Thomas Roberts at MSNBC put on a guest from the Advancement Project who provided legally inaccurate information to the MSNBC audience.  The representative said that “purging” within 90 days of an election would be illegal under federal law.

Not true.  Removal of voters who died, were registered in error, or who through a writing demonstrate that they no longer live in the jurisdiction, is permitted even inside 90 days of an election.  This issue was settled last year in a court opinion involving Florida. 

Virginia enacted a statute that said that registration to vote outside of Virginia constitutes a writing from the voter indicating that they no longer live in Virginia. Even under federal law, the voter who has produced a writing saying they no longer reside in Virginia allows them to be removed from the Virginia rolls within 90 days of an election. 

Not that we should expect MSNBC to inform their viewers of this.

Other problems with the MSNBC story covered by Ken Sheppard here.