. Executive Office of the President, No. 25-0946 (D.D.C. 2025); Democratic National Committee v. Trump, No. 25-0952 (D.D.C. 2025); and League of Women Voters Education Fund v. Trump, No. 25-0955 (D.D.C. 2025). The consolidated docket number is 1:25-cv-00946.

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2025.11.03 USCIS News Release - USCIS Enhances Voter Verification Systems

USCIS issued a press release about expanding the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program to help states verify voter citizenship using only the last four digits of a Social Security number. The upgrade "enables registered user agencies, especially those verifying voter rolls, to create a SAVE case without needing a Department of Homeland Security identifier or complete Social Security number." USCIS reports a massive increase in verification activity, with more than 46 million voter-verification queries in 2025 (out of 205 million status queries overall), and urges all states to adopt SAVE agreements (currently, 26 states have such agreements).