The program, aimed at purging noncitizens from the voter rolls, is also being challenged in court by individual Alabama voters.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Alabama Friday over its effort to remove non-citizens from the state’s voter rolls. Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen initiated an effort in August to remove noncitizens from the voter rolls after identifying 3,

The Justice Department sued Alabama on Friday over the state’s recent effort to remove more than 3,000 names from its voter rolls, arguing the move violated federal law prohibiting such action from taking place too close to an election.

The Department of Justice has announced it is suing the State of Alabama and Secretary of State Wes Allen over a program to remove some voters from voter rolls.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Friday against Alabama and its top election official, accusing the state of illegally purging people from voter rolls too close to the November election.

The Biden administration filed a suit against Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen Friday, accusing the election official of violating federal law by purging voter rolls too close to Election Day.

In a new lawsuit, the Justice Department claims Alabama violated federal law by systematically removing voters fewer than 90 days before a federal election.

The justice department has filed a lawsuit against Alabama and Secretary of State Wes Allen after he removed over 3,000 voters who had been granted noncitizen identification numbers.

The Justice Department sued Alabama, arguing that an effort to remove voters from state rolls was taking place too close to Election Day in violation of federal law.