Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin is defending the state’s recent efforts to ensure that only legal ballots are cast.
Following the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) decision to sue Virginia over the removal of noncitizens from the voter rolls, Youngkin has stood firm in his commitment to maintaining election security.
The DOJ claims that Virginia violated the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 by removing over 6,000 noncitizens from the rolls too close to the upcoming November election.
The DOJ asserts that these actions risk disenfranchising qualified voters and creating confusion.
However, Governor Youngkin sees this as a political attack, stating that the DOJ’s actions are “a desperate attempt to attack the legitimacy of the elections in the Commonwealth, the very crucible of American Democracy.”
Youngkin highlighted that the state’s actions are part of enforcing a 2006 law to remove noncitizens from voter rolls, a necessary step to ensure that “every legal vote deserves to be counted without being watered down by illegal votes.” He added, “This isn’t a Democrat or Republican issue. It’s an American and Virginian issue.”
Determined to protect the election process, Youngkin vowed to work closely with Attorney General Jason Miyares, saying they will defend these “commonsense steps” to protect the integrity of the vote.
