Biden and Harris' Justice Department is working hard to challenge state efforts to remove noncitizens from voter rolls in two states ahead of the election.
Just weeks after the Justice Department sued the state of Alabama and its top elections official over the state's efforts to ensure that only the American people decide the fate of the state and the nation, the Justice Department filed the following lawsuit: Ta. lawsuit On October 11, he protested to the state of Virginia, the Virginia State Board of Elections, and the Virginia State Election Commissioner, claiming that the purge of noncitizen voters was too close to election day.
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has characterized the lawsuit as “politically motivated” election interference, and his lawyer, former Virginia Attorney General Richard Cullen, has said Virginia's efforts are completely legal. claims.
Of obvious concern to the Biden-Harris Department of Justice is Section 8(c)(2) of the National Voter Registration Act, the silent period provision.
need Each state would be required to complete a program aimed at systematically removing the names of ineligible voters from registration lists at least 90 days before a primary or general election for federal office. However, this does not prevent you from correcting your registrant information.
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quarrel Removing suspected non-citizens from voter rolls before an election not only violates this provision, but also that the removals are “erroneous, cause confusion among voters, and may be carried out in the days or weeks before election day.'' The problem is that it could remove eligible voters who may not be able to fix it. States could make mistakes in voting times or discourage voting altogether. ”
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (Republican)
issued a presidential order On August 7, exactly 90 days before the general election, the Virginia Department of Elections ordered the Virginia Department of Elections to regularly update its voter list to remove individuals identified as non-citizens, and the state Department of Transportation and the DOE. Both called for faster data sharing between the two countries. Regarding transactions between non-nationals.
Youngkin also pointed out that between January 2022 and July 2024, 6,303 non-citizens who had “erroneously or maliciously” attempted to register to vote were removed from the voter rolls.
“You may call me crazy, but I think elections in America should be decided by the American people, and elections in Virginia should be decided by Virginians,” Youngkin said.
said In an interview. “That's why this executive order is so important, because it ensures we have a clean voter rolls.”
President Trump praised the initiative,
pay attention In a post on Truth Social, Virginia's governor said he was “taking strong initiatives to secure the November election, protect all legal votes, and protect all illegal aliens who are allowed into our country.” will be protected from voting.”
“Every state should follow Virginia's lead,” Trump added.
Yonkin's presidential campaign ordered election officials to check the list of individuals reported as noncitizens by the DMV and the list of existing registered voters. A voter identified as a non-citizen is one who selects “no” in response to a question regarding American citizenship on a form submitted to the DMV.
Meanwhile, local registrars were tasked with informing people whose names overlap on the two lists that they have two weeks to confirm their citizenship or have it revoked.
The Justice Department cited Secretary Susan Beals' Sept. 19 confirmation that the process was conducted during a quiet period in violation of the NVRA and that removal is underway, resulting in Americans having their voter registrations canceled. It is claimed that the
“Virginians, and Americans, will see this for exactly what it is: a desperate attempt to attack the legitimacy of elections in the Commonwealth.”
In addition to restoring “the ability of affected voters to vote unimpeded on Election Day,” the Justice Department is also demanding that Virginia end its program to remove noncitizens from voter rolls. There is.
Virginia is not quietly accepting the Justice Department's intervention.
“With less than 30 days until the election, the Biden-Harris Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Virginia for properly enforcing a 2006 law signed by Democrat Tim Kaine that requires Virginia to exclude noncitizens from voting. is filing an unprecedented lawsuit against the state of Virginia on the roll — a process that begins when someone declares themselves a non-citizen and registers to vote,'' Youngkin said.
said He said this in a statement on October 11th.
“Virginians, and Americans, will see this for exactly what it is: a desperate attempt to attack the legitimacy of elections in the very crucible of American democracy, the Commonwealth,” Youngkin continued. “With the support of the Attorney General, we will use every available tool to protect the common sense measures we are legally required to take. Virginia's elections will be safe and fair. “I will not stand by and watch this politically motivated election.''This action is an attempt to interfere in our elections.'' ”
Youngkin's attorney, Richard Cullen, outlined the state's possible defenses in a memo.
obtained WRIC-TV stressed that Virginia's program does not violate federal law because it is not a systematic program, but rather an individual process that begins with “the individual identifying themselves as a non-citizen during a DMV transaction.” .
Henry Chambers, a law professor at the University of Richmond, told WRIC: “It's possible to narrow down the specific reasons for delisting, and that's essentially the discussion being made in the memo.” .
Cullen's memo also noted that the state has given affected voters sufficient notice and time to prove their eligibility and citizenship before revocation.
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reported Republican Sen. Bill Stanley suggested that the Biden-Harris Justice Department is trying to make something out of nothing.
“There's a safety net to this,” Stanley said. “Even if people are mistakenly removed from the rolls, they can still register to vote on Election Day under the 'same-day' registration law. So we don't understand why the federal government would do something like this.” There is no other reason than to try to disrupt a healthy voter registration process here in Virginia for political purposes.”
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