Virginia is being sued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) over Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s enforcement of a measure aimed at culling noncitizens from the voter rolls — a law introduced by former Gov. Tim Kaine (D), which the DOJ previously approved.
Youngkin issued Executive Order 35 on August 7, directing election officials to remove the names of people who are “unable to verify that they are citizens” to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
According to the Republican governor, the commonwealth removed 6,303 noncitizens from its voter rolls between January 2022 and July 2024, saying they may have “purposefully or accidentally registered to vote.”
The DOJ filed its lawsuit on October 11 in an Alexandria federal court, alleging that the state, its board of elections, and Elections Commissioner Susan Beals are “violating federal law’s prohibition on…
