A voting rights group has filed a lawsuit challenging an Alabama law that increased penalties for crimes committed against election officials and expanded the list of crimes that disqualify an individual from voting in local, state, and federal elections.
The Campaign Legal Center (CLC), which represents two Alabama voters with past felony convictions, filed a complaint on July 18 challenging House Bill 100, which deals with the disqualification of individuals from voting over felony convictions involving “moral turpitude.”
The bill, set to come into force on Oct. 1, amends Section 17-3-30.1 of the Code of Alabama 1975 by adding about 120 new types of felonies to the current list of over 40, which now includes such crimes as burglary, drug trafficking, murder, robbery, and terrorism….