Two nonprofit organizations sue the Virginia Department of Elections for violations of federal voting rights law
By: Shannon Augustus
Press Release / Last Updated: October 7, 2024

The challenged policy is a result of Executive Order 35, which was signed by Governor Glenn Youngkin in August and requires state and local election officials to remove individuals from the state voter registration list if Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) records do not indicate US citizenship. However, as the complaint explains, Virginia driver’s licenses are available to non-citizens and can remain valid for up to eight years, meaning people who obtained driver’s licenses as non-citizens, subsequently became US citizens, and lawfully registered to vote are being unlawfully purged from the voter rolls based on outdated DMV information...