A lawsuit brought forward by several advocacy groups alleges that four individuals in Alabama have been unfairly targeted by the state’s voter roll purge ahead of the presidential election in November.



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Advocacy groups sue Alabama over voter roll purge

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A coalition of voter groups is suing Alabama officials over a policy they say illegally targets naturalized citizens to keep them from voting in the upcoming election.

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Alabama officials sued for allegedly suppressing new citizens' voting rights

A lawsuit brought forward by several advocacy groups alleges that four individuals in Alabama have been unfairly targeted by the state's voter roll purge ahead of the presidential election in November.

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A number of advocacy groups filed a lawsuit on Friday against the Alabama secretary of state and attorney general over a recent decision that removed some naturalized citizens who were previously noncitizens from voter rolls. The groups argued that this meant these individuals would need to re-register to vote and “undermined the fundamental right to vote.”
On Aug. 13, Secretary of State of Alabama Wes Allen announced that his office had identif…

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Alabama Officials Sued Over Removal of Former Noncitizens From Voter Rolls

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Voting Rights Groups Defend Alabamians Against Illegal Voter Roll Purge

Washington, D.C. - Today, Campaign Legal Center, Fair Elections Center, and Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit on behalf of four individual Alabamians who have been unfairly targeted by the state’s illegal voter purge as well as the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice, the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, and the League of Women Voters of Alabama.The lawsuit comes on the heels of a letter the advocacy organizations sent to not…

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A coalition of voting rights groups on Friday sued the Alabama secretary of state and attorney general over a policy they say illegally targets naturalized citizens to keep them from voting in the upcoming November election. The lawsuit alleges that a recent policy intended to remove noncitizens from Alabama’s voter rolls “undermines the fundamental right […]

Advocacy groups sue Alabama over voter roll purge

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