*RICHMOND, Va. — The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Virginia election officials Friday that accuses the state of striking names from voter rolls in violation of federal election law.*
*The lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria says that an executive order issued in August by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin requiring daily updates to voter lists to remove ineligible voters violates federal law. The National Voter Registration Act requires a 90-day “quiet period” ahead of elections for the maintenance of voter rolls.*
It seems they think cheating is the only way they can win?
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EvilBill515 on
This happened to my friend in Virginia. He votes every election, but this year was removed and marked inactive voter.
mantene on
Well, duh! If they removed them prior to the 90 days then the people they are disenfranchising might learn about it and take appropriate measures!
ModelMarveL on
When will republicans ever fight fair?
AndyS1967 on
Until SCOTUS determines it’s all legal.. Nothing to see here.
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Msmdpa on
Talk about stealing an election
tjk45268 on
After I confirmed my VA registration online about two weeks ago, I printed it and brought it with me when I voted today. I didn’t need it but was ready to dispute any mention of not being registered.
ChicChikka on
Republicans and their dirty games. Someone needs to answer for this, otherwise, they will do something much worse than this
Castle-Fire on
“Virginians — and Americans — will see this for exactly what it is: a desperate attempt to attack the legitimacy of the elections in the Commonwealth, the very crucible of American Democracy,” Youngkin said of the Justice Department’s lawsuit.
One among countless others.
Check your registration, early and often. Vote as early as possible.
SirenPeppers on
Is it imaginable that the Feds could show up in VA to put a firm and practical stop to this? It sounds like the republicans are trying to burn it down as fast as possible. It would probably take quite a bit of effort and time to re-establish voter registrations.
Quirky_Cheetah_271 on
pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin should all do the same thing. purge rural white male voters from the rolls for any reason you can find. lets see how they like it.
Ok_Signature3413 on
Make sure to check your voter registration status:
They will actively take away voters they know that will not vote for their hate-filled-orange-slime.
God help us all if these people succeed.
Step up folks and take the fight to these spineless gop monsters.
GrandMoffJenkins on
They will continue their lawless fuckery until they are FORCED to stop.
ctothel on
Still crazy to me that you can’t register when you vote like you can in other countries.
Thund3rTrapX on
Biden administration just sued them which is good
sfan27 on
We could use a voting rights act to prevent states with a history of this from doing so without pre-clearance by the Justice Department. I wonder if that’s something congress passed, and never rescinded.
Listening_Heads on
Republicans desperately want to be a one party political system.
lunchypoo222 on
If it’s violating federal law, why is this a lawsuit? Why arent the people responsible being charged with crimes???
strgazr_63 on
Will they do anything about it? Nah.
Artistic-Cannibalism on
Cool… Will there be any meaningful consequences?
USMarine0621_Ramirez on
Republicans are scared. Vote blue
gainzsti on
Only in the US the BASTION OF FREEDOM is it so fucking hard vote. Quite interesting. Meanwhile in Canada you move? Don’t matter. Show up the day of the election with your ID and vote and juat write your new address there. No prior registration BULLSHIT every CITIZEN should be able to vote.
I am absolutely flabbergasted every election cycle with the US and their republican anti freedom shitstain.
RealPersonResponds on
It appears many states are planning to do this, and then expect Court litigation delays to run out the clock, because if they can’t win your vote they are going to stop you from voting. There was no fraud in the 2020 election, just too many of the so-called wrong people voted, the wrong people being legal US citizens who didn’t vote for their candidate for president. Send this tired old man packing!
5minArgument on
So weird how this only happens every 4 years, 1 month before a close general election.
SusanForeman on
Without reading the article, I’m gonna silently guess which party wanted to do it, and which voters were “striked off”
book81able on
Check your registration and vote early so if you’re “accidentally” purged from the voter rolls that day you have time to fix it.
mycosociety on
So do something about it!
JadeSpeedster1718 on
*rushes to check my registration*
Luckily I am still active in the system. 😂💀
Sadly my area doesn’t have an early voting place, not that I know of. But I screenshot my registration and going to try to get to printed.
LithiumAM on
This should be required to be done a year out from elections. There’s no legitimate reason for it to be so close to the election
GhostofMiyabi on
I don’t understand the point of doing a purge in Virginia. We have same day voter registration. Like if you get purged and go to vote, you can just register again at the polls on Election Day right? So what’s the purpose of even doing a purge?
Edit: changed wording for clarity.
Hopeful_Confidence_5 on
Youngkin is disgusting. He cares nothing for good governance.
stonedandthrown on
Is this what Roger Stone was saying they were doing?
notyomamasusername on
Just as the GOP planned… And they’ll get away with it because our institutions are too fucking weak and/or compromised to actually protect our rights.
