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BumRushDaShow

(143,125 posts)
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 06:24 PM Sep 27

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

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



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!
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Justice Department sues Alabama saying state is purging voter rolls too close to election (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 27 OP
And so it begins. Think. Again. Sep 27 #1
It's weird how these states Diraven Sep 27 #2
Nice to see Garland helping out Marc Elias gab13by13 Sep 27 #3
This black woman - Kristen Clarke BumRushDaShow Sep 27 #4
John "fuckwad" Roberts wolfie001 Sep 28 #5
We need to restore Section IV & V of the VRA that Roberts torpedoed BumRushDaShow Sep 29 #6
If only wolfie001 Sep 29 #7
great! We need that in North Carolina too ecstatic Sep 29 #8
As long as the roll culls were done BEFORE the 90 day cutoff (with notable exceptions) BumRushDaShow Sep 29 #9
omg! Thanks. nt ecstatic Sep 29 #10

Diraven

(1,067 posts)
2. It's weird how these states
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 06:45 PM
Sep 27

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.

BumRushDaShow

(143,125 posts)
4. This black woman - Kristen Clarke
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 07:16 PM
Sep 27


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

BumRushDaShow

(143,125 posts)
6. We need to restore Section IV & V of the VRA that Roberts torpedoed
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 03:52 PM
Sep 29

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

BumRushDaShow

(143,125 posts)
9. As long as the roll culls were done BEFORE the 90 day cutoff (with notable exceptions)
Sun Sep 29, 2024, 06:07 PM
Sep 29

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.

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