Alabama illegally purged voters too close to election, Justice Department says - eviltoast

In August, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen announced a plan to remove noncitizens from the voting rolls, citing 3,251 individuals who had registered to vote who were not American citizens.

The Justice Department is asking a federal court to reinstate eligible voters and require Alabama to inform anyone impacted that their ability to vote has been restored.

  • BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    If so many non citizens are registered, that sounds like incompetence in your state. I don’t actually believe them that that’s the case though. I’m betting there are a ton of citizens on that list.

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      1 month ago

      Agreed, somehow they don’t realize what a self-own this is no matter how you look at it

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        1 month ago

        You’re assuming they give a shit what you think about their actions. I don’t think that’s true at all. We’ve been in the “what are you going to do about it” phase of authoritarianism for a while now.

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        The first step is realizing their voting base is hate filled morons who don’t understand basic logic.