The Joe Biden administration has once again chosen to throw itself into frivolous lawsuits. Their Department of Justice has decided to take on the State of Virginia and its top election officials. The DOJs strange charge? They accuse Virginia of following the letter of the law while asserting that doing so is in violation of federal regulation.
The lawsuit, instigated last Friday, targets Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin and the Virginia State Board of Elections. The alleged transgression, in stark terms, is their commitment to upholding the law. Undeterred by the dogged pursuit of the justified, the Biden administration aims to create a narrative of preparatory electoral malevolence.
The core foundation of this case revolves around an interpretation of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993. The Biden administration argues that Virginia’s adherence to its own law, instituted long before this administration came into power, is infringing on the NVRA’s quieter and less fortuitous provisions.
These quiet period provisions take the form of Section 8 (c) (2) of the NVRA, barring large-scale voter roll maintenance within three months of a federal election. The Biden administration shamelessly uses this to paint Virginia’s lawful actions as a subversive maneuver. The spin? Attempting to provide their skewed argument is that Virginia is deliberately seeking to dubiously disenfranchise voters.
Their argument lends itself to the specious and baseless assumption that eligible voters could find themselves mistakenly cut off from the democratic process due to Virginia’s adherence to its own laws. This scaremongering narrative does not take into account the rigors of the system or its inbuilt safety checks.
Standing his ground against this unprecedented attack, Governor Youngkin doesn’t shy away from vocalizing the absurdity of the accusations. He champions the rule of law and his administration’s commitment to enforcing late 2006 legislation mandating the removal of non-citizens from voter rolls.
Youngkin’s pointed statement is refreshingly direct. ‘We find ourselves less than 30 days away from an important election, and the Biden-Harris DOJs chooses this moment to launch a groundless lawsuit against us for following a 15-year-old law,’ Youngkin stated, making clear the desperation of their opponents’ tactics.
The Governor makes it abundantly clear that Virginians and Americans as a whole will see this bizarre strategy for exactly what it is: a poorly disguised attempt to undermine the validity of the upcoming Commonswealth elections. Sadly, such tactics are becoming emblematically representative of the current administration.
The Biden-Harris team and their DOJ claim that the NVRA allows states to remove ineligible voters from registration lists. However, they contradictorily insist that this specific process should have been completed outside the NVRA’s stated 90-day quiet period. Once again, timing is their shield for political maneuvering.
The result is a mounting legal argument around voter roll maintenance just weeks before a critical November 5 general election. How conveniently does this narrative fit into the Biden-Harris ‘confusion as a weapon’ playbook? Ever seeking to manufacture controversy around the democratic process, one can’t help but wonder where they will strike next.
With this lawsuit, the Biden administration continues to undermine trust in our election process. By painting lawful actions as malicious attempts to disenfranchise voters, they perpetuate a culture of election paranoia. This strategic move is an attempt to further their own agenda by keeping voters on their toes and concerned about the implications of long-standing laws.
As this legal challenge escalates, it puts pressure on the upcoming election. Both sides are expected to fight tooth and nail over this topic in the days to come. While it remains to be seen how this case will unfold, the partisan tactics from the DOJ under the Biden-Harris administration continue to stir controversy on the eve of critical elections.
This entire debacle serves as a cautionary tale of how the Biden-Harris administration will stop at nothing to further their own agenda through questionable political tactics. They continue to sacrifice the trust of American voters in the election process. Such an approach can only result in further division and mistrust among citizens.
The investigation into these charges is still ongoing. However, it is clear that the Biden-Harris administration has once again chosen to play a dangerous game with the democratic process. Sadly, while their dubious tactics make news headlines, the real losers are the American voters and the integrity of our electoral system.
As we await the outcome of this case, it’s essential to remain vigilant. The actions of the current administration make it clear that we must continue to scrutinize the integrity of our election process. Meanwhile, we are left to wonder about the depths this administration will sink to in their attempts to tip the scales in their favor.