A coalition of groups including the League of Women Voters filed a federal lawsuit in the Eastern District Court of Virginia Monday against several Virginia officials alleging that a program to remove people from voter registration rolls.
Joined by the Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights the the LWV’s Virginia Education Fund, the complaint seeks an injunction against a program ordered by Governor Glenn Youngkin and argues its in violation of the National Voter Registration Act.
Executive Order #35 issued on August 7, 2024 directs the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Elections to update the voter list daily and remove persons who are dead, have moved, or are ineligible to vote.
“Less than 60 days ago, Defendants announced the latest version of an effort to implement an ongoing program to systematically remove certain voters from the rolls,” reads the introduction to the complaint. “But federal law mandates that no such voter cancelation or list maintenance programs may be conducted during the 90-day ‘quiet period’ before an election.”
The case names Commissioner of Elections Susan Beals, the members of the Virginia State Board of Elections, and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares.
The complaint calls the program “an illegal, discriminatory, and error-ridden program that has directed the cancellation of voter registrations of naturalized U.S. citizens and jeopardizes the rights of countless others.”
So far the defendants have not responded in federal court according to court reports.
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