A coalition of voting rights groups filed a lawsuit against Alabama's Secretary of State and Attorney General, alleging that a new policy targeting noncitizens for voter removal illegally disenfranchises naturalized citizens. The lawsuit claims the policy relies on faulty information and unfairly burdens eligible voters.
A coalition of voting rights groups on Friday sued the Alabama secretary of state and attorney general over a policy they say illegally targets naturalized citizens to keep them from voting in theThe lawsuit alleges that a recent policy intended to remove noncitizens from Alabama 's voter rolls "undermines the fundamental right to vote" by relying on faulty information that discriminates against naturalized citizens , disenfranchises eligible voters, and wrongly refers cases for...
His office also referred the list of registered voters to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall for potential criminal prosecution on the grounds that federal law prohibits noncitizens from voting in national elections. In announcing the policy last month, Secretary of State Allen acknowledged the possibility that some of the voters included in the purge may have since become citizens, and said that those voters could re-register to vote ahead of the election.
Roald Hazelhoff, a naturalized citizen who moved to the United States from the Netherlands in 1977, joined the lawsuit after he received notice that his voting registration had been inactivated following the purge. Despite attempting to fix his registration status, Hazelhoff is unsure if he will be able to vote in the upcoming election, the lawsuit said.
A spokesperson for the Alabama secretary of state, when asked for comment by ABC News, declined to comment on active litigation.
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