Judge orders Virginia to reinstate 1,600 voters removed in program targeting noncitizens by GOP Gov

U.S. District Judge Patricia Giles ordered Virginia on Friday to restore voter registration rolls for just over 1,600 people who were removed under Gov. Glenn Youngkin‘s (R-VA) executive order aimed to disqualify noncitizens from participating in the election. Giles issued a partial ruling that found the governor’s executive order violated the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, citing evidence submitted in court that some people removed from the rolls were eligible voters.. Since Youngkin’s Aug. 7 announcement that the state would perform daily updates to voter rolls, more than 1,600 people have been removed under the program, and the judge ordered they must be added back within five days.