A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Virginia to implement a program that state officials say is aimed at removing suspected noncitizens from its voter registration rolls, siding with Republicans in one of its first significant decisions tied to next week’s election.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) asked the justices to intervene after lower courts blocked efforts to cancel registrations of voters who could be noncitizens.

A divided court sided with Republicans, allowing the state to cull about 1,600 voters less than a week before Election Day.

The Supreme Court is allowing Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who aren't U.S. citizens from voting.

Former President Donald Trump Saturday touted a recent Supreme Court election integrity ruling that favored Republicans, but warned that Democrats are bound to cheat to elect Vice President Kamala Harris.

The Supreme Court won’t require Virginia to restore 1,600 names the commonwealth removed from its voting rolls in advance of next week’s election, stopping lower-court rulings that found Virginia had violated federal law by removing voter registrations within 90 days of the election.

The Supreme Court said it would leave the stay in place until the case is decided on the merits by the Fourth Circuit and pending any further appeal to the justices, meaning the individuals will remain off the voter rolls through next week's presidential election.

The US Supreme Court let Virginia carry out a purge of an estimated 1,600 residents from its voter rolls ahead of the Nov. 5 election.

The Supreme Court’s conservative justices handed Republicans a temporary victory Wednesday, allowing Virginia to purge about 1,600 voter registrations just days before the presidential election.