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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Thursday October 31st, 2024. This is the

exit. Today the Supreme Court has allowed Virginia to reinstate its purge of

suspected non-citizens from voter rolls. Plus what the election means for

companies that help run deportations.

And on this Halloween, we look back at the history of trick or treating.

The Supreme Court yesterday allowed Virginia to reinstate a purge of suspected non-citizens from voter

rules. Over the objections of the three liberal justices, the court accepted an

emergency request from state officials to intervene after lower courts stopped a state program that had removed

more than 1,600 names since August 7th. The majority did not give a reason for their decision,

which is common in emergency orders.

Republican Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin called the order a victory for common sense and

election fairness.

Danielle Lang, senior director for voting rights at the Campaign Legal Center,

which represented advocacy groups in the lawsuit,

said it was outrageous to allow a last-minute purge

that includes many known eligible citizens.

Voting Rights groups fought the state policy

because it removed naturalized citizens

from the roles if they had previously declared

themselves non-citizens on motor vehicle forms.

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