WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The Campaign Legal Center issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2024: * * * Case: Protecting Alabamians from Voter Purges (Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice v. Allen) * * * Birmingham, AL -- Today, Campaign Legal Center, Alabama voters and civil rights groups successfully defended naturalized Americans who were unfairly purged from Alabama's voter rolls. A federal judge halted Alabama's illegal and last-minute purge program, which put the freedom to vote   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 [Category: Political] -- The NAACP issued the following news release: Alicia Mercedes, amercedes@naacpnet.org This week, an Alabama federal judge ruled in favor of the NAACP and civil rights groups, halting an illegal, last ditch effort to purge thousands of eligible Alabama residents from voter rolls. The program, which had the potential to disproportionately disenfranchise Black, and other vulnerable voters, has now been put to an end. Janette McCarthy-Wallace, General  more