Elections Kentucky partners with Alabama to improve voter roll accuracy Kentucky is the seventh state to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Secretary of State's office to compare voter rolls. Mary Claire WootenOctober 1, 2024
Elections Voting rights groups sue state over voter purge The Southern Poverty Law Center, Campaign Legal Center and Fair Elections center filed the suit Friday. Jacob HolmesSeptember 16, 2024
Featured Opinion Opinion | It’s not too late for the secretary of state to do the right thing Purging voter rolls sends a false message that immigrants, even those who are now U.S. citizens, aren't to be trusted. That's a terrible look. Josh MoonAugust 23, 2024
Elections Civil rights organiztions threaten legal action to halt purge of voter rolls A host of civil rights organizations signed onto a letter sent to Secretary of State Wes Allen demanding he cease his plan to purge... Jacob HolmesAugust 20, 2024
Elections Alabama secretary of state unveils new voter roll database Allen withdrew from a national voter integrity system and created a new version that implements some of the same features. Patrick DarringtonSeptember 19, 2023
State Alabama Association Board of Registrars releases required qualifications The association released the required qualifications that one must have to become a registrar in Alabama. StaffApril 28, 2023
Courts Merrill to appeal voter list ruling; federal judge denies fee request The case originated when Merrill refused to provide voter lists that a federal court deemed public records. Josh MoonNovember 1, 2022
Courts Federal court orders Alabama Secretary of State to turn over voting records Federal Judge Myron Thompson questioned Secretary Merrill's motivations in denying GBM the voter registration records. Josh MoonOctober 12, 2022
Elections How the Libertarian Party stormed back onto the Alabama ballot After a lawsuit to obtain a free copy of the state's voter rolls failed, party leaders say it lit a fire that turned into... Jacob HolmesOctober 3, 2022
Elections Election transparency group publishes Alabama’s voting rolls free online The Alabama section shows the information on 3,631,862 registered voters and includes home addresses. John H. GlennAugust 11, 2022