Virginia AG cheers Supreme Court ruling as 'huge win' for election integrity

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares connected Wednesday called nan Supreme Court's bid halting a little court's determination to reinstate hundreds of imaginable noncitizens to nan state's elector rolls "a immense triumph for nan norm of law." 

"This is conscionable a immense triumph for nan norm of law," Miyares told Fox News Digital soon aft nan Supreme Court issued its order. "It ensures that Virginia will beryllium allowed to travel our laws that make judge that noncitizens are not connected our elector rolls for adjacent week's elections, that we're not going to beryllium forced to beryllium putting 1,500 positive noncitizens backmost connected our rolls."

"I'm very grateful that the Supreme Court recognized nan value of nan rumor and they made this determination successful specified a short timeframe," Miyares said. "It's really conscionable a reaffirmation of our committedness to some predetermination integrity and making judge that our electoral process remains unafraid for each Virginians."

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Miyares went connected to applaud nan squad astatine nan Virginia Attorney General's agency for nan "amount of difficult activity these past 2 weeks upholding and defending Virginia law."

"And I'm very, very proud of my squad because their committedness to nan norm of rule has been exemplary during this process," Miyares said. 

A divided Court granted nan state's enactment exertion pending entreaty successful nan Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals connected Wednesday. Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson notably would person denied nan application. 

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares connected Wednesday called nan Supreme Court's bid halting a little court's determination to reinstate hundreds of imaginable noncitizens to nan state's elector rolls "a immense triumph for nan norm of law."  ((Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images))

The determination proves a triumph for Gov. Glenn Youngkin conscionable days aft nan authorities had revenge an emergency entreaty to nan precocious tribunal to halt a little tribunal determination ordering it to reconstruct nan names of astir 1,600 individuals to its voter rolls. 

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"We are pleased by nan Supreme Court’s bid today. This is simply a triumph for commonsense and predetermination fairness. I americium grateful for nan activity of Attorney General Jason Miyares connected this captious conflict to protect nan basal authorities of U.S. citizens," Youngkin said successful a connection soon aft nan bid was issued. 

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued nan authorities - including Miyares successful his charismatic capacity arsenic Virginia Attorney General - complete its removal programme earlier this month. Youngkin has insisted that nan state's process is "individualized" and conducted successful accordance pinch authorities and national law.  (iStock)

The halfway mobility of nan lawsuit was whether Virginia had violated a alleged quiet play nether nan National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), aliases a national rule requiring states to halt each "systematic" elector rotation attraction for a 90-day play earlier a national election.

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued nan authorities - including Miyares successful his charismatic capacity arsenic Virginia Attorney General - complete its removal programme earlier this month. Youngkin has insisted that nan state's process is "individualized" and conducted successful accordance pinch authorities and national law. 

The determination proves a triumph for Gov. Glenn Youngkin conscionable days aft nan authorities had revenge an emergency entreaty to nan precocious tribunal to halt a little tribunal determination ordering it to reconstruct nan names of astir 1,600 individuals to its elector rolls.  (Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Virginia's elector rotation attraction programme was implemented successful August of this twelvemonth and compares nan authorities Department of Motor Vehicles’ database of self-identified noncitizens to its database of registered voters. Individuals without citizenship were flagged and informed that their elector registration would beryllium canceled unless they could beryllium their citizenship successful 14 days.

The DOJ based on specified removals were conducted excessively adjacent to Nov. 5 and frankincense violated nan NVRA's quiet play provision. This was backed by a U.S. judge successful Alexandria, who ordered nan authorities to halt its removals past week and to reinstate nan registrations of each 1,600 removed individuals. 

Fox News Digital's Breanne Deppisch contributed to this report.