Lawsuit Blasts Trump's Bid to Keep New Citizens From Registering to Vote - Democracy Docket

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https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/uscis-nonprofit-voter-registration-naturalization-ceremony-ban-lawsuit/

A civil rights organization sued the Trump administration Saturday over a new policy barring nonprofits from helping new U.S. citizens register to vote.

The lawsuit calls the policy part of a “broader effort to ensure that new Americans cannot exert their democratic will on the nation.”

Since 2011, nongovernmental groups (NGOs) have helped many thousands of people register to vote after they swear an oath of allegiance to the U.S. and officially become citizens. In late August, however, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced an abrupt change banning groups from providing voter registration services at naturalization ceremonies.

“USCIS is clarifying that only state and local election officials will be permitted to offer voter registration services at the end of administrative naturalization ceremonies,” USCIS said, claiming that the purpose of the change was to emphasize “the non-partisan nature of voter registration services offered to new citizens at administrative naturalization ceremonies.”

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1. Good to hear there is a lawsuit.

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2. Fucking Nazi Strikes Again.

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