Sure-Break3413 on
Standard Republican protocol. They will blame the libs later.
gustoreddit51 on
We need to amend the Constitution in order to set voter rights and methods of registry at the Federal level and get the politics out of the process of voting if we’re to continue to function as a Republic
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From the article:
*RICHMOND, Va. — The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Virginia election officials Friday that accuses the state of striking names from voter rolls in violation of federal election law.*
*The lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria says that an executive order issued in August by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin requiring daily updates to voter lists to remove ineligible voters violates federal law. The National Voter Registration Act requires a 90-day “quiet period” ahead of elections for the maintenance of voter rolls.*
It seems they think cheating is the only way they can win?
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This happened to my friend in Virginia. He votes every election, but this year was removed and marked inactive voter.
Well, duh! If they removed them prior to the 90 days then the people they are disenfranchising might learn about it and take appropriate measures!
When will republicans ever fight fair?
Until SCOTUS determines it’s all legal.. Nothing to see here.
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Talk about stealing an election
After I confirmed my VA registration online about two weeks ago, I printed it and brought it with me when I voted today. I didn’t need it but was ready to dispute any mention of not being registered.
Republicans and their dirty games. Someone needs to answer for this, otherwise, they will do something much worse than this
“Virginians — and Americans — will see this for exactly what it is: a desperate attempt to attack the legitimacy of the elections in the Commonwealth, the very crucible of American Democracy,” Youngkin said of the Justice Department’s lawsuit.
One among countless others.
Check your registration, early and often. Vote as early as possible.
Is it imaginable that the Feds could show up in VA to put a firm and practical stop to this? It sounds like the republicans are trying to burn it down as fast as possible. It would probably take quite a bit of effort and time to re-establish voter registrations.
pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin should all do the same thing. purge rural white male voters from the rolls for any reason you can find. lets see how they like it.
Make sure to check your voter registration status:
https://www.vote.org/am-i-registered-to-vote/
All they can do is cheat and lie and cause chaos.
That is the party of Trump.
They will actively take away voters they know that will not vote for their hate-filled-orange-slime.
God help us all if these people succeed.
Step up folks and take the fight to these spineless gop monsters.
They will continue their lawless fuckery until they are FORCED to stop.
Still crazy to me that you can’t register when you vote like you can in other countries.
Biden administration just sued them which is good
We could use a voting rights act to prevent states with a history of this from doing so without pre-clearance by the Justice Department. I wonder if that’s something congress passed, and never rescinded.
Republicans desperately want to be a one party political system.
If it’s violating federal law, why is this a lawsuit? Why arent the people responsible being charged with crimes???
Will they do anything about it? Nah.
Cool… Will there be any meaningful consequences?
Republicans are scared. Vote blue
Only in the US the BASTION OF FREEDOM is it so fucking hard vote. Quite interesting. Meanwhile in Canada you move? Don’t matter. Show up the day of the election with your ID and vote and juat write your new address there. No prior registration BULLSHIT every CITIZEN should be able to vote.
I am absolutely flabbergasted every election cycle with the US and their republican anti freedom shitstain.
It appears many states are planning to do this, and then expect Court litigation delays to run out the clock, because if they can’t win your vote they are going to stop you from voting. There was no fraud in the 2020 election, just too many of the so-called wrong people voted, the wrong people being legal US citizens who didn’t vote for their candidate for president. Send this tired old man packing!
So weird how this only happens every 4 years, 1 month before a close general election.
Without reading the article, I’m gonna silently guess which party wanted to do it, and which voters were “striked off”
Check your registration and vote early so if you’re “accidentally” purged from the voter rolls that day you have time to fix it.
So do something about it!
*rushes to check my registration*
Luckily I am still active in the system. 😂💀
Sadly my area doesn’t have an early voting place, not that I know of. But I screenshot my registration and going to try to get to printed.
This should be required to be done a year out from elections. There’s no legitimate reason for it to be so close to the election
I don’t understand the point of doing a purge in Virginia. We have same day voter registration. Like if you get purged and go to vote, you can just register again at the polls on Election Day right? So what’s the purpose of even doing a purge?
Edit: changed wording for clarity.
Youngkin is disgusting. He cares nothing for good governance.
Is this what Roger Stone was saying they were doing?
Just as the GOP planned… And they’ll get away with it because our institutions are too fucking weak and/or compromised to actually protect our rights.
Standard Republican protocol. They will blame the libs later.
We need to amend the Constitution in order to set voter rights and methods of registry at the Federal level and get the politics out of the process of voting if we’re to continue to function as a Republic