Court upholds block on Virginia voter purge of suspected noncitizens
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US Supreme Court Allows Virginia to Remove Suspected Noncitizens From Rolls
US Supreme Court Allows Virginia to Remove Suspected Noncitizens From Rolls
Above: People pass outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 7, 2024 in Washington, DC. Image copyright: Kent Nishimura/Stringer/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Facts
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.
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.
The Spin
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