Supreme Court allows Virginia to remove thousands from voter lists before election
Virginia got green light to take off 1‚600 suspected non-citizens from voting lists just days before election. Legal battle involves stateʼs new fast-track system to check voter citizenship status
In a last-minute decision the Supreme Court let Virginia continue its voter-list cleanup despite being close to nov 5th election. The state removed about 1‚600 people whoʼs citizenship status wasnt clear
About three months ago Glenn Youngkin started a new fast-track system to check voters: sharing data between agencies daily instead of monthly (which was done before). The state gives people 14 days to prove their citizenship before taking them off the list
The policy faced quick push-back from voting groups and Bidenʼs team — they found at least 18 real citizens got removed by mistake. A lower-court judge said the timing broke federal law: states cant do big voter-list changes right before elections
This is a victory for commonsense and election fairness
The Supreme Courts three liberal judges didnt agree with letting this happen. Virginia says about 600 people told DMV they werent citizens‚ and 1000 more showed non-citizen papers when getting drivers licenses. The state uses a federal database to double-check everyone
- People who moved away
- Non-citizens on the list
- Deceased voters
While Virginia isnt seen as key for the presidential race its voter-list changes got lots of attention because of how immigration became a big topic. The state must follow rules from an old law (made back in 93) about how to handle voter lists but Youngkin says its about protecting citizens voting rights
