A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate a Virginia purge program that was intended to clear suspected noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls.
The decision from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will leave in place a lower court ruling that found the state’s program likely violated the federal law that says voters can’t be removed in the 90 days before an election. It will likely set up the case to be heard by the Supreme Court.
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) previously vowed to take the issue to the high court…