The DOJ had sued the state over its purge of suspected non-citizens from voter rolls with less than 90 days before Election Day.

A federal judge on Friday halted a Virginia program that purged the state’s voter rolls based on indications that a person might be a noncitizen and ordered officials to restore the registrations of roughly 1,

A federal judge has ordered Virginia to restore more than 1,600 voter registrations that she said were illegally purged in the last two months in an effort to stop noncitizens from voting.

A lawyer who sued over the program celebrated the ruling, saying eligible voters who were "wrongfully purged" will be able to vote in this election.

A U.S. federal judge on Friday blocked Virginia's removal of people it said had not proved their citizenship from its voter rolls, saying it ran afoul of a federal prohibition on purging large numbers of voters in the final 90 days before an election.

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

Courts are responding to lawsuits across the country on how ballots and voter rolls are handled in the weeks before Election Day.

A federal judge in Virginia halted a systematic purge of names from the state’s voter rolls ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election, in a win for the Biden administration.

The Justice Department had sued GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin over his supposed attempt to remove noncitizens from voter rolls.

A federal judge ordered Virginia to put about 1,600 people back on its voter rolls whose eligibility were questioned by the state’s Republican governor. U.S. District Judge Patricia Giles, an appointee of President Joe Biden,