The Virginia Board of Elections said this week that it had purged
nearly 40,000 names from the voter rolls before a U.S. District judge
could rule on a lawsuit filed by the Democratic Party.
Earlier this month, the Democratic Party of Virginia had filed the
lawsuit after learning that the state planned to purge 57,923 names from
the voter rolls, according to The Associated Press.
But before a judge could rule on the injunction on Friday, the Board
of Elections said in a Tuesday court filing that it had already purged
38,870 names. Another 11,138 were left on the rolls based on the
recommendations of county registrars.
The Washington Post reported
that the state would designate 7,300 names as “inactive,” forcing those
voters to cast a provisional ballot on election day in November.
Virginia Democratic Party spokesperson Brian Coy told the Post
that red flags were raised by the fact that Attorney General Ken
Cuccinelli (R) was serving as a the Board of Elections’ legal adviser
and was also on the ballot as the Republican Party’s nominee for
governor.
Chesterfield County Registrar Lawrence C. Haake III said that he had
defied the state and refused to purge any voters because he determined
that nearly 10 percent of the names being removed from the rolls were
eligible to vote.
AHT: If all else fails cheat! The modern GOP!
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