RICHMOND, Va. (7News) — Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order to ensure election security, update voter rolls, and ensure accurate vote counts.

Youngkin said his administration’s initiatives last year resulted in nearly 80,000 deceased voters being removed from the state’s voter rolls, voters who had moved out of state being removed, and Youngkin removing over 6,000 noncitizens from Virginia’s voter rolls.

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Youngkin orders all registrars in Virginia to delete voter registrations of non-U.S. citizens before the November election.

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“Non-citizens should not be allowed to vote in our state or local elections. I firmly believe that. That’s why we do what we do to make sure they are not allowed to do that,” Youngkin said.

“Virginia is the crucible of democracy, and I first encourage all eligible Virginians to register and vote. But I also want to make sure that all Virginians can trust that our elections are safe and secure. And that’s what Executive Order 35 is all about. It codifies the actions we’ve taken to make our voter rolls the cleanest in the country and to ensure our votes are counted accurately,” he added.

Youngkin said Virginia will continue to use paper ballots in the November election. Paper ballot counting machines will be used instead of voting machines, and an application will be required to receive mail-in ballots instead of mass mailings.

Youngkin said ballot counting machines would be tested before the election, would not be connected to the internet and ballot boxes would be monitored around the clock.