Virginia officials ask Supreme Court to allow voter purge aimed at non-citizens [View all]
Republican officials in Virginia have asked the Supreme Court to lift a lower-court order that requires the state to halt and roll back a program to remove suspected non-citizens from the voter rolls.
In a filing docketed early Monday, state Attorney General Jason Miyares requested a stay that would head off a deadline Wednesday to restore about 1,600 people to the voter rolls who were kicked off since Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order in August stepping up the computer cross-checks.
Civil rights groups and the Justice Department filed suits earlier this month claiming that, because of the risk of removing qualified voters, it’s illegal under federal law for the state to operate such a program during the so-called “quiet period” 90 days before a federal election. A federal district court judge agreed and issued an injunction against the program last week.
On Sunday, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to grant the GOP officials a stay of that ruling, setting up the Supreme Court showdown. Chief Justice John Roberts, who oversees the 4th Circuit, asked the Justice Department and civil rights groups to respond by 3 p.m. Tuesday.
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