by Sarah Roderick-Fitch at The Daily Signal
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced late Sunday the commonwealth will file an emergency appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to block the return of more than 1,500 noncitizens to voter rolls.
The appeal follows a unanimous panel ruling Sunday from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejecting Virginia’s request to stop an order from a lower court to reinstate noncitizens removed from voter rolls within 90 days of an election.
The latest ruling comes two days after the commonwealth filed an emergency motion to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit on Friday night to stay a ruling from the district court.
Shortly after Friday’s ruling, Miyares defended the commonwealth’s removal of noncitizens from the voter rolls, claiming the ruling was “politically motivated.”
“It should never be illegal to remove an illegal voter,” said Miyares. “The Department of Justice pulled this shameful, politically motivated stunt 25 days before Election Day, challenging a Virginia process signed into law 18 years ago by a Democrat governor and approved by the Department of Justice in 2006.”
The Friday ruling drew criticism from Republicans,…
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