Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) laid down the facts for CNN’s Jake Tapper, pushing back on the Justice Department’s recent lawsuit against Virginia’s initiative to remove non-citizens from its voter rolls.
The DOJ recently announced that it is suing Virginia for what it claims is an unlawful purging of non-citizens from the voter rolls, supposedly violating the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA).
According to the DOJ press release:
Section 8(c)(2) of the NVRA, also known as the Quiet Period Provision, requires states to complete systematic programs aimed at removing the names of ineligible voters from voter registration lists no later than 90 days before federal elections. The Quiet Period Provision applies to certain systematic programs carried out by states that are aimed at striking names from voter registration lists based on a perceived failure to meet initial eligibility requirements — including citizenship — at the time of registration.
“As the National Voter Registration Act mandates, officials across the…
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