Posted on 10/25/2024 8:18:34 AM PDT by TigerClaws
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (WRIC) – A federal judge has ordered Virginia to put people back on the state’s voter rolls after they were removed under a state program that the Justice Department and advocates claim illegally took them off too close to the election.
Lawsuits from the Justice Department and advocacy groups allege that part of an executive order from Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin systematically removes alleged noncitizens from the rolls too soon to the Nov. 5 presidential election in violation of federal law.
The law — the National Voter Registration Act — requires Virginia and other states to stop systematically removing the names of ineligible voters from the rolls within 90 days of the election, known as a “quiet period,” to avoid errors that could take eligible voters off the rolls.
Gov. Youngkin’s office has argued his Aug. 7 order requiring daily updates to voter lists to remove ineligible voters – which came 90 days before the Nov. 5 election – doesn’t violate the law and enforces a 2006 state law signed by Virginia’s then-Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine.
“Let’s be clear about what just happened: only eleven days before a Presidential election, a federal judge ordered Virginia to reinstate over 1,500 individuals–who self-identified themselves as noncitizens–back onto the voter rolls,” Youngkin said in a statement. “Almost all these individuals had previously presented immigration documents confirming their noncitizen status, a fact recently verified by federal authorities.”
Aaron Baird, a spokesperson for Protect Democracy, a legal group representing the groups, wrote in an email that “The judge ordered that purged voters be added back to the rolls and that the state must send corrective mailings to those voters.”
Advocacy groups that sued — the Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the League of Women Voters of Virginia and others – said that data shared by the state for the case shows more than 1,600 people had their voter registrations canceled as a result.
The groups also say that eligible voters were incorrectly removed under the program, submitting court filings that contend that at least three citizens had their registrations canceled.
Both lawsuits claim that Virginia’s program to remove ineligible voters is error-ridden because it uses data from the Department of Motor Vehicles that can be “faulty and outdated.”
Under the order, the lawsuits say the DMV sends the state’s elections department a daily list of Virginians who answered “no” to a citizenship question on paperwork or have legal presence documents indicating non-citizenship status.
Youngkin’s executive order notes that local registrars notify those identified as noncitizens of their pending registration cancellation unless they confirm their citizenship within 14 days. Data from a few registrars obtained by 8News shows that eligible voters were removed from the rolls.
Ryan Snow, counsel with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, another legal group representing the plaintiffs, hailed Friday’s ruling as “a big victory.”
“All of the eligible voters who were wrongfully purged from the voter rolls will now be able to cast their ballots. No one should mess with a citizen’s right to vote,” Snow said in a statement. “The judge stopped the outrageous mass purge of eligible voters in Virginia.”
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) accused the Justice Department of pulling a “shameful, politically motivated stunt” ahead of Election Day.
“It should never be illegal to remove an illegal voter,” Miyares said in a statement. “Yet, today a Court – urged by the Biden-Harris Department of Justice – ordered Virginia to put the names of non-citizens back on the voter rolls, mere days before a presidential election.
The governor has previously questioned the DOJ’s motivation to sue over the program, and his office has repeatedly noted that alleged noncitizens had to voluntarily identify as noncitizens and had 14 days to confirm with their local registrar.
In a memo, Youngkin’s administration called the DOJ’s lawsuit “unprecedented” and defended the state’s process as a requirement signed into law in 2006 by then-Gov. Kaine to remove non-citizens from voter rolls.
“The 90-day ‘quiet period’ under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) is not relevant to this process since Virginia conducts an individualized—not systematic—review per Virginia law in order to correct registration records,” Richard Cullen, counselor to Youngkin, wrote in the memo.
This story is breaking. Stay with 8News for updates.
The Judge on the case was appointed by Joe Biden:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Tolliver_Giles
“Sorry, we can’t do it in time for this election.”
Ignore the order. It’s too late for such changes.
Time to.just say hell no..
I thought each state controlled their own elections?
Yep. “Bureaucratic Mistake. Sorry.”
The 2024 election steal is well under way. I predict that Trump will win the popular vote but a huge margin but Kamala will win the Electoral College ( you know the one the Democrats want to do away with) vote via voter fraud. I hope I’m wrong.
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Whatever happens on this particular legal case, the State of Virginia should track each of these specific people to see if they cast a vote.
If any “corrective” mailing is sent to them to comply with the judge’s order, that mailing should emphasize that, based on these individuals’ own filings, they are not eligible to vote and that any illegal voting will be prosecuted. Also advise them to report anyone who approaches them to collect their ballots and/or who urges them to vote illegally.
It is only fair to let them know this in advance.
It seems that Youngkin can immediately be granted an appeal by the Circuit Court.
Or can he simply ignore this Judge’s ruling?
This looks like a good case to immediately get to SCOTUS for a ruling.
For too long SCOTUS has been ignoring non-citizen voter registration and voting issues.
And in Texas why isn’t Ken Paxton going to a Federal Judge to force Biden to give him the non-citizen data he demanded to be delivered on October 17th??????????????????
It looks to me that the NON-CITIZEN CHEAT is in and the GOP seems to be doing nothing to stop it.
As we all know, the Bush, McCain, Romney wing of the GOP are still in control.
Damn right. "He has made his decision. Now let him enforce it."
Middle finger to this judge. Ignore his order.
Looks like it’s at least 1600 votes:
More than 1,600 people have been removed from voter rolls in Virginia since August under the state’s program targeting noncitizens, which the Department of Justice (DOJ) and advocacy groups, who are suing the state, contend is illegal.
See:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4273189/posts
Ignore the tyrant At some point people have to flip the finger like in the Revolution, like in the Civil War. Like in the back of the bus era. At some point.. just say no. It’s deranged to let foreigners vote.
Put them back on November 6th. These things take time in the middle of an election. Start manipulating the game the same way they do. Let’s see if this guy is smart or not. Facts on the ground is that work needs to be done to do this. No need to rush.
Lol, that’s what I was thinking too. Give me the middle finger
First, make it loud and clear that those reinstated by this opinion will be fined and go to jail if they vote after this opinion is overturned on appeal.
Second, inform the court that reinstatement will be a slow process due to cataloging individuals set to be prosecuted for breaking election violations when your court’s asinine opinion will be overturned.
Oops, I put (em), but it autocorrected to me
Ignore them. They’re illegitimate.
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