A battle over voters' rights is ended in Virginia after a federal judge ruled against Governor Glenn Youngkin's executive order that struck voters from rolls.

On Friday morning, a federal judge ruled in favor of plaintiffs challenging a Virginia program that has removed more than 1,600 people from voter rolls since August, following an executive order by Gov.

A federal judge has shut down a controversial voter purge program from Governor Glenn Youngkin. Back in August, the governor signed an executive order calling for daily checks of Virginia Department of Motor Vehicle data – a move meant to remove non-citizens from the state’s voter rolls.

A federal judge has issued an injunction ordering the Youngkin administration to restore the voting rights of 1,600 Virginia residents.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin defends a program to keep non-citizens off the voter rolls in the face of a DOJ lawsuit during an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper: JAKE TAPPER, CNN: The Justice Department is suing your state's election officials alleging that you're violating federal law because you're purging voters that were flagged as potential non-citizens.

Virginia cancels voter registration when people said they are noncitizens on motor vehicle forms, but a judge halted the program close to the election