A federal judge has issued an injunction ordering the Youngkin administration to restore the voting rights of 1,600 Virginia residents.

A federal judge has shut down a controversial voter purge program from Governor Glenn Youngkin. Back in August, the governor signed an executive order calling for daily checks of Virginia Department of Motor Vehicle data – a move meant to remove non-citizens from the state’s voter rolls.

On Friday morning, a federal judge ruled in favor of plaintiffs challenging a Virginia program that has removed more than 1,600 people from voter rolls since August, following an executive order by Gov.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin defends a program to keep non-citizens off the voter rolls in the face of a DOJ lawsuit during an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper: JAKE TAPPER, CNN: The Justice Department is suing your state's election officials alleging that you're violating federal law because you're purging voters that were flagged as potential non-citizens.

A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, granted an injunction to stop Virginia removing the names of 1,600 nonresidents from voter registration rolls

A U.S. federal judge on Friday blocked Virginia's removal of people it said had not proved their citizenship from its voter rolls, saying it ran afoul of a federal prohibition on purging large numbers of voters in the final 90 days before an election.

A federal judge on Friday granted a Department of Justice request to block Virginia from systematically removing alleged noncitizens from the voter rolls this close to an election.

A federal judge on Friday ordered Virginia to halt its removal of potential noncitizens from state voter rolls, a decision expected to restore the voting rights to some 1,600 residents ahead of Election Day.