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From the Daily Caller: A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Alabama officials to stop a program meant to remove non-citizens from the state’s voter rolls, dealing a blow to local efforts to prevent non-citizen participation in elections.
Alabama and the Alabama Secretary of State must cease efforts to remove non-citizens from the state’s voter rolls between now and the Nov. 5 election and must also give guidance to counties in the state to quickly restore many of the voters who have already been taken off, according to an order issued by U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco of the Northern District of Alabama. Manasco had been appointed to the court by former President Donald Trump in May 2020.
“This action sends a clear message that the Justice Department will work to ensure that the rights of eligible voters are protected,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division stated in a press release. “The Justice Department remains steadfast in our resolve to protect voters from unlawful removal from the registration rolls and to ensure that states comply with the mandate of federal law.”
Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, a Republican, announced in August that his office had identified 3,251 individuals who were registered to vote in the state but had also been issued non-citizen identification numbers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Allen at that time instructed county officials to immediately take the necessary steps to remove all non-citizens from voter rolls.
Press Release: Secretary of State Wes Allen Implements Process to Remove Noncitizens Registered to Vote in Alabama
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— Wes Allen Alabama Secretary of State (@alasecofstate) August 13, 2024
On Sept. 10, Allen wrote in a social media post, “The SAVE Act must be passed by Congress to give states more tools to help maintain clean voter rolls and to also help ensure only US Citizens are able to register to vote. The federal government should be assisting in this effort, not serving as an obstacle.”
The SAVE Act must be passed by Congress to give states more tools to help maintain clean voter rolls and to also help ensure only US Citizens are able to register to vote. The federal government should be assisting in this effort, not serving as an obstacle.
— Wes Allen Alabama Secretary of State (@alasecofstate) September 10, 2024
However, instead of assisting in the effort, the Biden-Harris Justice Department slapped the state of Alabama and Allen himself with a lawsuit on Sept. 27, claiming the purge was illegal as it was removing voters within 90 days of a federal election.
In reaction to the judge’s ruling on Wednesday, Allen said in a statement to the Daily Caller, “Earlier today, the federal court issued a preliminary injunction order. I will comply with the order of the federal court.”
“I have a constitutional duty to ensure that only eligible American citizens are voting in our elections. State and federal laws are clear that only eligible American citizens can vote in our elections. Today’s order does not change that,” he added.
The Justice Department cheered their victory in the case, saying in a press release, “The National Voter Registration Act’s 90 day Quiet Period Provision is an important safeguard to prevent erroneous eleventh-hour efforts that stand to disenfranchise eligible voters. The Justice Department remains steadfast in our resolve to protect voters from unlawful removal from the registration rolls and to ensure that states comply with the mandate of federal law.”
Preliminary Injunction Entered in Justice Department Suit to Stop Alabama’s Systematic Removal of Voters from Registration Rolls
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— DOJ Civil Rights Division (@CivilRights) October 16, 2024
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