US judge bars Alabama from purging thousands of voters before election

Republican state official tried to remove more than 3,200 people from voter rolls on suspicion they were non-citizensAlabama cannot remove thousands of people from its voter rolls on the eve of the presidential election, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.The US district judge Anna Manasco, an appointee of Donald Trump, issued a preliminary injunction halting an effort by Alabama’s top election official to try to remove more than 3,200 people from the voter rolls who it suspected of being non-citizens until at least after the presidential election. Continue reading...

US judge bars Alabama from purging thousands of voters before election

Republican state official tried to remove more than 3,200 people from voter rolls on suspicion they were non-citizens

Alabama cannot remove thousands of people from its voter rolls on the eve of the presidential election, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.

The US district judge Anna Manasco, an appointee of Donald Trump, issued a preliminary injunction halting an effort by Alabama’s top election official to try to remove more than 3,200 people from the voter rolls who it suspected of being non-citizens until at least after the presidential election. Continue reading...