The law prohibits the removal of voters within 90 days of a federal election.
Poll station workers wait for voters at the Martin Luther King Nutrition Center during the presidential primary in Selma, Ala., on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020.The Department of Justice sued the State of Alabama and its top election official on Friday for allegedly removing voters from its election rolls too close to the November election.
Poll station workers wait for voters at the Martin Luther King Nutrition Center during the presidential primary in Selma, Ala., on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020.The National Voter Registration Act prohibits states from removing voters from rolls within 90 days of a federal election, and Alabama's voter roll maintenance commenced 84 days ahead of the November election, the Justice Department alleged.
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