Rep. Chip Roy, a Republican from Texas, is questioning the Department of Justice DOJ over what he describes as apparent coordination with left-wing civil rights groups concerning lawsuits against Alabama and Virginia.
These lawsuits challenge the states’ efforts to remove non-citizens from their voter rolls, which the DOJ claims violates the Quiet Period Provision that requires voter list maintenance to be completed 90 days before an election.
Roy highlights that the DOJ’s lawsuits followed similar lawsuits from civil rights groups, suggesting a coordinated effort to impede state efforts in maintaining accurate voter rolls.
He points out specific timing coincidences between the DOJ’s actions and those of the civil rights organizations.
The DOJ argues that Virginia’s voter roll maintenance efforts led to confusion and potentially disenfranchised eligible voters, while Virginia asserts its process is compliant with both state and federal law.
Recent court rulings have temporarily favored Virginia, with the Supreme Court halting a lower court’s decision that would have restored 1,600 individuals to the voter rolls.
Roy is demanding transparency from the DOJ, asking for documents related to the lawsuits and their communications with the civil rights groups, expressing concerns that these groups may be influencing DOJ’s legal strategies regarding voter eligibility.
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