President Donald Trump's Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissed a Biden-era lawsuit filed just before the 2024 presidential election to halt Secretary of State Wes Allen's efforts to keep noncitizens from voting in Alabama elections on Friday.
Along with the DOJ's dismissal came the dismissal of a separate but overlapping lawsuit filed by various liberal organizations against Allen.
"I am incredibly pleased to announce that President Trump's USDOJ has filed to dismiss this case and that the liberal organizations involved have followed suit," Allen said. "Dismissal is a true victory for the State of Alabama, the Constitution, and election integrity."
The Department of Justice alleged the program began too close to the November 5, 2024 general election, violating the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
Allen announced on August 13 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 was instructing the Boards of Registrars in all 67 Alabama counties to initiate the necessary steps to remove everyone who is not an American citizen from the voter rolls.
“States are required to maintain accurate voting rolls and remove ineligible voters,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Mac Warner of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “This Administration supports the efforts of states like Alabama that engage in voting security measures that ensure only citizens are voting in our elections. We are dismissing this case from the prior Administration to permit Alabama the time and space to develop a legal, efficient, and effective process to remove non-citizens from their voting roll and secure the vote for their citizens in upcoming elections.”
Allen had reportedly identified 3,251 non-citizen voters in the state as part of the effort. U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco preliminarily blocked the program in October.
"Noncitizens are rightfully not allowed to vote under state and federal law. When noncitizens vote illegally, lawful votes are diluted," Allen said. "Every Alabama citizen's vote matters. When those votes are at stake, I will always fight, just as I have done since taking my oath of office. Rest assured, I have never stopped and promise to continue protecting Alabama elections from illegal noncitizen voting, including in advance of the 2026 election cycle."
Allen thanked Trump and his administration for giving proper attention to the border crisis, especially to the resulting issues created for election officials.
"President Trump and I hold the same zero-tolerance position on noncitizen voting. We are truly blessed to have leadership restored in the Whitehouse and at the federal level that will respect, uphold, and defend our country against the liberal ideologies that have plagued America for far too long." Allen said.
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