A federal judge has ordered Alabama’s Republican secretary of state to reverse a program that purged over 3,000 names from the state’s voter rolls. The judge agreed with the Biden administration's argument that the purge occurred too close to the election.
The ruling, issued by US District Judge Anna Manasco, stated that federal law mandates states to complete systematic purges of ineligible persons from voter rolls no later than ninety days before a federal election. However, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen initiated a purge program just eighty-four days before the 2024 General Election, missing the deadline.
