Non Citizen voting issues: DOJ Sues Alabama

[riclag]

DOJ sues Alabama, state's top election official for allegedly purging noncitizen voters too close to election.

 

The Department of Justice sued the State of Alabama and its top election official, alleging that they had removed voters who had previously been issued noncitizen identification numbers from its election rolls too close to election day.

"I have been clear that I will not tolerate the participation of noncitizens in our elections," Allen previously said in a release. 
 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-sues-alabama-states-top-election-official-allegedly-purging-noncitizen-voters-too-close-election

 

The state is cleaning it voter rolls , its a little bit to close to crunch time for the DOJ.

Edited September 29 by riclag

[Danderman123]

The problem is that they purge citizens, too, and there's no time to reinstate them.

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

It's not just a question of a minor timing violation. It's also the fact, as alleged by the Justice Department, that the Republican sec. of state has been trying to remove U.S. born and naturalized citizens who are legally entitled to vote, as shown below:

 

 

Justice Department Sues Alabama for Violating Federal Law’s Prohibition on Systematic Efforts to Remove Voters Within 90 Days of an Election

 

Friday, September 27, 2024

 

The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the State of Alabama and the Alabama Secretary of State to challenge a systematic State program aimed at removing voters from its election rolls too close to the Nov. 5 general election, in violation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA).

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On Aug. 13, the Secretary of State announced the launch of a “process to remove noncitizens registered to vote in Alabama.” This was 84 days before the Nov. 5 general election. The Justice Department’s review found that both native-born and naturalized U.S. citizens have received letters stating that their voter record has been made inactive and that they have been placed on a path for removal from Alabama’s statewide voter registration list. ... This systematic voter removal program, which the State is conducting within 90 days of the upcoming federal election, violates the Quiet Period Provision. [emphasis added]

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The Justice Department seeks injunctive relief that would restore the ability of impacted eligible voters to vote unimpeded on Election Day and would prohibit future Quiet Period violations. The department also seeks remedial mailings to educate eligible voters concerning the restoration of their rights and adequate training of local officials and poll workers to address confusion and distrust among eligible voters accused of being noncitizens.

 

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https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-alabama-violating-federal-laws-prohibition-systematic-efforts-remove

 

 

 

 

DOJ sues Alabama, state's top election official for allegedly purging voters too close to election

The law prohibits the removal of voters within 90 days of a federal election.

 

September 29, 2024

 

The Department of Justice sued the State of Alabama and its top election official on Friday for allegedly removing voters from its election rolls too close to the November election.

 

Last month, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen announced that he had begun inactivating the voter registrations of 3,251 people who had been previously issued noncitizen identification numbers.

 

A Justice Department review of the purge also identified multiple native-born and naturalized citizens who were incorrectly identified as potential noncitizens during the voter purge. A coalition of voting rights groups separately sued Allen earlier this month over the move, alleging he illegally targeted and intimidated naturalized citizens.

 

https://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-sues-alabama-election-official-allegedly-purging-voters/story?id=114317068

 

 

Bio on Republican Alabama Sec. of State Wes Allen:

 

"Allen defeated Zeigler with the largest percentage margin of victory of any Republican primary race held in Alabama on that date, earning 64% of the votes cast."

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"He has promised that no election machine in Alabama will be connected to the internet under his watch. He has also strongly opposes ballot drop boxes and mass mail voting.^[12]"

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes_Allen_(politician)

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

From the nonprofit Brennan Center for Justice that focuses on voting rights issues:

 

Noncitizen Voting Is Already Illegal — and Vanishingly Rare

April 17, 2024

 

The Brennan Center is part of a broad coalition tracking election-related disinformation. A big rumor we’ve identified rattling around the murkier regions of social media is that hordes of noncitizens are voting. 

 

That’s false. A lie. An urban myth. But it has also, somehow, become the glue that’s holding together disparate wings of the Republican Party.

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In 2017, my colleagues Myrna Pérez (now a federal appeals court judge) and Douglas Keith conducted an exhaustive study of 42 jurisdictions in the 2016 general election. They found that “election officials in those places, who oversaw the tabulation of 23.5 million votes, referred only an estimated 30 incidents of suspected noncitizen voting for further investigation or prosecution. In other words, even suspected — not proven — noncitizen votes accounted for just 0.0001 percent of the votes cast.” [emphasis added]

 

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https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/noncitizen-voting-already-illegal-and-vanishingly-rare

 

 

[Captain Monday]

Thinly veiled voter suppression laser targeted against likely (D) voters

 

[fvw53]

why should US politics be a topic in this Forum / I do not see similar reporting about politics in other super powers

[riclag]

8 minutes ago, fvw53 said:

why should US politics be a topic in this Forum / I do not see similar reporting about politics in other super powers

Hey start a new topic , its open to all .

Australian, Chinese  , Korean ,Argentina .

Start a new topic asking that question!

 

Edited September 30 by riclag

[Kwaibill]

The USA has arguably the largest economy and strongest military in the world, which makes it a viable subject in any discussion venue which addresses issues that might affect Asean interests.