Court upholds block on Virginia voter purge of suspected noncitizens
USA TodayNOV 3 2024
The US Supreme Court issued an emergency order on Wednesday allowing Virginia to remove suspected noncitizens from its voter registration rolls ahead of Election Day next week.A 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.
A 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.This comes as Virginia's attorney general filed an appeal to the US Supreme Court after a federal appeals court upheld on Sunday an injunction ordering the state to restore eligibility for some 1.6K voters.
This comes as Virginia's attorney general filed an appeal to the US Supreme Court after a federal appeals court upheld on Sunday an injunction ordering the state to restore eligibility for some 1.6K voters.On Aug. 7, Virginia's Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order to remove people unable to show proof of citizenship to the state's Department of Motor Vehicles and election officials from statewide registration lists.
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