Civil rights groups file suit against Alabama law criminaliz

A group of civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against a new Alabama law criminalizing some forms of absentee voting assistance, alleging it amounts to voter suppression. Gov. Kay Ivey signed SB 1, sponsored by Sen. Garlan Gudger, R-Cullman, on March 20. “Voter […] The post Civil rights groups file suit against Alabama law criminalizing some absentee ballot assistance appeared first on Alabama Reflector.

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