The National Voter Registration Act Does Not Prevent States from Removing Aliens from Voter Registration Rolls at Any Time

The Heritage Foundation ^ | Oct 23, 2024 | Hans Von Spakovsky

[Titus-Maximus]

States have both a constitutional and statutory right—if not an obligation—to remove aliens who are ineligible to vote in both federal and state elections from their voter registration rolls. The 90-day deadline for systematic removal programs applies only to removing eligible registrants who have changed their residence. It does not apply to aliens who were never eligible to register in the first place, just as it does not apply to minors, fictitious registrations, fraudulent registrations of any kind, decedents, felons, and mentally incompetent individuals. There is nothing in the National Voter Registration Act to the contrary.

[Titus-Maximus]

Excellent review of the law that non-citizens can be removed from the rolls anytime! Clears up the 90 day window confusion and shows that SCOTUS was on solid ground when it gave the OK for Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter rolls within 90 days of election day.

[Revel]

Initially Lawyer Robert Barnes said the same thing.