Justice Department sues Alabama saying state is purging voter rolls too close to election

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Source: AP

Updated 6:59 PM EDT, September 27, 2024


MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday against Alabama and its top election official, accusing the state of illegally purging people from voter rolls too close to the November election.

Federal officials said the purge violates the “quiet period provision” of the National Voter Registration Act that prohibits the systemic removal of names from voter rolls 90 days before a federal election.

Republican Secretary of State Wes Allen in August announced an initiative “to remove noncitizens registered to vote in Alabama.” More than 3,000 people who had been previously issued noncitizen identification numbers will have their voter registration status made inactive and flagged for possible removal from the voter rolls. The Justice Department said both native-born and naturalized U.S. citizens, who are eligible to vote, received the letters saying their voting status was being made inactive.

“The right to vote is one of the most sacred rights in our democracy,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke, who heads the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said in a statement. “As Election Day approaches, it is critical that Alabama redress voter confusion resulting from its list maintenance mailings sent in violation of federal law.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/alabama-voter-rolls-justice-department-ddcca3f48f8f4db19600c12d23ca191e

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Wow. I expect they might end up doing the same to NC with their purge announcement - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143313603

Did not realize NVRA had that "not less than 90 days before" provision!

[Think. Again.]

1. And so it begins.

[Diraven]

2. It's weird how these states

Are specifically targeting literally all naturalized citizens. They don't even bother to check naturalization records, basically if there's any record that shows that someone in their state was ever a non-citizen, their voter registration is automatically cancelled.

[gab13by13]

3. Nice to see Garland helping out Marc Elias

[BumRushDaShow]

4. This black woman - Kristen Clarke

is doing her job under DOJ as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights and is responsible for this function. NOT the head of the Department.

https://www.justice.gov/crt/meet-assistant-attorney-general

[wolfie001]

5. John "fuckwad" Roberts

Calling the balls and strikes. I hope he strokes out soon. "Praying" for the moment.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. We need to restore Section IV & V of the VRA that Roberts torpedoed

which the "John Lewis Voting Rights Act" would do if we can just get it past the Senate.

[wolfie001]

7. If only

[ecstatic]

8. great! We need that in North Carolina too

We have no shot at Alabama but we have a shot in NC.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. As long as the roll culls were done BEFORE the 90 day cutoff (with notable exceptions)

then NC should be okay. But a problem with NC is that right now, the RNC is suing the state to try to remove 200+ thousand MORE names.

[ecstatic]

10. omg! Thanks. nt