A federal judge appointed by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris says the Commonwealth of Virginia cannot remove over 1,500 individuals who have self-identified as noncitizens from its voter roll.
U.S. election law bars those who are not American citizens from participating in federal elections.
The issue of noncitizen voters has become a major concern during the 2024 election as several states have found significant numbers of illegal registrations on their voter rolls.
"Let's be clear about what just happened: only eleven days before a Presidential election, a federal judge ordered Virginia to reinstate over 1,500 individuals-who self-identified themselves as noncitizens-back onto voters rolls," said Governor Glenn Youngkin in a statement blasting the ruling.
He continued: "Almost all of these individuals had previously presented immigration documents confirming their noncitizen status a fact recently verified by federal authorities."Addressing the legal requirements for Virginia to remove these illegal voters from the state's rolls, Youngkin emphasized that the law has been on the state books since 2006 and has been fulfilled under both Republican and Democrat governments.
"This is a Virginia law passed in 2006, signed by then-Governor Tim Kaine, that mandates certain procedures to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls, with safeguards in place to affirm citizenship before removal-and the ultimate failsafe of same-day registration for U.S. citizens to cast a provisional ballot," Youngkin stated, adding: "This law has been applied in every Presidential election by Republicans and Democrats since enacted 18 years ago."Youngkin says the state will immediately ask the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals for a stay of the decision.
In Oregon, an alleged coding error resulted in over one thousand noncitizens being allowed on the voter rolls.
https://thenationalpulse.com/2024/10/27/biden-harris-judge-rules-noncitizens-can-vote/
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