Featured Top Story Breaking ELECTION 2024 US Supreme Court allows Virginia to resume purge of voter registrations DAVE RESS Richmond Times-Dispatch Oct 30, 2024 Oct 30, 2024 Updated Nov 5, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who are not U.S. citizens from voting.kAm%96 ;FDE:46D[ @G6C E96 5:DD6?ED @7 E96 E9C66 =:36C2= ;FDE:46D[ 8C2?E65 2? 6>6C86?4J 2AA62= 7C@> v@G] v=6?? *@F?8<:?’D 25>:?:DEC2E:@?]k^AmkAm%96 4@?D6CG2E:G6 >2;@C:EJ’D 24E:@? 2=D@ 3=@4<D 2 =@H6C 4@FCE @C56C E92E E96 DE2E6 C6DE@C6 `[e__ A6@A=6 E@ :ED G@E6C C@==D — D@>6 @7 H9@> DF3>:EE65 DH@C? DE2E6>6?ED E92E E96J 2C6 &]$] 4:E:K6?D] $@>6 ahf A6@A=6 H9@ H6C6 C6>@G65 =:G6 :? 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Appeals court upholds order to restore voters purged from Virginia rolls Virginia will immediately appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, according to a spokesman for Attorney General Jason Miyares.
