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.

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.

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

The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated Virginia's decision ahead of the Nov. 5 election to purge from its voter rolls about 1,600 people who state officials concluded were not American citizens, though President Joe Biden's administration and voting rights groups said actual citizens were among those struck.

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.

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 U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Virginia can continue with its purge of more than 1,600 voter registrations that state officials say are held by alleged noncitizens ahead of next week's general 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.