A FIRST ON FOX: Twenty-six Republican attorneys general joined Virginia on Monday. Call to the Supreme Court To stop a lower court decision that restored voting rights to 1,600 residents.

The amicus brief supports Virginia’s argument that the ruling is overly broad and does not apply under a provision of the National Voter Registration Act (NRVA) that orders states to halt all “systematic” voter roll maintenance 90 days before an election. He now has the support of all US states led by Republicans, showing great interest in him in the final stages before the election.

In amicus brief, attorneys general persistently The court ruled to grant Virginia’s emergency request and “reestablish the status quo,” stating that doing so “would be consistent with the law and would enable Virginia to ensure that noncitizens do not vote in upcoming elections.”

The states also joined Virginia in challenging the Justice Department’s reading of NVRA protections, saying it was overly broad.

What’s more, the law in effect in Virginia is not designed to “systematically” remove citizens from voter rolls, Justice Department officials said in their lawsuit earlier this month.

The Justice Department had argued that the dismissals were carried out too close to the November 5 elections and violated the “quiet period” provision under the NVRA. That argument was supported by a federal judge in Alexandria, who ordered that the affected voters be re-registered, and was upheld by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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In the amicus brief, the attorneys describe the ruling as “a sweeping interpretation of the NVRA that transforms a procedural statute into a substantive federal regulation of voter qualifications in elections;” This is a comment that would raise serious questions about the constitutionality of the NVRA. “

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin emphasized that electors were legally removed and that the removal process was based on the precedents of state law enacted in 2006 by then-Gov. Tim Kaine, Democrat.

This process compared the state Department of Motor Vehicles’ list of noncitizens to its list of registered voters. Those who do not have citizenship were informed that their voter registrations will be canceled if they do not prove their citizenship within 14 days.

Youngkin and Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares argued that the lower court rulings were “individualized” and not systematic, as the Justice Department alleged earlier this month.

They argued that reinstating them just days before the election would likely introduce new chaos into the voting process; This claim was also supported by the Republican group of states in Monday’s filing.

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“This Court should reject Defendants’ efforts to change the rules mid-game and restore the status quo,” they wrote. “The Constitution leaves decisions about voter qualifications to the people of Virginia. And the people of Virginia have decided that noncitizens should not be allowed to vote.”

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Original article source: 26 Republican attorneys general join Virginia to petition Supreme Court to rule on voter rolls