Judge Orders Virginia to Restore 1,600 People to Voter Rolls
The judge found “that the removals had been in fact ‘systematic,’ not individualized, and were thus a violation of federal law.”
U.S. Judge Patricia Giles issued a preliminary injunction, telling Virginia to restore 1,600 people to the state’s voter rolls.
Giles found “that the removals had been in fact ‘systematic,’ not individualized, and were thus a violation of federal law.”
Governor Younkin is filing for an emergency stay and will go all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary pic.twitter.com/lkhEUPJ0Z2
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In August, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin told state agencies to remove ineligible people from the state’s voter rolls.
The DOJ sued Virginia, claiming the state violated Section 8(c)(2) of the NVRA, also known as the Quiet Period Provision.
That rule states that states cannot remove voters from the rolls “no later than 90 days before federal elections.”
Youngkin signed the EO on August 7. The election is November 5.
The DOJ said in the lawsuit that “systematic removal programs are more error-prone than other forms of list maintenance, and eligible voters placed on the path to removal days or weeks before Election Day may be deterred from voting or unable to participate in the election on the same terms that they would have but for the Commonwealth’s error.”
The DOJ also claimed that the state removed 43 “likely U.S. citizens” in Prince William County.
Lawyers admitted the state removed 18 citizens:
“How many more are there?” Giles asked rhetorically at a hearing Friday.
Giles said it was “not happenstance” that Youngkin had issued his executive order to purge the voter rolls exactly 90 days before Election Day.
She rejected a request to pause her ruling, despite an argument by Virginia’s lawyer Charles Cooper, who told her, “There are going to be hundreds of noncitizens back on these rolls.”
“Every time a noncitizen votes it cancels out a legal vote,” Cooper said.
“Let’s be clear about what just happened: only eleven days before a Presidential election, a federal judge ordered Virginia to reinstate over 1,500 individuals – who self-identified themselves as noncitizens – back onto the voter rolls.”
“Almost all these individuals had previously presented immigration documents confirming their noncitizen status, a fact recently verified by federal authorities,” the governor said.
“Virginia will immediately petition the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and, if necessary, the U.S. Supreme Court, for an emergency stay of the injunction,” Youngkin said.
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You can’t make this up.
They believe the only way Harris wins is with The Cheat in place.
Make sure you complete this by November 15th….
ohhhh so NOWWWWW
The left is in favor of the individual
Ohhh! So NOW the courts will accept cases related to elections before harm is done.
What are you talking about? The harm had already been done; all these people had been illegally removed from the roll. Virginia has no defense here. The removal was blatantly illegal.
I can think of one judge that needs to be impeached.
First of all, her ruling was clearly correct.
Second, even if it were incorrect, judges can only be removed for misconduct in office, not for their decisions. Removing a judge because Congress doesn’t like her decisions would violate the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary. The Supreme Court would likely strike down such a removal, order the judge to remain in office, and to hold in contempt any executive officer who refused to obey her orders.
Absolutely insane. The same people who said we didn’t need the Safe Act because there were already robust laws on the books to keep aliens from voting have now successfully sued VA to stop them from removing aliens from voting rolls.
They’re not even trying to paper-over their attempt to rig the election.
The law is explicit, and Virginia has no right to disobey it. Youngkin ought to know better.
Cleaning up the voter registration roll is step one to honest elections. Every other election integrity policy rests on having clean, accurate voter registration rolls. If you suspect your County isn’t doing its job get hot, find like minded people and begin to force them to clean the rolls. Under motor voter they have an affirmative duty to do so but many will drag their feet until forced into performing required ‘maintenance’ by a CT.
It would appear that signing up to vote as a non-citizen is a crime in and of itself. Therefore the non-citizen is a felon and can be arrested before voting. I don’t see how a judge can prevent their removal.
That would definitely be “individualized” per the judge’s directive
Indeed. Provide the list of names for these voters to poll officials. This is where volunteers as poll watchers come in. They can then issue a ‘challenge’ to the ballot and in most jurisdictions that voter would be issued a provisional ballot that won’t be counted until the challenge is cleared up. Then have the Sheriff arrest the illegal voters.
All that takes people willing to volunteer their time and endure the slings and arrows that come with those actions. This is where ordinary Citizens can and do make a difference in the electoral process.
IMO, before we try blaming the ‘GoPe’, ‘rinos’, the ‘weak/limp National party’ or anyone else about ‘their’ lack of willingness to push back and make the d/prog earn each election victory in our County and State b/c we see room for improvement ….we should ask ourselves why we didn’t get off our own ass and volunteer. I suspect many will enthusiastically offer criticism from the comfort of their couch instead.
Rs are more likely to have jobs and families.
Non sequitur.
