A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked Alabama’s voter removal program that flagged thousands of registered voters and accused them of illegally registering in the state. The Justice Department sued the state of Alabama challenging the program aimed at removing voters from its election rolls, arguing it was too close to the Nov. 5 election. Allen announced a process for purging 3,251 registered Alabama voters in August, 84 days before Election Day. The case is among several instances of voter purges in Republican-led states ahead of this fall’s presidential election. The Justice Department lawsuit said it has already been determined that legal voters were mistakenly purged from the voter rolls.

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Persons: Wes Allen, Allen, Anna Manasco, Donald Trump, ” Manasco, ”, Glenn Youngkin, Youngkin Organizations: The Justice Department, Republican, Alabama, Justice Department, Gov, Department of Motor Vehicles, Justice Locations: Alabama, “, States, Virginia