US citizens caught in Virginia’s voter purge aimed at noncitizens speak out

This week the Supreme Court revived Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s effort to purge 1,600 people he says are suspected noncitizens from the state’s voter registration rolls using records from the Department of Motor Vehicles.

This week the Supreme Court revived Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s effort to purge 1,600 people he says are suspected noncitizens from the state’s voter registration rolls using records from the Department of Motor Vehicles. But the practice, critics say, is haphazard given those DMV records may not be current and can result in US citizens being removed from voter rolls. CNN obtained access to the list of Virginia voters who were removed and called over 100. We found a variety of US citizens and noncitizens, some of whom were aware they’d been purged while others, who had not yet voted, learned the news from CNN. Noncitizens CNN spoke with said they didn’t plan to vote and some were unsure how they were even registered. Documented cases of noncitizens voting are extremely rare. A recent Georgia audit of the 8.2 million people on its rolls found just 20 registered noncitizens – only nine of whom had voted. “Governor Youngkin has been clear: every eligible Virginia citizen who wants to vote can do so by Same Day Registering through Election Day—that’s what our law says,” said Youngkin spokesman Christian Martinez.