Gov. Youngkin issues statement after DOJ files lawsuit over noncitizen voting in Va.

[Anonymous]

Maybe Youngkin should clean his own house first…every Republican accusation is a confession.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/gov-elect-youngkin-s-underage-son-tried-vote-twice-virginia-n1283376

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://wset.com/amp/news/local/gov-youngkin-issues-statement-after-doj-files-lawsuit-over-noncitizen-voting-in-va-october-2024-election-commonwealth-virginia-glenn-democracy

Governor Glenn Youngkin issued a statement Friday afternoon after being notified that the Biden-Harris Department of Justice was filing a lawsuit against Virginia.

“With less than 30 days until the election, the Biden-Harris Department of Justice is filing an unprecedented lawsuit against me and the Commonwealth of Virginia, for appropriately enforcing a 2006 law signed by Democrat Tim Kaine that requires Virginia to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls - a process that starts with someone declaring themselves a non-citizen and then registering to vote. Virginians - and Americans - will see this for exactly what it is: a desperate attempt to attack the legitimacy of the elections in the Commonwealth, the very crucible of American Democracy. With the support of our Attorney General, we will defend these commonsense steps, that we are legally required to take, with every resource available to us. Virginia’s election will be secure and fair, and I will not stand idly by as this politically motivated action tries to interfere in our elections, period.“


So, what’s Youngkin talking about? This:

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/11/nx-s1-5150774/the-justice-department-says-virginia-is-illegally-striking-voters-off-of-voter-rolls

RICHMOND, Va. — The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Virginia election officials Friday that accuses the state of striking names from voter rolls in violation of federal election law.

The lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria says that an executive order issued in August by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin requiring daily updates to voter lists to remove ineligible voters violates federal law. The National Voter Registration Act requires a 90-day “quiet period” ahead of elections for the maintenance of voter rolls.

“Congress adopted the National Voter Registration Act’s quiet period restriction to prevent error-prone, eleventh hour efforts that all too often disenfranchise qualified voters,” Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kristen Clarke said in a statement. “The right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy and the Justice Department will continue to ensure that the rights of qualified voters are protected.”

A similar lawsuit was filed earlier this week by a coalition of immigrant-rights groups and the League of Women Voters.


Non-citizens do not have the right to vote. Why is the DOJ going to bat for non-American citizens to vote?

Youngkin states that the purge will be based on information such as that submitted to the DMV. I received my Greencard in 2021. I applied for a drivers license and received an 8 year valid DL that same year. I correctly stated that I was NOT a citizen when I applied for my DL. 3 years later, I am eligible for and became a citizen BUT my DL is still valid so I did NOT reapply for one. By Youngkins definition, I would be taken off the voters role.

No; you would be given an opportunity to prove you are a legal citizen and can legally vote. They don’t remove a voter until the voter has been given a chance to prove they are a legal voter.

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Anonymous wrote:I am guessing they are "inadvertently" removing citizens too. It happened to me in 2013, the last time we had a Republican governor.

“The agency alleges that Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin violated the NVRA when announcing and subsequently carrying out an executive order which required the election commissioner to regularly update the state’s voter lists to remove individuals who have been "identified as noncitizens," and had not responded to a request to verify their citizenship in 14 days.”

Were you identified as a non-citizen, and did you receive a request to verify your citizenship you didn’t respond to?

Because that’s what VA is doing. They are only removing voters who have been identified as non-citizens and haven’t responded to verify their citizenship.

I am the farthest anybody could be from a non-citizen...I was born right here in Virginia. I received no communication of any sort. I showed up to the polls, voter card in hand and the election workers could not find me on the rolls. I had to cast a provisional ballot.

Personally, I think Governor Youngkin should be charged with one felony for every US citizen he erroneously purges from the voter rolls with his law breaking actions.

He actually violated federal laws. He should be handcuffed by the FBI in public.

The voters are given an opportunity to show proof they are citizens and before they are purged. You want a governor handcuffed by the fbi and charged with a felony if the voter doesn’t show that they are legally allowed to vote in an election? We have laws that are designed to protect our elections, that to you, are meaningless. You don’t care if elections are safeguarded and legally conducted. He’s breaking the law if he doesn’t follow election law and ensures people are voting legally.

Should we not have to register and show proof we are citizens before we vote?

Blah blah blah. There’s a 90 quiet period and you fascists are happy to trample that, without any evidence of any wrongdoing.

Our laws state that only citizens are legally allowed to vote in our elections. 365 days a year, our laws are in place. You criminals are happy to break our laws to allow non-citizens to illegally vote in our elections.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://wset.com/amp/news/local/gov-youngkin-issues-statement-after-doj-files-lawsuit-over-noncitizen-voting-in-va-october-2024-election-commonwealth-virginia-glenn-democracy

Governor Glenn Youngkin issued a statement Friday afternoon after being notified that the Biden-Harris Department of Justice was filing a lawsuit against Virginia.

