The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed on Wednesday that federal law grants Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) the power to remove non-citizens from his state’s voter rolls.
On Wednesday morning the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to issue a stay of the lower court rulings. The non-citizen names can be left off of the voter roll, and more can be removed through the same process.
Liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagen, and Kenanji Brown-Jackson voted to deny the stay.
🚨🚨BREAKING: I am pleased to announce that the US Supreme Court granted Virginia’s emergency stay to keep noncitizens off our voter rolls.
— Jason Miyares (@JasonMiyaresVA) October 30, 2024
The news is a massive win for Republicans and Donald Trump, as well as a win for election integrity.
In accordance with a Virginia state law on the books since 2006, Youngkin removed 6,303 non-citizens from the voter rolls between when he took office in January 2022 and July 2024.
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In August of this year, he issued an executive order directing Virginia election officials to continue the cleansing in the lead up to the November election.
According to the executive order, if someone applying for a