A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Virginia to implement a program that state officials say is aimed at removing suspected noncitizens from its voter registration rolls, siding with Republicans in one of its first significant decisions tied to next week’s election. Liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented. The Virginia case began with an order signed in August by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican. The Biden administration, voting rights groups and lower courts said Virginia’s program also ensnared – and potentially disenfranchised – an unknown number of citizens.





