The DOJ had sued the state over its purge of suspected non-citizens from voter rolls with less than 90 days before Election Day.
A federal judge in Virginia has halted the state's program to purge its voter rolls of potential non-citizens, and ordered that over 1,600 people be reregistered.Non-citizen voting has become part of Republicans' push against what they see as a fraudalent election and criticism of election security. Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin moved to purge 1,600 people who were suspected of being non-citizens from voter roles, sparking a lawsuit from the U.S.
'This is a Virginia law passed in 2006, signed by then-Governor Tim Kaine, that mandates certain procedures to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls, with safeguards in place to affirm citizenship before removal–and the ultimate failsafe of same-day registration for U.S. citizens to cast a provisional ballot,' Younkin said in a press release.'This law has been applied in every Presidential election by Republicans and Democrats since enacted 18 years ago.
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