The Facts

• The US Supreme Court issued an emergency order on Wednesday reinstating Virginia's purge of 1.6K suspected noncitizens from its voter registration rolls ahead of Election Day.

• 2The US Supreme Court issued an emergency order on Wednesday reinstating Virginia's purge of suspected noncitizens from its voter registration rolls ahead of Election Day next week.

• 3A final ruling on the issue has been left for a future date, with three Democratic-appointed justices — Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor — indicating their opposition to the program.