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State of Alabama Agrees to Resolve Claims of National Voter Registration Act Violations
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/state-alabama-agrees-resolve-claims-national-voter-registration-act-violations
Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, November 13, 2015
State of Alabama Agrees to Resolve Claims of National Voter Registration Act Violations
The Department of Justice announced today that it has entered an agreement with the state of Alabama and state officials to resolve claims that Alabama failed to provide voter registration opportunities required by Section 5 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA).
Section 5 of the NVRA, also known as the motor voter provision, requires states to provide voter registration opportunities for federal elections when people apply for or seek to renew drivers licenses or other identification documents through state motor vehicle offices.
The departments investigation, conducted by the Civil Rights Division, found widespread noncompliance with the requirements of Section 5 of the NVRA in the state of Alabama. Applications for Alabama drivers licenses, learners licenses, identification cards and vessel licenses did not serve as applications for voter registration with respect to elections for federal office, as required by the NVRA. Moreover, the procedures by which citizens notify motor vehicle authorities that their address has changed did not serve as notification of a change of address for voter registration purposes, as the NVRA requires.
Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy, said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division. We commend the state of Alabama for working quickly and cooperatively with the department to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens can register to vote and update their registration information through motor vehicle agencies, with the convenience they deserve and the ease of access the law requires.
Under the terms of the settlement, Alabama will fully integrate a voter registration opportunity into all applications for drivers licenses and other identification documents, including renewal applications, both in person and online. Alabama will also ensure that change of address information submitted for drivers license purposes will be used to update voters address information unless the voter declines to update her voter registration. In order to provide a voter registration opportunity for Alabama residents who did not receive the opportunity to register when last applying for or renewing a drivers license or other identification document, Alabama will contact all eligible voters who are not currently registered to vote at the address associated with a drivers license or other identification document. Alabama is beginning to implement interim procedures that will increase voter registration opportunities while the state integrates voter registration into its electronic motor vehicle systems.....................
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State of Alabama Agrees to Resolve Claims of National Voter Registration Act Violations (Original Post)
riversedge
Nov 2015
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randys1
(16,286 posts)1. Isnt this to be the first presidential election since the criminal five on the SC
tore apart voting rights?
Yes, thus you can be sure of one thing, millions of Democrats wont be voting who want to.
Or their votes wont be counted, millions.
Do we have enough voters to make up the difference?