ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered Virginia to restore more than 1,600 voter registrations that she said were illegally purged in the last two months in an effort to stop noncitizens from voting.
U.S. District Judge Patricia Giles told Virginia to restore over 1,600 voter registrations that she said were illegally purged in order to stop noncitizens from voting.
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U.S. District Judge Patricia Giles granted an injunction request brought against Virginia election officials by the Justice Department, which claimed the voter registrations were wrongly canceled during a 90-day quiet period ahead of the November election that restricts states from making large-scale changes to their voter rolls.
State officials said they will appeal. The ruling also prompted criticism from former President Donald Trump, who posted on social media that the ruling “
is a totally unacceptable travesty,”