The ghost of George Wallace still haunts Alabama

“Targeting naturalized citizens is the latest move in the playbook for voter intimidation. The state of Alabama illegally took the right to vote away from eligible citizens and must be stopped. We can’t allow registered voters to bear the brunt of these dangerous lies that threaten our democracy.”– Celina Stewart, CEO, League of Women Voters of the United States(TriceEdneyWire.com) – The law is clear.According to the National Voter Registration Act of 1992, “A State shall complete, not later than 90 days prior to the date of a primary or general election for Federal office, any program the purpose of which is to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligible voters.”In defiance of the law, 84 days before Election Day, Alabama’s Secretary of State ordered county election officials to remove the names of people his office had identified as noncitizens.The tactic is not only a clear violation of federal law. It’s a racist ploy to disenfranchise naturalized citizens who have the legal right to vote while stoking the flame of anti-immigrant hatred.Related Stories It’s also part of Alabama’s long history of blocking non-White citizens from the polls, stretching back nearly a century and a half.The...