The Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit Monday challenging Virginia’s voting system, saying the state allows some people who have never been physical residents to cast ballots in its elections.
If parents were Virginia residents and then move overseas, they are allowed to remain legal voters. But Virginia law also covers their children, who may never have actually lived in the state but derive their domiciles by proxy from their parents’ last stateside address, the RNC said.
That means adults who have never been domiciled in the state could still cast ballots in its elections.
“Voting by individuals who are not and have never been Virginia residents dilutes the votes of qualified Virginia voters, undermines the integrity of Virginia’s electoral process, and inflicts concrete harms on political parties that compete in Virginia elections,” the RNC said in the lawsuit filed in a state circuit court in Richmond.
It was joined by Matthew Hurtt, head of the Arlington County Republican Executive Committee and by the Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections Political Action Committee.
They said the out-of-country policy isn’t required by federal law, and conflicts with the state’s Constitution.
Virginia’s Department of Elections declined to comment.
• Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.
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