Alabama. To see guides for other states, click here. Do I need to register to vote? Yes, you need to register to vote in Alabama. You can check your registration status on the Secretary of State’s website.
A federal judge is halting an Alabama program that made thousands of legal voters inactive ahead of the November elections
District Judge Anna Manasco sided with the Justice Department and civil rights groups that said the effort came too close to election day and included eligible voters
Upon its founding in 1819, Alabama was given three electoral votes, which it gave to President James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States in 1820. The number of votes was increased to five in the general elections of 1824 to 1840, then again in 1844 until 1860, when the state seceded from the Union.
If you have changed your address or your name, you have until Monday, Oct. 21 to fill out a new Alabama Voter Registration form. At the Registrar’s office inside the Jefferson County Courthouse on Friday,
Legal battles over threats to voter eligibility are playing out across the US as Trump baselessly alleges noncitizens are illegally voting
A federal judge ordered Alabama’s Republican secretary of state on Wednesday to reverse a program that purged more than 3,000 names from the state’s voter rolls, agreeing with the Biden administration’s argument that the purge took place too close to the election.
The judge wrote that Allen’s office “blew the deadline when he announced a purge program” just 84 days before the 2024 presidential election.
A federal judge blocked Alabama election officials from carrying out a last-minute purge of names from lists of registered voters, finding the state “blew” a 90-day nationwide deadline to maintain the status quo ahead of the November election.
Federal law prohibits changing voter rolls less than 90 days before an election. The judge said Alabama’s secretary of state “blew the deadline.”
A federal judge Wednesday blocked the state of Alabama from conducting a voter removal program that state officials claimed was targeted at noncitizens on voter rolls. In a five-page order, U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco stopped Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen from “inactivating” people who had noncitizen identification numbers,