Judge orders Virginia to restore 1,600 voter registrations canceled in effort to purge noncitizens

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the voter registrations were wrongly canceled during a 90-day quiet period ahead of the November election that restricts states from making large-scale changes to their voter rolls.

Youngkin’s order purging Virginians from voting rolls reversed in federal court in Alexandria

By James Cullum
Published October 25, 2024 at 2:01PM

A federal judge in Alexandria today ordered Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin to restore the voting rights of more than 1,600 Virginians taken off the rolls just weeks before the Nov. 5 general election.

U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles said that Youngkin’s order on Aug. 7 systematically discriminated against Virginia residents within the 90-day “quiet period” before election day as outlined in the National Voter Registration Act.

Youngkin issued the order on Aug. 7, exactly 90 days before the Nov. 5 presidential election. Per the order, citizenship data collected from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles was sent daily to a database with the Virginia State Board of Elections. If the DMV record stated that the resident is not a U.S. citizen, that person’s name would be removed from voting rolls.

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Both Judge Giles and Thomas Sanford went to UVa Law School.

Patricia Tolliver Giles

Education
Giles grew up in Hampton, Virginia. Giles received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia in 1995 and her Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1998.

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Thomas Sanford, Deputy Attorney General

Education
University of Virginia School of Law
University of Virginia
Master of Arts - MA
Washington and Lee University
Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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