As the election nears and some states move to clean up their voter rolls to avoid post-election litigation and trouble, some believe that removing certain people from the rolls is "discriminatory."

According to Fox News, several pro-immigrant and other left-leaning groups filed a lawsuit against Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, accusing the AG of running a "purge program" regarding removing noncitizens from the state's voter rolls.

The groups behind the lawsuit insist that removing the noncitizens is against federal law.

They also described it as a "purge program" that they claim violates the National Voter Registration Act.

What happened?

A number of groups teamed up to launch the lawsuit against Miyares, including the "Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights, League of Women Voters of Virginia and the League of Women Voters of Virginia Education Fund."

The groups assert that removals from the voter rolls cannot take place within the 90 day "quiet period" prior to an election.

"Less than 60 days ago, Defendants announced the latest version of an effort to implement an ongoing program to systematically remove certain voters from the rolls. But federal law mandates that no such voter cancelation or list maintenance programs may be conducted during the 90-day ‘quiet period’ before an election," the lawsuit stated.

The groups also called the AG's actions "discriminatory."

"It is an illegal, discriminatory, and error-ridden program that has directed the cancelation of voter registrations of naturalized U.S. citizens and jeopardizes the rights of countless others," the lawsuit added.

The state fired back at the lawsuit, defending the cleanup of the voter rolls ahead of the upcoming election.

State fires back

"Every step in the established list maintenance process is mandated by Virginia law and begins after an individual indicates they are not a citizen. The DMV is mandated by law to send information about individuals who indicate they are a noncitizen in DMV transactions to (the state elections office)," said Christian Martinez, a spokesperson for Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R).

"Anyone spreading misinformation about it is either ignoring Virginia law or is trying to undermine it because they want noncitizens to vote."

The issue is a major controversy as many believe noncitizens could be casting votes in an election that will likely come down to the wire.

Only time will tell who wins this fight.