On Monday, Attorney General Fitch joined attorneys general from 25 states in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Courtto allow Virginia to remove noncitizens from its voter rolls.
SupremeCourt ruled in favor of Virginia."It is critical that we uphold state authority to determine voter qualificationsand ensure the integrity of our elections," said Attorney General LynnFitch. "Noncitizens cannot vote and should not be on the voter rolls and todaythe Supreme Court granted Virginia the opportunity to do what is fair andright.”The attorneys general argued that a preliminary injunction that halted theCommonwealth of Virginia from removing self-identified noncitizens from itsrolls undermines a states’ authority to determine voter qualifications. Virginia’slaw provides mechanisms to protect election integrity, while ensuring only U.S.citizens remain on voter rolls.“This Court has already recognized that Congress can dictate the ‘how’ of votingbut not ‘who’ gets to vote,” the attorneys general wrote. “[I]f [the federalgovernment and other Respondents] were correct, ... Virginia has no power toenforce its prohibition on noncitizens voting whenever they discovernoncitizens on the voter rolls within 90 days of a federal election.”
“Noncitizens are not eligible voters. They were not eligible voters beforeCongress passed the National Voter Registration Act, they were not eligiblewhen Congress passed the NVRA, and they are not eligible today,” the amicusreads.In addition to Mississippi, attorneys general from 25 other states joined thebrief, including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana,Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, NewHampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota,Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
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