The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday sued the state of Virginia over an executive order that removed illegal immigrants from the state’s voter rolls because it was held too close to Election Day.
Republican Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed Executive Order 35The lawsuit alleges that the Virginia State Board of Elections and Virginia Elections Commissioner Susan Beals violated the federal National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), which prohibits states from conducting sweeps. . Voters are registered 90 days before the election.
BREAKING: Mr. Camara’s Justice Department is suing Virginia, alleging that the state removed noncitizens from its voter rolls.
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Mr. Camara’s Justice Department is suing the state of Virginia, alleging that Glenn Youngkin removed from its rolls people who were legally prohibited from voting in U.S. elections. pic.twitter.com/2w6ugSXmI5
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The Justice Department alleges that Virginia violated the NVRA’s quiet period provisions. This provision provides for “certain systematic measures to be implemented by each state for the purpose of removing names from voter registration lists based on their failure to meet initial eligibility requirements, including citizenship, at the time of registration.” program,” the agency said.
of complaint Virginia’s executive order resulted in a “systematic deletion,” he said, adding that the measure was allowed to avoid confusing voters or making irreversible mistakes that could impact voters. They argue that it should not be done. (Related: Battleground states remove 747,000 names from voter rolls)
But the Justice Department says that unless it is systemic or “a federal election is very close,” “states may remove names from official voter lists in different ways and for different reasons.” “There is,” he admitted.
The Biden/Harris Department of Justice just filed a lawsuit against Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin for enforcing a state law requiring the removal of illegal immigrants from voter rolls.
Weaponization of the justice system that protects criminals and criminalizes law enforcement must end.
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Mr. Youngkin’s order was issued exactly 90 days before November 5th. The Justice Department alleges that the NVRA violation lies in the order’s requirement that election officials regularly update state voter lists to remove individuals who have been “identified as noncitizens” and have not responded. Request confirmation of citizenship within 14 days.
Youngkin hit back at the Biden-Harris administration and the Department of Justice for what he called an attack on the U.S. election.
With less than 30 days until the election, the Biden-Harris Department of Justice is filing an unprecedented lawsuit against me and the state of Virginia for improperly enforcing a 2006 law that excluded noncitizens from voter rolls. .
Virginians and Americans…
— Glenn Youngkin (@GlennYoungkin) October 11, 2024
“With less than 30 days until the election, the Biden-Harris Department of Justice is filing an unprecedented lawsuit against me and the State of Virginia for improperly enforcing a 2006 law that excluded noncitizens from the voter rolls.” Youngkin wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).
“Virginians, and Americans, will see this for exactly what it is: a desperate attempt to attack the legitimacy of elections in the very crucible of American democracy, the Commonwealth,” the Virginia governor concluded. .
On September 28, the Department of Justice filed a similar lawsuit against the state of Alabama over its exclusion of illegal immigrants from its voter rolls.
