Post by Logan on Jul 5, 2016 1:54:45 GMT -6
Alabama Citizenship Voting Law Appealed by Voting Rights Group
Friday July 1, 2016, voting rights groups are appealing a district court decision refusing to grant an injunction on a procedure that would require that voters in Alabama, Georgia and Kansas provide proof of US citizenship when they register to vote. The groups seek to set aside the order by the executive director of the US Election Assistance Commission, Brian Newby, requiring the citizenship documentation to register to vote in the three states. US District Judge Richard Leon upheld Newby’s change and refused a request by the coalition of voting rights groups that an injunction be placed on the new registration rules. Judge Leon refused the coalition of voting rights groups request for an injunction before a trial could even be held. On Friday Judge Leon’s ruling denying the injunction has been appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Voting rights groups Friday appealed that order, which they claim threatens to disenfranchise tens of thousands of immigrant voters in three states in the upcoming November elections: Alabama, Georgia and Kansas.
Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler (R), who appoints voter registrars in each county, supports the new requirement and says that the change should stand.
Auditor Zeigler said, “Only US citizens should vote in US elections. The new Alabama procedure makes it hard to impossible for a non-citizen to register to vote. That is a good thing. It does not make it hard for a US citizen to register.”
Read more: www.alreporter.com/alabama-citizenship-voting-law-appealed-by-voting-rights-group/
Friday July 1, 2016, voting rights groups are appealing a district court decision refusing to grant an injunction on a procedure that would require that voters in Alabama, Georgia and Kansas provide proof of US citizenship when they register to vote. The groups seek to set aside the order by the executive director of the US Election Assistance Commission, Brian Newby, requiring the citizenship documentation to register to vote in the three states. US District Judge Richard Leon upheld Newby’s change and refused a request by the coalition of voting rights groups that an injunction be placed on the new registration rules. Judge Leon refused the coalition of voting rights groups request for an injunction before a trial could even be held. On Friday Judge Leon’s ruling denying the injunction has been appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Voting rights groups Friday appealed that order, which they claim threatens to disenfranchise tens of thousands of immigrant voters in three states in the upcoming November elections: Alabama, Georgia and Kansas.
Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler (R), who appoints voter registrars in each county, supports the new requirement and says that the change should stand.
Auditor Zeigler said, “Only US citizens should vote in US elections. The new Alabama procedure makes it hard to impossible for a non-citizen to register to vote. That is a good thing. It does not make it hard for a US citizen to register.”
Read more: www.alreporter.com/alabama-citizenship-voting-law-appealed-by-voting-rights-group/