Glenn Youngkin's administration acknowledged this week, with early voting underway, that it is working to fix an error that caused an unknown number of eligible Virginians to be removed from the voter rolls.
The Richmond news outlet reported the problem appears to stem from recent changes the agency has made in an attempt to remove people from the rolls who had their voting rights restored by a governor but went on to be convicted of a new felony.
The governor has the sole discretion to restore those civil rights, apart from firearm rights, which must be restored by a court.
“It is unacceptable that we are two weeks into early voting and the Youngkin administration does not even know how many Virginians they wrongfully purged from the voter rolls.
Corinne Geller, a spokesperson for the Virginia State Police, told VPM the agency was making changes to the data it provided the Department of Elections to prevent further problems.
Persons:
Glenn Youngkin's, Andrea Gaines, VPM, Aaron Mukerjee, Susan Swecker, ”, Jason Miyares, Corinne Geller, ” Geller
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—, Virginians, Virginia State Police, Department, American Civil Liberties Union of, Virginia Democrats, Democratic Party of Virginia, administration’s Department, Republican, Virginia Department, Elections, Virginia Central Criminal Records
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RICHMOND, Va, Richmond, Virginia, Arlington County, American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia