WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Wednesday allowed Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who are not U.S. citizens from voting.
One Virginian, whose registration was canceled despite living in the state her entire life, called the purge “a very bad October surprise.”.
The high court, over the dissents of the three liberal justices, granted an emergency appeal from Virginia’s Republican administration led by Gov. Glenn Youngkin.
The justices acted on Virginia’s appeal after a federal judge found that the state illegally purged more than 1,600 voter registrations in the past two months.
A federal appeals court had previously allowed the judge’s order to remain in effect.
Youngkin said voters who believe they were improperly removed from the rolls can still vote in the election because Virginia has same-day registration.
One example is Nadra Wilson, who lives in Lynchburg, Virginia, and told NPR she got swept up in the purge. »
