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US Supreme Court Allows Virginia to Remove Noncitizens from Voter Rolls

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The US Supreme Court has given a win to election integrity.

The high court has allowed Virginia to move ahead with its removal of roughly 1,600 alleged noncitizens from its voter rolls days before the 2024 election. The move temporarily halts a federal judge's decision to reinstate hundreds of potential noncitizens to the state's voter rolls. 

At the heart of the case is whether Virginia’s voter removal process violates a so-called quiet period under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), or a federal law requiring states to halt all "systematic" voter roll maintenance for a 90-day period before a federal election.

The decision is a victory for Gov. Glenn Youngkin, and comes just days after the state of Virginia filed an emergency appeal to the high court.


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