Alabama Secretary of State

The Supreme Court's conservative majority Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who are not U.S. citizens from voting. Alabama is under a similar court order after evidence was raised that around two thousand of the voters removed in the state were legally able to cast a ballot.

A federal judge has ordered Virginia to restore more than 1,600 voter registrations that she said were illegally purged in the last two months in an effort to stop noncitizens from voting. The judge granted the injunction request Friday after a hearing in Alexandria, Virginia. Similar court actions were taken in Alabama last week.

Alabama’s secretary of state is trying to clarify confusion over voter eligibility. The office said Friday that it sent letters to several thousand residents who were incorrectly declared “inactive” on voter rolls. The letter assured people they would be eligible to vote in November and would not be subject to criminal prosecution.

A federal judge is halting an Alabama program that made thousands of legal voters inactive ahead of the November elections. Republican Secretary of State Wes Allen launched the program in August, saying it would begin a process of removing non-citizens from the state's voter rolls.

A federal judge on Friday refused to stay an injunction against a portion of a new Alabama law that limits who can help voters with absentee ballot applications. Chief U.S. District Judge David Proctor last week issued a preliminary injunction stating that the law's ban on gifts and payments for help with an absentee ballot application "are not enforceable as to blind, disabled, or illiterate voters."

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Alabama and its top election official. Federal officials accused the state of illegally purging people from voter rolls too close to the November election.

Alabama organizations, state nonprofits and national voting rights advocacy groups are calling for a retraction to remove access for ballot casting in the state. The coalition warns in a letter that legal action could be taken against a high-ranking official in the Yellowhammer State if reversals are not made.

Alabama’ s Secretary of State is calling upon boards of registrars to remove noncitizens from voting rolls. This comes as Wes Allen says he’s identified more than 3,000 registered voters in the state who have been issued non-citizen identification numbers by the federal government.

A voting rights group says a new Alabama law that expanded the list of felonies that cause a person to lose their right to vote is “out of step” with what is happening in most of the nation on voting rights.

Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state's November ballot, mirroring accommodations made four years ago for then-President Donald Trump. Lyndon Johnson, Harry Truman, and Abraham Lincoln were all left off Alabama’s President Ballot.