Federal Judge Blocks Gov. Youngkin's Voter Purge Program in Virginia (SCOTUS allows it to proceed)

[Valletta]

A new telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports and American Thinker finds that, if the election were held today, 48% of Likely Virginia voters would vote for Vice President Kamala Harris, while 46% would vote for former President Donald Trump. Four percent (four%) say they would vote for some other candidate, while another three percent (3%) are still undecided.

Election 2024: Harris 48%, Trump 46% in Virginia; Cruz +4 in Texas

The presidential race is unusually close in Virginia, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz leads in his bid for a third term.

www.rasmussenreports.com

The feds actions of trying to keep illegals on the voting rolls has to affect some Virginia voters.

 

[FreeinChrist]

A new telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports and American Thinker finds that, if the election were held today, 48% of Likely Virginia voters would vote for Vice President Kamala Harris, while 46% would vote for former President Donald Trump. Four percent (four%) say they would vote for some other candidate, while another three percent (3%) are still undecided.

Election 2024: Harris 48%, Trump 46% in Virginia; Cruz +4 in Texas

The presidential race is unusually close in Virginia, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz leads in his bid for a third term.

www.rasmussenreports.com

Rasmussen has a heavy Republican bias in it, as does American Thinker.

There were a lot of polls in 2022 that indicated a red wave in 2022. It did not happen. There were a lot of polls that popped up, were known to have some issues with their process, and were paid for by Republicans. They were questionable, but folks clung to them, and were disappointed.
Same thing is happening.

“Red Wave” Redux: Are GOP Polls Rigging the Averages in Trump’s Favor?

Polling by right-leaning firms has exploded this cycle. Maybe they want to be accurate—or maybe they’re trying to create a sense of momentum for Donald Trump.

newrepublic.com

Polling by right-leaning firms has exploded this cycle. Maybe they want to be accurate—or maybe they’re trying to create a sense of momentum for Donald Trump.​

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Last month, a GOP-friendly polling firm presented itself, and its data, in a highly unusual way. Rather than maintain a nominally neutral public-facing profile, this pollster acted more like a cavalry brigade for Donald Trump’s campaign. And the firm did so explicitly, openly, and proudly.​

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It all went down in mid-September, at a time when the FiveThirtyEight polling averages showed the slightest of leads for Kamala Harris in North Carolina, a must-win state for Trump. Her edge was short-lived: The averages moved back to favoring Trump. And Quantus Insights, a GOP-friendly polling firm, took credit for this development. When a MAGA influencer celebrated the pro-Trump shift on X (formerly Twitter), Quantus’s account responded: “You’re welcome.”​

The implication was clear. A Quantus poll had not only pushed the averages back to Trump; this was nakedly the whole point of releasing the poll in the first place.​

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Polls like that are not telling the truth.

 

[Valletta]

Rasmussen has a heavy Republican bias in it, as does American Thinker.

There were a lot of polls in 2022 that indicated a red wave in 2022. It did not happen. There were a lot of polls that popped up, were known to have some issues with their process, and were paid for by Republicans. They were questionable, but folks clung to them, and were disappointed.
Same thing is happening.

“Red Wave” Redux: Are GOP Polls Rigging the Averages in Trump’s Favor?

Polling by right-leaning firms has exploded this cycle. Maybe they want to be accurate—or maybe they’re trying to create a sense of momentum for Donald Trump.

newrepublic.com

Polling by right-leaning firms has exploded this cycle. Maybe they want to be accurate—or maybe they’re trying to create a sense of momentum for Donald Trump.​

​

Last month, a GOP-friendly polling firm presented itself, and its data, in a highly unusual way. Rather than maintain a nominally neutral public-facing profile, this pollster acted more like a cavalry brigade for Donald Trump’s campaign. And the firm did so explicitly, openly, and proudly.​

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It all went down in mid-September, at a time when the FiveThirtyEight polling averages showed the slightest of leads for Kamala Harris in North Carolina, a must-win state for Trump. Her edge was short-lived: The averages moved back to favoring Trump. And Quantus Insights, a GOP-friendly polling firm, took credit for this development. When a MAGA influencer celebrated the pro-Trump shift on X (formerly Twitter), Quantus’s account responded: “You’re welcome.”​

The implication was clear. A Quantus poll had not only pushed the averages back to Trump; this was nakedly the whole point of releasing the poll in the first place.​

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Polls like that are not telling the truth.

Realize that even left leaning publications and polls admit Kamala's lead is gone:

"FiveThirtyEight's forecast has also shifted in favor of Trump, showing that he has a 51 percent chance of winning the election compared to Harris' 49 percent. RealClearPolitics' forecast currently shows that Trump is predicted to win in every battleground state, giving him 312 Electoral College votes to Harris' 227."

Kamala Harris' polling lead wiped out with most accurate pollster

Bad news for the vice president, struggling to gain an edge over Trump in potentially one of the closest elections in modern history.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Hans Blaster]

A new telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports and American Thinker finds that, if the election were held today, 48% of Likely Virginia voters would vote for Vice President Kamala Harris, while 46% would vote for former President Donald Trump. Four percent (four%) say they would vote for some other candidate, while another three percent (3%) are still undecided.

