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The Supreme Court allows Virginia to remove non-citizens from the voter rolls

The Supreme Court allows Virginia to remove non-citizens from the voter rolls

The Supreme Court allowed this on Wednesday Virginia performing one purify of an estimated 1,600 voters are anticipating the November 5 election as part of a program to prevent ineligible non-citizens from to vote.

Virginia had asked the justices to intervene after a federal district court judge found that the state’s widespread cancellation of voter registrations violated a 90-day “silence period” under federal law. The Supreme Court agreed to the state’s request on Wednesday, without explaining dissents from the three Democratic-appointed justices.

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This is a developing story and will be updated.