The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday sued the state of Alabama over its efforts to remove noncitizens from the state's voter rolls.
Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen effort Noncitizens were removed from the voter rolls in August after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified 3,251 registered voters who had been issued noncitizen identification numbers. The lawsuit alleges that Alabama violates federal law by removing voters from the state's registration list within 90 days of an election. According to Go to the Department of Justice press release.
“The right to vote is one of the most sacred rights in our democracy,” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clark of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division said in a statement Friday. “As Election Day approaches, it is important that Alabama corrects voter confusion caused by directory mailers sent in violation of federal law.”
Clark said officials across the country “need to be mindful of the National Voter Registration Act's clear and unequivocal limitations on systematic list maintenance activities within 90 days of an election.”
“I was elected Secretary of State by the people of Alabama, and it is my constitutional duty to ensure that only American citizens vote in elections,” Allen said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation. said.
Allen said his office “does not comment on pending litigation in which the Secretary of State is the named defendant.”
The federal government repeatedly denied the state's requests for a list of noncitizens residing in Alabama. According to To Mr. Allen's August announcement. (Related: Republican states remove thousands of noncitizens from voting rolls as Election Day approaches)
“I have made it clear that I will not tolerate non-citizens participating in elections,” Allen said in August. “I went so far as to testify before a U.S. Senate committee about the importance of this issue.”
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Allen said some people may now be eligible to vote after being issued a non-citizen identification number, but state efforts will allow them to update their information and vote once the information is verified. He pointed out that it is now possible.
According to a press release, the Justice Department's investigation resulted in “both U.S.-born and naturalized Americans having their voter records invalidated and scheduled to be removed from voter registration lists across the state of Alabama.” It turned out that he had received a letter stating this.” . Citizens who received the letter were instructed to submit the attached voter registration form.
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