Election 2024: Harris 48%, Trump 46% in Virginia; Cruz +4 in Texas

The presidential race is unusually close in Virginia, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz leads in his bid for a third term.

www.rasmussenreports.com

American Thunker and "Rassmussen"? That sounds credible....

 

[probinson]

Silly posters. Polls are only valid when they support my preferred candidate. I thought everyone already knew that.

 

[KCfromNC]

A new telephone and online survey by Rasmussen Reports and American Thinker finds that, if the election were held today, 48% of Likely Virginia voters would vote for Vice President Kamala Harris, while 46% would vote for former President Donald Trump.

That's nice, but how about an OANN or Russia Today poll to make things even more fair and balanced?

 

[essentialsaltes]

Supreme Court allows Virginia effort to strike suspected noncitizen voters​

Last week, U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ruled against Youngkin,

On Sunday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit upheld the decision, and Virginia asked the Supreme Court to intervene.

 

[Valletta]

Supreme Court allows Virginia effort to strike suspected noncitizen voters​

Last week, U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ruled against Youngkin,

On Sunday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit upheld the decision, and Virginia asked the Supreme Court to intervene.

I can't read the Washington Post article because it requires a subscription. Here is an article with some detail:

Supreme Court Issues MASSIVE Emergency Integrity Ruling Days Before General Election - This Could Be A Game-Changing Decision

Huge development.

conservativebrief.com

 

[Hans Blaster]

Supreme Court allows Virginia effort to strike suspected noncitizen voters​

Last week, U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ruled against Youngkin,

On Sunday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit upheld the decision, and Virginia asked the Supreme Court to intervene.

Good Grief. This is black-letter law. No voter roll purges w/in 90 days of an election. If they had done the exact same thing the day after Biden dropped out (100 days ago) it would have been perfectly legal. The 90-day rule exists precisely because these purges are often inaccurate and people need time to correct their removal. It is not to protect illegitimate voters, but to protect legitimate voters from being removed.

 

[iluvatar5150]

Good Grief. This is black-letter law. No voter roll purges w/in 90 days of an election. If they had done the exact same thing the day after Biden dropped out (100 days ago) it would have been perfectly legal. The 90-day rule exists precisely because these purges are often inaccurate and people need time to correct their removal. It is not to protect illegitimate voters, but to protect legitimate voters from being removed.

Yeah, it's pretty wild how they seem to just be making stuff up these days. Funny, I haven't heard any complaints about "activist judges" in a while.

If I understood other articles correctly, what's prohibited are "systematic" purges within 90 days, not all purges. So, VA could have gone through each of the 1,600 registrations and verified/negated each one individually and that would've been fine. They just can't (or couldn't) throw them all out as a block.

 

[dogs4thewin]

Thank God there are still good judges who believe in democracy in America.

What is wrong with expecting people to prove they have the right to vote? Moreover, in terms of purges there are a number of reasons if the person has died, moved are serving a sentence under which they cannot vote, been found mentally unfit to vote (by a court not bassed on how they voted or even it could be agrued have not voted in several cycles need to be removed from the rolls. If a person is removed for any of the non-death reasons and later is found fit to vote, finishes serving their sentence whatever. He or she is free to resisterer and be able to vote again. If someone goes a while without voting and either cannot remember if they are registered or thinks they may have been purged due to lack of activity that person can check their status at any time before the deadline to register to confirm and register if need be. A purge does not mean a person may not reregister.

 

[Valletta]

Rasmussen has a heavy Republican bias in it, as does American Thinker.

There were a lot of polls in 2022 that indicated a red wave in 2022. It did not happen. There were a lot of polls that popped up, were known to have some issues with their process, and were paid for by Republicans. They were questionable, but folks clung to them, and were disappointed.
Same thing is happening.

“Red Wave” Redux: Are GOP Polls Rigging the Averages in Trump’s Favor?

Polling by right-leaning firms has exploded this cycle. Maybe they want to be accurate—or maybe they’re trying to create a sense of momentum for Donald Trump.

newrepublic.com

Polling by right-leaning firms has exploded this cycle. Maybe they want to be accurate—or maybe they’re trying to create a sense of momentum for Donald Trump.​

​

Last month, a GOP-friendly polling firm presented itself, and its data, in a highly unusual way. Rather than maintain a nominally neutral public-facing profile, this pollster acted more like a cavalry brigade for Donald Trump’s campaign. And the firm did so explicitly, openly, and proudly.​

​

It all went down in mid-September, at a time when the FiveThirtyEight polling averages showed the slightest of leads for Kamala Harris in North Carolina, a must-win state for Trump. Her edge was short-lived: The averages moved back to favoring Trump. And Quantus Insights, a GOP-friendly polling firm, took credit for this development. When a MAGA influencer celebrated the pro-Trump shift on X (formerly Twitter), Quantus’s account responded: “You’re welcome.”​

The implication was clear. A Quantus poll had not only pushed the averages back to Trump; this was nakedly the whole point of releasing the poll in the first place.​

​

​

Polls like that are not telling the truth.

"They disclosed other premonitions of disaster, such as anticipating Florida going further for Republicans than before and Virginia going dangerously close to the Republicans."

Harris aides say internal polling never had her ahead of Trump - Washington Examiner

“I think it surprised people because there was these public polls that came out showing us with leads that we never saw,” David Plouffe said.

www.washingtonexaminer.com

 

[Aldebaran]