Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency on Thursday to counteract the expiration of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on November 1 due to the government shutdown. Over 850,000 people in the state of Virginia utilize SNAP benefits.

US Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins posted to the social media platform X on October 16, stating that “there are not enough funds to provide SNAP for 40 million Americans come Nov 1.”

Youngkin is authorized to declare a state of emergency through Article V of the Constitution of Virginia and by §§ 44-146.17 and 44-146.28 of the Code of Virginia. §§ 44-146.17 states that the governor can issue orders that are “in his judgment required to control, restrict, allocate or regulate the use, sale, prod

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