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Election Integrity - Alabama
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Enforcement Updates
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| DOJ Ensures General Election Military Ballots Are Sent Early to Comply With Federal LawDOJ works for months to ensure all military voters' ballots are counted. DOJ meets with election officials months before election day to ensure the State guarantees all military voters are sent ballots not later than 45 days before the election. September 18, 2026 |
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| DOJ Warns State Officials of Their Criminal Liability Regarding Illegal VotingDOJ notified state officials of their duty to prevent illegal voting. DOJ reminded them that it is a crime to intentionally allow ineligible persons to vote or conspire to interfere with another person's constitutional rights. July 7, 2026 |
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| DOJ Ensures Primary Election Military Ballots Are Sent Early to Comply With Federal LawDOJ works for months to ensure all military voters' ballots are counted. DOJ meets with election officials in Alabama months before election day to ensure the State guarantees all military voters are sent ballots not later than 45 days before the election. April 4, 2026 |
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| DOJ Inspected Federal Election Records to Ensure Only Eligible Americans Vote With Alabama's SupportUnder the Civil Rights Act of 1960, DOJ is responsible to protect against state malfeasance with respect to all records requisite to voting and may inspect state-held federal election records to ensure their integrity. DOJ requested Alabama's records, and the state cooperated and provided them. July 22, 2025 |
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| DOJ Withdrew Support for Biden-Era Suit Demanding Race-Based Election MapsDOJ withdrew its support from a Biden-era lawsuit that aimed to require Alabama to use race-based election maps. The Supreme Court ruled in Louisiana v. Callais that drawing election maps based on race is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees equal protection of the law to all Americans. May 27, 2026 |
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| DOJ Filed a Statement Demanding Judges Not Force States to Draw Race-Based Voting MapsDOJ filed a statement of interest in multiple lawsuits that seek to force the state of Alabama to use race-based maps for its congressional elections. Those lawsuits claim that a federal judge must "pre-clear" election maps under the Voting Rights Act, and DOJ argued that this is not legally necessary or permitted. June 20, 2025 |
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| DOJ Withdrew from a Biden-Era Suit that Helped Maintain Ineligible Aliens on the Voter RollsDOJ dismissed a Biden-era lawsuit that hindered the State of Alabama from removing ineligible aliens from their voter rolls in United States v. Alabama. By ending the Department of Justice’s action against them, Alabama should now have the opportunity develop a new process to ensure that ineligible voters are removed from its voter rolls, as it is required to do under Section 8 of the NVRA. March 14, 2025 |