DOJ tries to keep non citizens on Alabama voter roles.

 Washington Examiner:

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice that argued the state was removing people from its voter registration list too close to Election Day, according to a court motion filed Wednesday.

Lawyers for Alabama’s attorney general argued that the state’s decision to switch more than 3,000 voters to inactive status was a legal move after the DOJ argued Allen violated a provision of the National Voter Registration Act that implements a “quiet period” in the 90 days before an election.

The Alabama attorneys said the lawsuit should be tossed out because the DOJ, as well as private plaintiffs who are part of the suit, did not identify any violation of the NVRA provision.
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On Aug. 13, which was 84 days before the election, Allen ordered they be reverted to “inactive” voter status. Allen argued he did this only after unsuccessfully seeking help from the federal government, the predominant record-keeper of naturalization.

Allen also ordered election officials to notify the people about their voter status change and to instruct them in a letter to either request they be removed entirely from Alabama’s voter registration list or provide documentation allowing them to be switched back to active status.

DOJ attorneys said that as of Sept. 19, 717 people who were switched to inactive had since submitted appropriate documents to show they are citizens and had their voter status changed back to active. Meanwhile, 106 people asked to be completely removed from Alabama’s voter rolls, signaling they were ineligible to vote.
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Keeping ineligible people on the voter roles makes no sense regardless of the alleged "quiet period."  The DOJ should lose this case because it could lead to an unfair election.