A federal judge in Alabama has issued a preliminary injunction against a voter purging program that made thousands of legal voters inactive, restoring their active registration status ahead of the November elections. The program, launched by Republican Secretary of State Wes Allen in August, aimed to identify and remove noncitizens registered to vote in Alabama.
The Department of Justice and civil rights groups sued Allen, arguing that the program violated federal law by systematically removing names from voter rolls within 90 days of a federal election. U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, stating that the program had real consequences for legally entitled voters in Alabama.
