Supreme Court Allows VA to Purge Possibly Ineligible Voters

A Divided Court sided with Republicans, allowing the State to cull about 1,600 Voters less than a week before Election Day.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday, allowed Virginia to Purge about 1,600 People from its Voter Rolls, handing a Temporary Victory to Republican Officials in the State, who said the move was necessary to Prevent Non-Citizens from Voting.

The Decision was Provisional as the Case moves forward, though it will apply to the Election next week. The Order, which did Not include a Vote Count, gave No reasoning and was Unsigned, as is typical in Cases decided on the Eemergency Docket. But it noted that Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson, would have Denied the State’s Request to continue the Voter Purge.

The Case is among a Handful of Election-related Disputes, to reach the Supreme Court in the Final Days before the Election.

On Tuesday, the Justices Rejected a Bid by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who Dropped His Independent Campaign for the White House in August, to Remove His Name from the Ballots in Two Crucial Battleground States, Michigan and Wisconsin.

The Voter dispute in Virginia arose in the months before the Election, when Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), Signed an Executive Order to hasten the Removal of Suspected Non-Citizens from the State’s Voter Rolls. In fact, Studies show that Non-Citizens Voting is extremely Rare, though Republicans, including Trump and His Allies, have continued to Deploy the Claim.

The Justice Department (DOJ) and Civil Rights Groups had pushed back against the Plan, concerned that it would ultimately remove Eligible Voters during a hotly contested Presidential Election. They pointed to a Federal Law, the National Voter Registration Act, that Restricts such Ppurges in the period, 90 Days before a Federal Election.

A Federal Trial Court Judge sided with the DOJ and Advocacy Groups, Ordering the State to Reinstate the roughly 1,600 Voters that it had Removed from the Rolls. The State, the Judge added, should Stop “continuing any systematic program intended to remove the names of ineligible voters” until after the Election. A Federal Appeals Court agreed.

An Aug. 7th, Executive Order from Youngkin was Signed 90 Days before the Election, but the Purge started 89 Day before the Election, Violating the 90 day Rule. Virginia Appealed to the Supreme Court, asking the Court to temporarily Reinstate the Removeal Program.










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