The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Virginia to carry out a purge of an estimated 1,600 people from its voter rolls ahead of the Nov. 5 election as part of a program to prevent ineligible noncitizens from voting.
Virginia had asked the justices to intervene after a federal district court judge found that the state’s bulk cancellation of voter registrations violated a 90-day “quiet period” under federal law. The high court agreed to the state’s request Wednesday without explanation over dissents from the three Democratic-appointed justices.
PURGING VOTER ROLLS: THE ELECTION CHORE SPURRING ELIGIBILITY DISPUTES
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