DOJ Drops Biden-Era Lawsuit Over Virginia Non-Citizen Voter Purge

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dropped a lawsuit which sought to stop the state of Virginia from removing non-citizens from its voter registration rolls. That suit, brought by the DOJ under the Biden administration, stemmed from an Aug. 7 executive order by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin that sought to tighten up the state’s voting processes. In addition to other measures—including switching to paper ballots and sending out absentee ballots only by request—the state sought to purge voters from its rolls who were identified as non-citizens. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares posted on Facebook that 6,303 ineligible voters had been removed as of Aug. 7. Around 1,600 more were subsequently removed....