FOX First Edition: Twenty-six Republican attorneys general joined Virginia on Monday in asking the Supreme Court to halt a lower court ruling that restored voting rights to 1,600 residents.
Court briefs say the ruling is overbroad and cannot be justified under the National Voter Registration Act (NRVA), which orders states to cease all “systematic” voter roll management 90 days before an election. supports Virginia's claim that it is deficient. It currently has support from every Republican-led state in the US and is attracting significant attention in the final stages before the election.
In a court brief, the attorney general asked the court to grant Virginia's emergency motion and “restore the status quo,” which would “uphold the law and ensure that Virginia does not allow noncitizens to vote in the next election.” We will be able to guarantee it.”
The states also sided with Virginia in opposition, arguing that the Justice Department's interpretation of the NVRA's protections was too broad.
Additionally, they said the law in place in Virginia was not designed to “systematically” remove residents from voter rolls, as Justice Department officials noted in a lawsuit earlier this month. Ta.
The Justice Department had argued that the removal occurred too close to the Nov. 5 election and violated “quiet period” provisions under the NVRA. That argument was upheld by a federal judge in Alexandria, who ordered the affected voters returned to the rolls, and upheld by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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In a court brief, lawyers wrote that the decision “transforms procedural law into substantive federal regulations regarding voter eligibility in elections, an interpretation that raises serious questions about the constitutionality of the NVRA itself.” It states that it is a “comprehensive interpretation of the NVRA.” ”
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin argued that the voters were legally removed and that the removal process was based on precedent in a 2006 state law enacted by then-Gov. Tim Kaine, Democrat.
The process compared the state Department of Transportation's list of noncitizens with a list of registered voters. Non-citizens were then told that unless they could prove their citizenship within 14 days, their voter registration would be canceled.
Mr. Youngkin and Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares argued that the lower court's decisions were “individual” and not systemic, as the Justice Department argued earlier this month.
They argue that reinstating them days before the election would likely create new disruptions to the voting process, an argument backed by a group of Republican states in Monday's filing.
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Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin speaks during the first day of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
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“This court should reject defendant's efforts to change the rules mid-game and return to the previous status quo,” they wrote. “The Constitution leaves decisions regarding voter eligibility up to the people of Virginia, and the people of Virginia have decided that noncitizens are not allowed to vote.”
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