The Republican Party of Virginia has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order removing approximately 6,000 Virginians from the voter rolls, filing an amicus brief on Tuesday in support of the governor’s efforts. The party’s brief reached the court one day after Virginia filed an emergency stay asking the Supreme […]| Virginia Mercury
On Monday, Virginia filed an emergency stay asking the Supreme Court to block a federal court’s order for the state to add 1,600 people back to the voter rolls. The removals stemmed from an executive order by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, and are at the center of two lawsuits the state is facing from voter rights […]| Virginia Mercury
On Friday morning, a federal judge ruled in favor of plaintiffs challenging a Virginia program that has removed over 1,600 people from voter rolls since August, following an executive order by Gov. Glenn Youngkin. This means that people can be reinstated on voter rolls for the time being.| Virginia Mercury
In a significant decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday granted a temporary stay in the ongoing legal dispute over Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s executive order that resulted in the removal of over 6,000 Virginians from the state’s voter rolls. The stay pauses a lower court’s ruling that would have required the state to restore 1,600 voters to the rolls, allowing Youngkin’s directive to remain in effect and voter removals to continue as the case proceeds.| Virginia Mercury