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.

  • frezik@midwest.social
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    1 month ago

    It’s generally for clearing dead people off the list so that someone else can’t pretend to be them.

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      1 month ago

      I get that, but someone commiting fraud could pretend to be a living person too. I’d rather have the potential for someone to do something illegal that they’re able to do regardless of purging voters than a system where real, living, eligible voters are disenfranchised.