{"id":2359257,"date":"2024-10-24T20:06:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T00:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-judge-appears-ready-to-halt-youngkins-voter-roll-cleanup-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T20:08:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T00:08:19","slug":"virginia-judge-appears-ready-to-halt-youngkins-voter-roll-cleanup-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-judge-appears-ready-to-halt-youngkins-voter-roll-cleanup-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia judge appears ready to halt Youngkin\u2019s voter roll cleanup &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvirginia-judge-appears-ready-to-halt-youngkins-voter-roll-cleanup-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2359257&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal \u200bjudge in Alexandria, Virginia, is\u2064 considering a ruling against Governor Glenn Youngkin&#8217;s initiative to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-roll-out-legislative-blueprint-for-states-to-secure-their-elections\/\" title=\"House Republicans unveil plan to help states safeguard their elections\">purge ineligible voters<\/a> from the state&#8217;s voter rolls. The \u2062case revolves \u200baround Youngkin&#8217;s executive order, which allows \u2062for daily removal of\u200c voters based on Department of Motor Vehicles data. \u2063The key legal issue is whether this practice \u200cconstitutes a systematic purge,\u2062 which would violate the National \u2064Voter Registration Act&#8217;s requirement for a 90-day &#8220;quiet period&#8221; before elections during which such actions are not allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Over 1,600\u200b voters have already been removed under this\u200c order, raising concerns that even one wrongful removal could indicate a systematic\u200d process. The Department of Justice and plaintiffs assert that Youngkin&#8217;s approach does not adhere to the specified guidelines, while the\u2064 state argues that its updates are necessary to ensure eligible voters remain\u2062 on the rolls. Judge Patricia Giles, appointed \u200bby President Biden, has\u2064 expressed skepticism\u200b toward \u2063the\u2063 state&#8217;s arguments and is\u2063 focused\u200c on\u2063 evaluating if the 90-day rule has been violated amid the \u200curgency \u200cof the\u2064 upcoming presidential\u2064 election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Virginia judge appears ready to halt Youngkin&rsquo;s voter roll cleanup<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1837362\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>ALEXANDRIA, Virginia &mdash;<\/strong> A federal judge on Thursday appeared poised to rule against Republican Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/glenn-youngkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Glenn Youngkin<\/a>&lsquo;s (R-VA) initiative to purge ineligible voters from state voter rolls, hinting that she may restore 1,600 voters that were removed over the past three months.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The case centers on whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3114829\/youngkin-issues-executive-order-to-strengthen-election-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Youngkin&rsquo;s Aug. 7 executive order,<\/a> which calls for daily voter roll removals based on Department of Motor Vehicles data, counts as an individualized process rather than a broad, systematic one. This distinction is key because the National Voter Registration Act requires a 90-day &ldquo;quiet period&rdquo; before elections, during which systematic voter roll purges are not allowed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3186857\/doj-sues-virginia-noncitizens-being-removed-voter-rolls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to attorneys<\/a> for the Department of Justice and individual plaintiffs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &ndash; Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) delivers his State of the Commonwealth address before a joint session of the Virginia General Assembly, Jan. 10, 2024, at the Capitol in Richmond, Virginia. (AP Photo\/Steve Helber, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Youngkin&rsquo;s order has resulted in the removal of more than 1,600 voters so far, and the plaintiffs say even one mistake made in removing a voter from the state&rsquo;s rolls is enough to deem the process a systematic one. Conversely, Virginia argues that if even one noncitizen is able to vote in the election, the damage by &ldquo;canceling out&rdquo; another legal vote is just as severe.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Patricia Giles, an appointee of President Joe Biden, told all parties involved in the case that she is strictly focused on deciding the Justice Department&rsquo;s allegation that the state violated the 90-day rule under the NVRA.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to create an issue that I don&rsquo;t need to create,&rdquo; said Giles, who appeared to have fewer questions of the DOJ while at times casting a more skeptical eye at the arguments coming from the state defendants.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia argued that it can conduct daily voter roll updates, even during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-doj-threatens-election-offices-over-cleaning-voter-rolls\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s DOJ Threatens Election Offices Over Cleaning Voter Rolls\">90-day quiet period<\/a> before elections, based on its interpretation of a <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?061+sum+SB313\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2006 state law<\/a> and Youngkin&rsquo;s executive order. Lawyers for the state said these updates, using data from the DMV to identify noncitizens, are necessary to keep only eligible voters on the rolls and that the plaintiffs and the DOJ waited too long to file a lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are only 10 days from the 2024 presidential election,&rdquo; Charles Cooper, an attorney for the state, told Giles, stressing that precluding the state from continuing its daily updates to the rolls could have a palpable impact on election integrity.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t take that lightly,&rdquo; Giles said.<\/p>\n<p>The state contends the executive order is nothing more than a form of routine maintenance, not a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ccp-may-resort-to-covert-warfare-to-take-taiwan-experts-warn\/\" title=\"Experts warn that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) may resort to covert warfare to seize Taiwan.\">large-scale purge<\/a> of voters, which state attorneys argue would otherwise violate the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">federal rule preventing systematic voter removals<\/a> within 90 days of a federal election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It starts with a basic premise that when someone walks into one of our DMV&rsquo;s and self-identifies as a noncitizen, and then they end up on the voter rolls, either purposely or by accident, that we go through a process individualized, not systematic, an individualized process based on that person&rsquo;s self-identification as a noncitizen, to give them 14 days to affirm they are a citizen and if they don&rsquo;t, they come off the voter rolls,&rdquo; Youngkin previously told Fox News about how the executive order functions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But toward the end of the hearing on Thursday, plaintiffs&rsquo; attorneys stood up and told Giles that they had a thumb drive with data that they said revealed at least 75 additional people were denied access to registering to vote thanks to the governor&rsquo;s Aug. 7 order, arguing that that evidence flys in the face of the defense&rsquo;s argument that the state&rsquo;s same-day voter registration access would solve any possible mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing lasted from 9 a.m. to just before 5 p.m. on Thursday, and Giles is poised to issue a ruling on the request to enjoin Youngkin&rsquo;s efforts sometime on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1837362\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1837362\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia judge likely to stop Youngkin&#8217;s voter roll purge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2359258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Youngkin-Hurricane-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[5387,5894,5468,43023,15109],"class_list":["post-2359257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-judge","tag-politics","tag-virginia","tag-voter-roll-cleanup","tag-youngkin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Youngkin-Hurricane-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2359257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2359258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2359257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2359257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2359257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}