DOJ drops Biden admin suit over Virginia clearing non-citizens from voter rolls

The Department of Justice dropped a lawsuit brought by the Biden administration against Virginia for removing non-citizens from the commonwealth's voter rolls.

The DOJ filed a notice of voluntary dismissal of the case on Tuesday in federal court.

The department had sued Virginia in October and a federal judge ordered that the commonwealth reinstate the non-citizens to its voter rolls after removing them. 

However, days later, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted the order that temporarily suspended Virginia's voter roll maintenance program, allowing the commonwealth to keep non-citizens off of its voter rolls. 

Virginia had removed about 1,600 suspected non-citizens.