Glenn Youngkin promises a fair, accurate, and safe election in Virginia.

Gov. Youngkin pledged to ensure a fair, safe, and accurate presidential election in Virginia, in response to a lawsuit by the DOJ challenging his efforts to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls.

Virginia is being sued by the DOJ for removing noncitizens from the voting rolls, a promise Youngkin made to fight during a Planet Chronicle interview on "Hannity" Monday night.

Someone who self-identified as a noncitizen is being removed from the voter roll unless they prove that they are a citizen and affirm so, according to Youngkin.

The DOJ alleges that Youngkin breached the National Voter Registration Act by issuing an executive order that mandated the election commissioner to maintain the state's voter lists by removing noncitizens who did not respond to a citizenship verification request within 14 days.

Over 6,000 individuals have been removed from Virginia's records between January 2022 and July 2024.

The governor's office characterized the DOJ's lawsuit as an unprecedented move that targets the state for enforcing a Virginia law, signed by then-Gov. Tim Kaine in 2006, which requires Virginia to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls. This process begins when an individual indicates they are a noncitizen during a DMV transaction.

"In 2006, a bill was signed that mandates the removal of non-citizens from the voter rolls using DMV data where individuals self-identify as non-citizens. This process has been in place for 18 years, with both Democratic and Republican governors utilizing it, including Terry McAuliffe and Ralph Northam. Today, this process is being carried out in Virginia."

If a noncitizen mistakenly or intentionally registers to vote and is discovered at the DMV, they must undergo a process to prove their citizenship within 14 days or be removed from the voter roll.

Younkin found it unbelievable that the Department of Justice would turn around and say "You must stop doing this" 25 days before a presidential election.

He stated that this was unprecedented and indicated that the Department of Justice was aiming for something other than fair and free elections.

Since Youngkin took office, there have been 6,300 instances where someone went to the DMV, identified as a non-citizen, and was added to the voter roll. Additionally, Virginia removed 80,000 deceased individuals from its voter rolls in 2023.

Planet Chronicle' Adam Shaw contributed to this report.