Lawsuit Accuses Virginia Officials of Engaging in Illegal ‘Voter Purge’ [Video]

A new lawsuit in Virginia accuses the state’s governor and attorney general of engaging in an illegal “voter purge.”

On Monday, a coalition of immigrant-rights organizations and the League of Women Voters in Virginia filed a federal lawsuit accusing Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin and Attorney General Jason Miyares, also a Republican, of conducting an ongoing “purge” of voter rolls that the lawsuit says will disenfranchise legitimate voters.

The suit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, contends that Youngkin’s August executive order—mandating daily updates to voter rolls to remove ineligible voters—violates federal law, which requires a 90-day “quiet period” before elections for voter roll maintenance.

The lawsuit argues that the 90-day quiet period is meant to prevent mistakes in voter removals. It claims Virginia’s reliance on Department of Motor Vehicles data to determine voter eligibility will disenfranchise legitimate voters, as the DMV’s information is often inaccurate or outdated.