Just 11 days before the presidential election, a federal judge directed Virginia to reinstate individuals who had previously self-identified as noncitizens on the voter rolls. In response, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has stated his readiness to take the matter to the United States Supreme Court if necessary.
The ruling came from U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles, a Biden appointee, who sided with lawsuits brought by the Justice Department and several left-wing advocacy groups. The lawsuits argued that Youngkin’s executive order to remove individuals identified as noncitizens from the voter rolls came too close to the Nov. 5 presidential election, potentially violating federal law. Judge Giles agreed and ordered that over 1,600 individuals who had checked a box verifying they were not legal residents be restored to the voter rolls.
Shortly afterward, Youngkin appeared on Fox News to express his disagreement with the ruling, emphasizing his commitment to pursue further legal action and outlining his next steps.
🚨 #BREAKING: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says he will be filing an emergency court order to keep illegals OFF the voter rolls, after a Biden-Harris judge ruled he must put them back on
He’s also pledged to take this to the U.S. Supreme Court if needed. KEEP UP THE FIGHT! This… pic.twitter.com/qoNVITmGYS — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) October 25, 2024
Richmond’s 8News provides further information:
The law — the National Voter Registration Act — requires Virginia and other states to stop systematically removing the names of ineligible voters from the rolls within 90 days of the election, known as a “quiet period,” to avoid errors that could take eligible voters off the rolls.
Advocacy groups that sued — the Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the League of Women Voters of Virginia and others – said that data shared by the state for the case shows more than 1,600 people had their voter registrations canceled under the program during the quiet period.
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Aaron Baird, a spokesperson for Protect Democracy, a legal group representing the groups, wrote in an email that Giles “ordered that purged voters be added back to the rolls and that the state must send corrective mailings to those voters.”
Gov. Youngkin’s office has argued his Aug. 7 order requiring daily updates to voter lists to remove ineligible voters – which came 90 days before the Nov. 5 election – doesn’t violate the law and enforces a 2006 state law signed by Virginia’s then-Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine.
“Let’s be clear about what just happened: only eleven days before a Presidential election, a federal judge ordered Virginia to reinstate over 1,500 individuals—who self-identified themselves as noncitizens—back onto the voter rolls,” Youngkin retorted in a statement. “Almost all these individuals had previously presented immigration documents confirming their noncitizen status, a fact recently verified by federal authorities.”
The case has drawn significant attention, raising questions about voter eligibility and election integrity just days before the first votes are counted in what may become a surprisingly competitive state.
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🚨 #BREAKING: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin says he will be filing an emergency court order to keep illegals OFF the voter rolls, after a Biden-Harris judge ruled he must put them back on
He’s also pledged to take this to the U.S. Supreme Court if needed. KEEP UP THE FIGHT! This… pic.twitter.com/qoNVITmGYS — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) October 25, 2024
Richmond’s 8News provides further information:
The law — the National Voter Registration Act — requires Virginia and other states to stop systematically removing the names of ineligible voters from the rolls within 90 days of the election, known as a “quiet period,” to avoid errors that could take eligible voters off the rolls.
Advocacy groups that sued — the Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the League of Women Voters of Virginia and others – said that data shared by the state for the case shows more than 1,600 people had their voter registrations canceled under the program during the quiet period.
…
Aaron Baird, a spokesperson for Protect Democracy, a legal group representing the groups, wrote in an email that Giles “ordered that purged voters be added back to the rolls and that the state must send corrective mailings to those voters.”
Gov. Youngkin’s office has argued his Aug. 7 order requiring daily updates to voter lists to remove ineligible voters – which came 90 days before the Nov. 5 election – doesn’t violate the law and enforces a 2006 state law signed by Virginia’s then-Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine.
“Let’s be clear about what just happened: only eleven days before a Presidential election, a federal judge ordered Virginia to reinstate over 1,500 individuals—who self-identified themselves as noncitizens—back onto the voter rolls,” Youngkin retorted in a statement. “Almost all these individuals had previously presented immigration documents confirming their noncitizen status, a fact recently verified by federal authorities.”
The case has drawn significant attention, raising questions about voter eligibility and election integrity just days before the first votes are counted in what may become a surprisingly competitive state.
READ NEXT: Election Bombshell: Law Enforcement Unveils Integrity Threat In Key Swing State [MUST SEE]
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