Youngkin administration says unknown number of eligible voters were wrongly removed from rolls

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From the AP.

Updated 1:01 PM EDT, October 4, 2023

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. 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.

State election officials are working with Virginia State Police to identify voters whose registration was “canceled in error” and begin the process of having those people immediately reinstated, Andrea Gaines, a spokesperson for the Department of Elections, told VPM News Tuesday.

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. . . .

https://apnews.com/article/virginia-voters-removed-election-e84101527ca75d441afd6f57de17d8b2