Secretary of State Wes Allen announced on Tuesday that his office was implementing a process of removing ineligible non-citizen voters from Alabama’s rolls ahead of the November elections.
Allen said he is instructing Boards of Registrars in all 67 Alabama counties to inactivate and initiate steps necessary to remove everyone who is not an American citizen from the voter rolls.
Allen, who has prioritized cleaning up the state’s elections since his inauguration in 2023, has reportedly identified 3,251 non-citizen voters in the state as part of this newest effort.
“I have been clear that I will not tolerate the participation of noncitizens in our elections,” Allen said. “I have even gone so far as to testify before a United States Senate Committee regarding the importance of this issue. We have examined the current voter file in an attempt to identify anyone who appears on that list that has been issued a noncitizen identification number.”
Allen stated that he implemented this current initiative after appeals to the federal government to identify non-citizen residents in the state fell on deaf ears. He also provided the list of registered voters identified as having been issued a noncitizen identification number to the Office of Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall for further investigation and possible criminal prosecution.
Some individuals who were issued noncitizen identification numbers may have become naturalized citizens since receiving their number. Such people are eligible to vote. The process Allen’s office initiated will allow naturalized citizens to update their information on a voter registration form to vote in the state’s elections once verified.
“This is not a one-time review of our voter file. We will continue to conduct such reviews to do everything possible to make sure that everyone on our file is an eligible voter,” Allen said. “I am hopeful that in the near future the federal government will change course and be helpful to states as we work to protect our elections.”
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