Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin defended his decision to remove non-citizens from the state’s voter rolls in accordance with state law that was passed by Democrats, saying that doing so was “common sense.”
Youngkin made the remarks during an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper this week in response to the Biden-Harris administration filing a lawsuit to stop Youngkin from removing non-citizens from the rolls within 90 days of an election.
“First and foremost, this is a law that’s been on our books since 2006,” Youngkin said. “It was a law that was signed by then Democrat Governor Tim Kaine, and it requires our election process and governors to use DMV data when an individual self-identifies as a non-citizen and there is a match with that person on the voter rolls to then notify that person that they have 14 days to affirm that they’re a citizen or not, and if they’re…
