Virginia appeals court strikes down effort to purge suspected noncitizen voters
Posted on 10/28/2024
A federal appeals court on Sunday upheld the ruling of a Virginia judge who struck down an effort from state officials to automatically cancel voter registrations of suspected noncitizens, pointing to a federal law that prohibits states from purging voters 90 days before a presidential election.
The decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit comes after U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on Friday rejected arguments from attorneys for Attorney General Jason S. Miyares (R) and Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who signed an executive order Aug. 7 to expedite the removal of registered voters who checked a box on their driver’s license applications indicating that they were not U.S. citizens.
The decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit comes after U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles on Friday rejected arguments from attorneys for Attorney General Jason S. Miyares (R) and Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who signed an executive order Aug. 7 to expedite the removal of registered voters who checked a box on their driver’s license applications indicating that they were not U.S. citizens.
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