The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against the state of Virginia, alleging that its voter registration practices violate the National Voter Registration Act. The suit claims that Virginia's daily updates to its voting list, which include comparing it to a list of identified 'noncitizens,' have led to the unnecessary cancellation of registrations belonging to U.S. citizens.
The DOJ lawsuit — the second of its kind against a state in less than a month — argues that Virginia is in violation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.The suit comes about two months after Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order requiring the state's Department of Elections to conduct daily updates to its voting list, including comparing the list of identified"noncitizens" to the state's existing list of registered voters.
According to the Justice Department, some of the people identified as noncitizens are in fact U.S. citizens, leading to some voter registrations being cancelled unnecessarily."The Commonwealth’s unlawful actions here have likely confused, deterred, and removed U.S.
In a statement, Youngkin called the lawsuit"politically motivated" and a"desperate attempt" to attack the election's legitimacy. "Virginians — and Americans — will see this for exactly what it is: a desperate attempt to attack the legitimacy of the elections in the Commonwealth, the very crucible of American Democracy," Youngkin said.Virginia’s Department of Elections and elections commissioner — both named in the lawsuit — did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday evening.
This is the second DOJ lawsuit in the past month against a state for alleged violations of a provision of the National Voter Registration Act that says that, while states have the prerogative to clean their voter rolls for various reasons, they cannot conduct systematic removals so close to a federal election as those Cities seek more than $750K in unpaid bills for Trump campaign events since 2016
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