If you didn’t know this, voting when you’re not legally allowed to vote is a federal crime, writes Armstrong Williams.

The Justice Department sued both Virginia and Alabama in the fall, accusing them of violating a ban on purging voters within 90 days of an election.

In response, Youngkin said he was enforcing a 2006 law signed by then-Governor Tim Kaine and called the lawsuit unprecedented and a politically motivated action to interfere with Virginia's elections.

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Cornell Law Professor William Jacobson asserts that the Department of Justice's lawsuit against Virginia is largely a political strategy.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin denounced the Justice Department for the decision and said the state would act to “defend these commonsense steps."

The DOJ recently filed a similar lawsuit against the state of Alabama over similar voter roll purges. The Justice Department seeks injunctive relief that "would restore the ability of impacted eligible voters to vote unimpeded on Election Day," the department said in a statement.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a lawsuit against the state of Virginia for purging voter rolls on Friday. The department claims state officials violated the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) by challenging voters’ eligibility too close to the November election.

The U.S. Department of Justice sued the commonwealth of Virginia in October 2024 for attempting to remove noncitizens from voter rolls. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order on Aug. 7,

The U.S. Department of Justice sued the commonwealth of Virginia in October 2024 for attempting to remove noncitizens from voter rolls. Rating: What's True: Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order on Aug.