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FIRST ON FOX: A high House Republican is questioning the Department of Justice about what he says is “obvious coordination” with left-wing civil rights teams over its lawsuits towards two Republican-led states over efforts to take away non-citizens from its voter rolls.
“The Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government is conducting oversight of the obvious coordination between the Civil Rights Division and left-wing advocacy teams to impede the flexibility of states to make sure the accuracy of their voter rolls,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who’s chairman of the subcommittee, says in a letter obtained by Fox Digital.
The Department of Justice sued Alabama and Virginia in latest months over their strikes to take away non-citizens from the voter rolls. The DOJ has claimed that the states have violated clauses that say states should full their upkeep program no later than 90 days earlier than an election beneath a clause generally known as the Quiet Period Provision.
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“This systematic voter elimination program, which the State is conducting inside 90 days of the upcoming federal election, violates the Quiet Period Provision,” the DOJ stated because it filed go well with towards Virginia.
Virginia has insisted that the state’s course of is “individualized” and performed in accordance with state and federal legislation. A decrease court docket ordered 1,600 people to be restored to the voter rolls, however that has since been blocked by the Supreme Court.
The DOJ sued Alabama on related grounds, alleging that adjustments to the voter registration lists happened 84 days earlier than Election Day.
“The proper to vote is likely one of the most sacred rights in our democracy,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division stated in an announcement. “As Election Day approaches, it’s crucial that Alabama redress voter confusion ensuing from its listing upkeep mailings despatched in violation of federal legislation.”
But Roy says the lawsuits from the DOJ got here after lawsuits by left-wing civil rights teams. In the letter, Roy says that the Sept. 27 Alabama lawsuit got here weeks after a Sept. 13 lawsuit from a coalition of left-wing civil rights teams. The instances have been consolidated on Sept. 28.
In Virginia, a civil rights lawsuit was filed on Oct. 7, and the DOJ filed its lawsuit on Oct. 11.
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“The instances contain the identical or related plaintiffs and legal professionals and observe an analogous sample with respect to the timing of every grievance. These circumstances elevate questions as as to if the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division is working with these teams to file instances to maintain noncitizens on voter rolls simply earlier than the 2024 election and stop states from making certain that solely eligible residents vote in federal elections,” Roy says.
He additionally says the DOJ “didn’t object to consolidating its instances with these filed by left-wing organizations and attorneys with a public historical past of opposing bipartisan efforts to forestall noncitizens from voting.”
Roy says most of the teams have objected to the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which might require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections.
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“The American individuals should know whether or not left-wing activist teams are dictating the DOJ’s authorized technique with respect to noncitizens voting within the upcoming election,” he writes.
Roy is asking for all paperwork and communications regarding the lawsuits and any of the civil rights teams concerned within the fits, in addition to paperwork to indicate whether or not the DOJ plans to file any extra lawsuits towards the states.
Virginia was handed a authorized victory this week when the Supreme Court halted the decrease court docket’s choice to reinstate 1,600 potential noncitizens to the rolls. A divided court docket granted the state’s keep utility pending attraction within the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.
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The DOJ stated in an announcement Wednesday after the Supreme Court’s ruling, “The Department introduced this go well with to make sure that each eligible American citizen can vote in our elections. We disagree with the Supreme Court’s order.”
Fox News’ Haley Chi-Sing contributed to this report.
