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Elizabeth Urban

Republican Governor Livid After Judge Orders Virginia to Stop Purging Voters and Immediately Reinstate Hundreds of Deleted Names

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks during a rally for Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump on at Greenbrier Farms on June 28, 2024 in Chesapeake, Virginia. (Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Virginia's governor has vowed to fight back after a judge ordered government and election officials to stop purging voters and to reinstate hundreds of names deleted from the rolls.

District Court Judge Patricia Giles issued a preliminary injunction Friday after civic groups and the Department of Justice said the names were removed too close to an election, violating federal law, as reported by WVTF.

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