“With less than 30 days until the election, the Biden-Harris Department of Justice is filing an unprecedented lawsuit against me and the Commonwealth of Virginia, for appropriately enforcing a 2006 law signed by Democrat Tim Kaine that requires Virginia to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls - a process that starts with someone declaring themselves a non-citizen and then registering to vote. Virginians - and Americans - will see this for exactly what it is: a desperate attempt to attack the legitimacy of the elections in the Commonwealth, the very crucible of American Democracy. With the support of our Attorney General, we will defend these commonsense steps, that we are legally required to take, with every resource available to us. Virginia’s election will be secure and fair, and I will not stand idly by as this politically motivated action tries to interfere in our elections, period.“


So, what’s Youngkin talking about? This:

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/11/nx-s1-5150774/the-justice-department-says-virginia-is-illegally-striking-voters-off-of-voter-rolls

RICHMOND, Va. — The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Virginia election officials Friday that accuses the state of striking names from voter rolls in violation of federal election law.

The lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria says that an executive order issued in August by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin requiring daily updates to voter lists to remove ineligible voters violates federal law. The National Voter Registration Act requires a 90-day “quiet period” ahead of elections for the maintenance of voter rolls.

“Congress adopted the National Voter Registration Act’s quiet period restriction to prevent error-prone, eleventh hour efforts that all too often disenfranchise qualified voters,” Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kristen Clarke said in a statement. “The right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy and the Justice Department will continue to ensure that the rights of qualified voters are protected.”

A similar lawsuit was filed earlier this week by a coalition of immigrant-rights groups and the League of Women Voters.


Non-citizens do not have the right to vote. Why is the DOJ going to bat for non-American citizens to vote?

Youngkin apparently made a subrosa agreement with Trump to turn Virginia Red. Youngkin is as corrupt as trump and is probably removing legal voters. Don't forget Youngkin made his millions working for The Carlisle Group a private equity whose greed is responsible for at least one death.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://wset.com/amp/news/local/gov-youngkin-issues-statement-after-doj-files-lawsuit-over-noncitizen-voting-in-va-october-2024-election-commonwealth-virginia-glenn-democracy

Governor Glenn Youngkin issued a statement Friday afternoon after being notified that the Biden-Harris Department of Justice was filing a lawsuit against Virginia.

“With less than 30 days until the election, the Biden-Harris Department of Justice is filing an unprecedented lawsuit against me and the Commonwealth of Virginia, for appropriately enforcing a 2006 law signed by Democrat Tim Kaine that requires Virginia to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls - a process that starts with someone declaring themselves a non-citizen and then registering to vote. Virginians - and Americans - will see this for exactly what it is: a desperate attempt to attack the legitimacy of the elections in the Commonwealth, the very crucible of American Democracy. With the support of our Attorney General, we will defend these commonsense steps, that we are legally required to take, with every resource available to us. Virginia’s election will be secure and fair, and I will not stand idly by as this politically motivated action tries to interfere in our elections, period.“


So, what’s Youngkin talking about? This:

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/11/nx-s1-5150774/the-justice-department-says-virginia-is-illegally-striking-voters-off-of-voter-rolls

RICHMOND, Va. — The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Virginia election officials Friday that accuses the state of striking names from voter rolls in violation of federal election law.

The lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria says that an executive order issued in August by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin requiring daily updates to voter lists to remove ineligible voters violates federal law. The National Voter Registration Act requires a 90-day “quiet period” ahead of elections for the maintenance of voter rolls.

“Congress adopted the National Voter Registration Act’s quiet period restriction to prevent error-prone, eleventh hour efforts that all too often disenfranchise qualified voters,” Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kristen Clarke said in a statement. “The right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy and the Justice Department will continue to ensure that the rights of qualified voters are protected.”

A similar lawsuit was filed earlier this week by a coalition of immigrant-rights groups and the League of Women Voters.


Non-citizens do not have the right to vote. Why is the DOJ going to bat for non-American citizens to vote?

Youngkin apparently made a subrosa agreement with Trump to turn Virginia Red. Youngkin is as corrupt as trump and is probably removing legal voters. Don't forget Youngkin made his millions working for The Carlisle Group a private equity whose greed is responsible for at least one death.

“Probably?” Citation he’s removing legal voters?

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No one wants non-citizens voting anywhere (DC is an outlier and isn't a state).

The issue of non-citizen voting is just a pretext for pushing out Americans who are legally allowed to vote, but are at risk of voting Dem given their type of last name. Which is INCREDIBLY RACIST.

You are the racist, PP.

“ The District of Columbia and municipalities in at least three states allowed noncitizens to vote in local elections.”


https://ballotpedia.org/Laws_permitting_noncitizens_to_vote_in_the_United_States



Takoma Park is one of them.

Dumbo, no state allows non citizens to vote in Federal elections. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ARE FEDERAL ELECTIONS!!!!!! If you have evidence of noncitizens allowed to vote in a Federal Election then produce this evidence. Otherwise, stop lying!

[Anonymous]

Nothingburger. Want to vote? Show proof of citizenship. Why isn’t everyone behind this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothingburger. Want to vote? Show proof of citizenship. Why isn’t everyone behind this?

+1 how is it even controversial? It’s the law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothingburger. Want to vote? Show proof of citizenship. Why isn’t everyone behind this?

I entirely agree with you, but what Youngkin has attempted to do is illegal, because of the law. Should be easy to understand since you're such a law-abiding, upstanding citizen, PP

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Anonymous wrote:The trope that non-citizens are voting anywhere in the US is FALSE. The right is using it as a anti-immigrant racist way to energize its base.

Youngkin, that turpid worm who was elected in VA by playing on the fears of parents during the pandemic and who like Vance is an amoral opportunist, is trying to position himself well in the Trump universe by signaling his MAGA credentials.

Thank goodness we have laws to stop him.

Happy to point this out to you. From the Washington Post:

In a first, noncitizens are voting in D.C. Here’s what it means to them.
More than 500 noncitizen District residents have registered to vote, according to the D.C. Board of Elections.

They came to the United States from El Salvador, Ethiopia and Iran to study, earn money and escape violence. And they all found a home in the nation’s capital. They are not U.S. citizens, but they care about issues in their communities, including education, health care and affordable housing.

And for the first time, these noncitizen residents — some of whom have lived here for decades and have children who were born here — will have a say in how their communities are run: They are among the more than 500 noncitizen District residents who have registered to vote and have cast their ballots or are heading to the polls Tuesday to pick their representatives on the D.C. Council.

So you are wrong. Noncitizens, aka illegal immigrants are voting in the US.

Non citizens are not necessarily "illegal immigrants" - they can be green card holders or have some other status. Your ignorance is shining through.

30 Years of Non-Citizen Voting in Takoma Park: November marks the 30th anniversary of the first non-U.S. residents voting in Takoma Park.

The landmark initiative first passed by the Takoma Park City Council in 1992 gave immigrants—regardless of their legal status—the right to vote in municipal elections. In Takoma Park, nearly one-third of the residents are foreign-born, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Here is another:

"Noncitizens are eligible to vote if they are at least 18 years old as of Election Day, have been a D.C. resident for at least 30 days before the election" <- You only have to live in DC for 30 days to vote in local elections.

This means that illegal immigrants can and do vote in DC and Maryland. I am perfectly okay with Younkin making sure that the right to vote in my state of Virginia is only a right of US citizens.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothingburger. Want to vote? Show proof of citizenship. Why isn’t everyone behind this?

President Biden address this already, very early in his term. It’s right in a White House transcript. The problem is, as the president explained, blacks and other minorities often don’t have access to the internet or don’t know how to get a drivers license. So it’s unfair to require a drivers license to vote. Biden explained it all already.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nothingburger. Want to vote? Show proof of citizenship. Why isn’t everyone behind this?

I entirely agree with you, but what Youngkin has attempted to do is illegal, because of the law. Should be easy to understand since you're such a law-abiding, upstanding citizen, PP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Governor Youngkin’s actions were entirely lawful and correct.

No. They are not. There is a cooling off period before elections for a reason— to prevent a wide scale purge of voters that “accidentally” include eligible citizen voters who don’t know until Election Day they were purged and can’t prove they are lawful voters in time. If this was actually important to Youngkin, he’s had 2 1/2 years before the cooling off period to do it. He didn’t start until after it became too late to purge voters under VA law.

[Anonymous]

Look - Governor Youngkin just committed voter fraud. He’s a criminal who violated laws pertaining to federal elections. He is not allowed to purge voter rolls within 90 days of a federal election.

Law breaker - Glenn Youngkin.

LOCK. HIM. UP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So is the problem here that names are being removed within 90 days of the election?

Yes. Youngkin had 2 1/2 years as governor to legally undertake this project t to purge voter roles. He waited until right before the election instead— which does violate VA law. Because all the black and brown citizens he “accidentally purges, citizens who accidentally checked the wrong box on a DMV form will now show up to vote and be told the are not eligible. And may be threatened with criminal charges for trying to vote— even if they are eligible and it’s Youngkin’s mistake. And if they were actually trying voting illegally, it would be a crime, and they could be prosecuted, without going through a voter purge AFTER EARLY VOTING HAS STARTED.

Youngkin is so serious about this and considers it such a problem that he ignored it for more than 2 years. The cooling off period serves a purpose. And, there is zero reason Youngkin couldn’t have done this a year ago if he suspected a significant number of illegal voters. This is straight out voter suppression and intimidation of American citizens who seem like they might be noncitizen immigrants.

How many illegal voters were convicted of voting or trying to vote in 2021? I know it’s si blue digits. And I know one such illegal voter was Youngkin’s son.

It would be nice if Republicans at least tried to win without cheating and disenfranchising legal voters.