Election Watchdog Threatens to Sue Virginia for ‘Inaccurate’ Noncitizen Voting Records

Election Watchdog Threatens to Sue Virginia for ‘Inaccurate’ Noncitizen Voting Records
Voters cast ballots at the Arlington Central Library during the 2018 midterm election in Arlington, Va., on Nov. 6, 2018. Zach Gibson/Getty Images
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The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), an election watchdog group, is threatening to sue the Virginia Board of Elections unless it corrects voter roll maintenance procedures involving the removal of noncitizens.

PILF published a pair of reports using noncitizen data supplied by the Board of Election, which erroneously identified several eligible citizens as ineligible noncitizen voters. That sparked a defamation lawsuit from the League of United Latin American Citizens, alleging “reckless” behavior and “spurious allegations of voter fraud.”