A federal judge halts an Alabama program that purged thousands of legal voters
- Judge Anna Manasco stated that thousands of Alabamians were improperly affected, declaring they are legally entitled to vote.
- The injunction requires education for county officials, a press release, and notification for reactivated voters, emphasizing the importance of accurate information.
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Federal judge rules Alabama cannot purge voter rolls with only weeks before the election
A federal judge ordered Alabama to stop canceling voter registrations, siding with the Department of Justice's claim that the state violated federal law by purging its voter rolls so close to the election.
Federal judge blocks voting purge in Alabama weeks before election
A ruling by a federal judge in Alabama might affect thousands of voters in the upcoming election. U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco issued a preliminary injunction against a voter purging program that Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, R, implemented. The Justice Department and civil rights groups sued Allen, claiming the program violated a law that bars systemic removal of names from voter rolls 90 days before a federal election. Back in Aug…
Federal Judge Blocks Alabama Effort to Remove Noncitizens From Voter Rolls
A federal judge on Oct. 16 ordered Alabama’s secretary of state to halt its effort to inactivate and move toward removing noncitizens from its voter rolls because doing so violated a federal prohibition on systematic changes 90 days prior to an election. “For decades, federal law has given states a hard deadline to complete systematic purges of ineligible persons from voter rolls: no later than ninety days before a federal election,” Judge Anna …
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