Federal judge blocks Trump effort to make voters show proof of citizenship

Ruling is win for democracy advocates who have fought back against Trump's push to take power over voting

A US federal court blocked Donald Trump's attempt to regulate elections via executive order, a win for democracy advocates who have fought back against the US president's push to take power over voting.

Trump issued an executive order on elections, including a documentary proof of citizenship requirement that would have necessitated that people show passports, birth certificates or other documentation when they registered to vote, or changed their registration.