The US Supreme Court temporarily allowed a voter-removal program to continue in Virginia yesterday after a federal judge blocked the initiative last week. The emergency stay comes less than a week before the general election, in which over 56 million people across the US have already cast votes (see data and map).
Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) signed an order in August to remove registered voters whose driver's license applications suggested they might be noncitizens, canceling roughly 1,600 voter registrations. A federal judge last week ruled the program violated federal laws prohibiting states from systematically removing ineligible voters within 90 days of an election. The case is expected to resume after the election (see breakdown).
The stay comes as the candidates lay out final arguments ahead of Election Day (read summaries). National polls indicate a virtual tie between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, with a slight lead for Trump in most of the seven battleground states (see latest polls).
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