Federal judge rules Alabama cannot purge voter rolls with only weeks before the election
Federal judge blocks Alabama's voter purge program ahead of election
Federal judge orders Alabama to reverse program that purged more than 3,000 names from state voter rolls
How many electoral votes does Alabama have? Has it always been that number?
Upon its founding in 1819, Alabama was given three electoral votes, which it gave to President James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States in 1820. The number of votes was increased to five in the general elections of 1824 to 1840, then again in 1844 until 1860, when the state seceded from the Union.
A federal judge halts an Alabama program that purged thousands of legal voters
A federal judge is halting an Alabama program that made thousands of legal voters inactive ahead of the November elections.
Judge halts Alabama state program aimed at determining voter eligibility
District Judge Anna Manasco sided with the Justice Department and civil rights groups that said the effort came too close to election day and included eligible voters
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Alabama has 3 days to restore names purged from voter rolls, federal judge rules
The judge wrote that Allen’s office “blew the deadline when he announced a purge program” just 84 days before the 2024 presidential election.
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Judge rules Alabama must stop removing voters from rolls prior to general election
The ruling came after the Alabama Secretary of State Office announced it identified over 3,000 voters registered under noncitizen IDs in August.
Trump says he protected IVF in Alabama. The Alabama Legislature moved before he did.
Former President Donald Trump Wednesday claimed credit for protecting in vitro fertilization (IVF) services in Alabama, saying the state Legislature moved to act quickly once he intervened. However, Republican and Democratic legislators in the state were already moving to address a February Alabama Supreme Court ruling before the Republican presidential nominee weighed in.
Federal Judge Reverses Alabama’s 'Noncitizen' Voter Purge That Caught Up Hundreds Of Real Citizens
Federal law prohibits changing voter rolls less than 90 days before an election. The judge said Alabama’s secretary of state “blew the deadline.”
Alabama must stop removing voters from active rolls ahead of presidential election, judge rules
Judge Anna M. Manasco, a Trump appointee, said that Alabama must stop moving voters from active to “inactive” status, as the presidential election is just three weeks away.
Federal judge orders Alabama Secretary of State to stop voter purge program
A federal judge issued an injunction ordering Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen to stop a voter purge program until after Election Day.