WASHINGTON D.C. (WSAU) – The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a controversial lower court ruling on Wednesday that would’ve allowed non-U.S. citizens to vote in next week’s pivotal election.
According to the New York Post, the high court ruled 6-3 that the Commonwealth can purge more than 1,600 illegal migrants from their voter rolls after Alexandria US District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles previously blocked the state from being able to do so, citing statutes that prohibited voters being removed from rolls in a wholesale process and the Department of Justice claiming that removing voters from rolls within 90 days of an election violates federal election law.
An estimated 6 million Virginians are expected to vote next week, and Gov. Glenn Youngkin celebrated the ruling in a post on X, saying, “We are pleased by the Supreme Court’s order today. This is a victory for commonsense and election fairness. I am grateful for the work of Attorney General @JasonMiyaresVA on this critical fight to protect the fundamental rights of U.S. citizens. Clean voter rolls are one important part of a comprehensive approach we are taking to ensure the fairness of our elections. Virginians also know that we have paper ballots, counting machines not connected to the internet, a strong chain of custody process, signature verification, monitored and secured drop boxes, and a ‘triple check’ vote counting process to tabulate results. Virginians can cast their ballots on Election Day knowing that Virginia’s elections are fair, secure, and free from politically-motivated interference.”
According to the latest Rasmussen poll for the American Thinker, Harris holds only a two percentage point lead over Trump in the Commonwealth of Virginia as the two candidates compete for the critical 13 electoral votes the state provides. Earlier this week, Quantus Insights had Harris up just one percentage point in Virginia.
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