Why should anyone become a trained poll watcher? Lots of other way more fun, far less potentially stressful things to do instead.
Answer is b/c they prioritize it. If others choose to do other things …No whining from those who chose to sit on their couch and expect someone else to do the heavy lifting for them.
Granted, but in today’s America any hostile foreign national invader is above and outside the rule of law and if at all possible the government will not arrest and hold them for anything if they can dodge it
Subotai Bahadur.
1. Arresting someone before they vote can’t prevent them from voting. People under arrest are entitled to vote from jail.
2. To convict someone you’d have to prove they’re is not a citizen. Beyond reasonable doubt. Even to arrest them you’d need a prima facie case that they’re not a citizen. And you’d need that for each individual. In none of these cases does the state have such proof.
Okay. Youngkin can’t remove the names, but he can quarantine them. When they search for their record it will advise the poll watcher that this is not a U.S. citizen. I bet the DOJ didn’t think of that.
Dear Judge: Bite Me. Sincerely, the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Appointed by Joe Biden.
“Giles said it was “not happenstance” that Youngkin had issued his executive order to purge the voter rolls exactly 90 days before Election Day.”
So what? So she gets to extend the period to 91 days? Is she “above the law”?
No, she’s not extending the 90-day period. Youngkin issued his order 90 days before the election. That means the program started then, and every single removal under it happened within the 90 days, which is illegal.
Do with the Communist dude, slow walk it, really freaking slow
wait until people with the agenda of voting more than once and/or voting when not being allowed to
show up on election day at the polling locations demanding to be allowed to vote!!
uhhhh…who’s going to stop them?
b/c ANY SHOW OF FORCE will be considered racism/disenfranchisement etc etc
French authorities say they have charged seven individuals for allegedly harassing Thomas Jolly, the artistic director for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The suspects must appear at a hearing in March 2025, where they will face charges of making death threats, aggravated insults, and cyberbullying, with potential prison sentences and fines.
making fun of his presentation was called cyberbullying
who really knows if death threats existed
thhis is the lying cheating murderous left who is saying that is happening
Jolly’s opening ceremony was a daring blend of French tradition and LGBTQ+ expression, featuring drag performers, flamboyant runway sequences, and a scene that some have drawn parallels with Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.”
so why is his bullying of christians and hetros NOT CALLED OUT AS BULLYING ETC!!!
THIS STORY HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH AMERICA
to think otherwise would be ignoring how its happening here
Hungary’s ambassador to the Vatican, Eduard Habsburg, denounced the scene as disrespectful, noting wryly that “decapitating Habsburgs and ridiculizing central Christian events are really the FIRST two things that spring to mind when you think of #OlympicGames.” U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump went even further, calling the scene “a disgrace.”
Leave it to a Hapsburg to remember that Marie Antoinette was the daughter of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. Disgusting how that poor woman was treated by the Revolution.
To be fair; if the law says 90 days, it HAS TO BE 90 days.
Aren’t we the group that support the law?
This was a failure on behalf of Govenor Younkin and his crew, pure and simple. You might argue that the Judge wouldn’t have ruled this way if Younkin was a Democrat and did something similar which might benefit Democrats; but that’s mind reading, and again, we need to leave that to the Democrats.
We are indeed a group that respects and follows laws, unless a particular law is unconstitutional. The removal of non-citizens from voter registration is a constitutional duty that should take precedence over any law that prevents the governor from carrying out that duty.
The 90-day quiet period should apply to citizens, but not to non-citizens.
Not even VA claims the law is unconstitutional.
No, it is not. Nothing in the constitution prevents aliens from voting.
Here’s your Lilly white clean rope.
Republicans love to have Lilly white clean ropes for Marxists to use.
This is a country ruled by the Left. Right now the Leftists in government, and those not on the Left who are willing collaborators for their own benefit, value the desires of any hostile foreign invader over the legal rights of any American citizen unless said citizen is a protected class based on race, color, creed, gender, gender-preference, wealth, or political power status. Protected classes are above and outside the rule of law.
Subotai Bahadur
Judge Giles is happily carrying MORE water for the left. Mr. Soros must be SO proud!
Let them vote on a provisional basis, then show up and arrest every non citizen that has voted, then don’t count the vote and use the provisional ballot as evidence in their trial.
Petition the courts? Nope. Just tell the judge to go fuck herself.
Do that and she will hold you in contempt and throw you in a cell, where you will deserve to be.
Judge: I order you to return them to the rolls.
Youngkin: NO!
Then Youngkin ends up in a cell, and the names are restored to the roll.
Except that the order wouldn’t be to Youngkin, it would be to the election officials who are in charge of the rolls. And they are the ones who would end up in a cell if they refused it. And they would deserve it.