DOJ drops lawsuit that halted Alabama’s voter purge
The suit successfully halted the program and there is currently no sign that it will be implemented again.
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New voting law won’t take effect until after this year’s election
Alabama's HB100, which adds crimes that revoke voting rights, will not impact this year's election due to constitutional timing guidelines.
Deadline passes for public to submit maps for redistricting process
Roughly 80 maps were sent to the committee. But the majority of those maps will not be considered.
Misrepresentation of Congressional map at hearing—mistaking or misleading?
The CLC map was not a potential plan, but an example of the state's overreach when drawing district lines.
House passes bill criminalizing absentee ballot assistance
The bill carves out some exceptions for family members, but any exchange of money would nullify those exceptions according the the bill's structure.
Judge blocks motion to dismiss lawsuit against Merrill over access to purged voter lists
Greater Birmingham Ministries filed the suit, claiming the Secretary of State's Office refused to release the information without charging "exorbitant fees."
Alabama Voting Rights Project highlights progress, deficiencies in state voting rights
When many Alabamians are released from jail, they assume they will never gain back their right to vote. The Alabama Voting Rights Project held a press conference in Montgomery on Wednesday during which they highlighted the importance of ensuring voting rights for all Alabamians and recognized achievements across the state in voting rights restoration. In … Continued
Civil rights groups support lawsuit challenging Alabama’s Voter ID Law
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, the ACLU Voting Rights Project, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the Campaign Legal Center submitted a court brief in support of appealing federal lawsuit challenging Alabama’s voter ID law. Under current Alabama law, a registered voter must … Continued
Campaign Legal Center requests investigation of US Senate candidate Roy Moore
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) wrote to the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics, U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., requesting an immediate investigation into whether U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore failed to declare honoraria earned, liabilities owed, and compensation received on his financial disclosure statement, in … Continued
Report: Roy Moore left income off Senate ethics disclosure form
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Daily Beast reported that U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore appears to have left as much as $150,000 in income off of his Senate financial disclosure forms when it was compared to his state of Alabama ethics disclosure form, which he filed two months earlier. There are also debts on … Continued