“The American Civil Rights Union (ACRU) has sent notices to numerous Alabama counties that they are in violation of Section 8 of the National Voter Registration (“Motor Voter”) Act. The counties have more registered voters than voting age-eligible residents, according to official data from the U.S. Census and state voter registration offices. . . . The counties in Alabama join others in Mississippi, Texas and Kentucky targeted by the ACRU for violating federal law that requires election officials to maintain accurate voter registration lists. The ACRU has entered historic consent decrees with Walthall and Jefferson Davis counties in Mississippi after suing them in federal district court for having more voters registered than voting-age-eligible residents living in each county — just as the Alabama counties do that were put on notice today. Earlier this month, the ACRU also sent letters to 15 Texas counties and 11 Kentucky counties warning them that, based on official federal government data, they are violating federal law under the requirements of the Motor Voter Act.”
The city of Dothan, Alabama is awaiting the results of a court decision into 124 absentee ballots in an election decided by 14 votes. Last week a Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court Judge ordered 397 voters to verify they were legally registered or not coerced into voting in an election decided by 87 votes. Despite the Supreme Court victory in Shelby County, Alabama v Holder giving Alabama sovereignty over its own election laws, Attorney General Eric Holder has vowed to block any necessary reform or enforcement.
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