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Virginia's Republican Governor is welcoming the U.S US Supreme Court's decision to allow his state to keep

1600 people off voter rolls less than one week from Election Day.

The PM news is Jod Khalil reports from Petersburg. The citizen at the DMV. Even though there's been cases of citizens being taken off the

roles, Yunkin didn't answer a question about whether he was concerned about

inconveniencing them. There may have been someone who was on the voter rolls who came

off, but the reality is that they came

off because they failed to identify themselves as a citizen.

Non-citizens vote in very small numbers, but it's been a centerpiece of

Republican messaging in the election. Virginia voters who are mistakenly

taken off need to re-register and cast a provisional ballot. They can no longer

vote by mail.

For NPR News, I'm Jad Khalil in Petersburg, Virginia.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is campaigning in dozens of swing districts across the country to try

to boost the GOP's prospects of keeping the House majority.

NPR's Diger Walsh reports that Johnson's future is linked to the outcome.

Speaker Johnson has held the gavel for about a year,

and out on the campaign trail he talks

about plans for another term. When we take control again and we have unified

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