‘Irreparably injure Virginia’s sovereignty’: Voter purge program lands before SCOTUS on eve of presidential election

Background: FILE - The Supreme Court of the United States is seen in Washington, March 26, 2024 (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File). Inset: FILE - Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-VA., gestures before speaking during the first day of the Republican National Convention, Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File).

Background: FILE — The Supreme Court of the United States is seen in Washington, March 26, 2024 (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File). Inset: FILE — Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-VA., gestures before speaking during the first day of the Republican National Convention, Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File).

Lawyers for the Commonwealth of Virginia have asked the chief justice of the United States to allow the state to enforce an executive order from Gov. Glenn Youngkin that some say risks forcing legitimately registered voters off the voting rolls just days before the 2024 presidential election.

Youngkin, a Republican, wants the state to purge voter rolls under Executive Order 35, issued in August, which orders state election officials to “[r]emove individuals who are unable to verify that they are [U.S.] citizens to the Department of Motor Vehicles” on a daily basis, according to a complaint filed on Oct. 7. Some 1,600 people have been removed; the state says it has reason to believe they are noncitizens.

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