Alabama Secretary of State Hints that If State Loses Libertarian Lawsuit on Access to Voter List, the Legislature Might Charge All Parties for the List

On September 11, the Alabama Secretary of State filed his answer in U.S. District Court in Libertarian Party of Alabama v Merrill, m.d., 2:19cv-69. This is the case in which the Libertarian Party challenges the state law that says the qualified parties get a free list of the registered voters, but unqualified parties (even those that are petitioning) must pay $34,000 for the list.

The answer contains a remark that suggests if the state loses the lawsuit, it might repeal the existing law that allows the qualified parties to get a free copy of the list. The law also lets any incumbent legislator have a free list of the voters in his or her district; presumably the legislature would not repeal that provision.


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Alabama Secretary of State Hints that If State Loses Libertarian Lawsuit on Access to Voter List, the Legislature Might Charge All Parties for the List — 10 Comments

  1. Also- now TOP SECRET list even of registered Electors needed ??? — to lessen threats [PURGES] / bribes.

  2. Walter Ziobro

    According to the Secretary of State about $35,000 give or take a grand or two. Yeah, we don’t believe that either, hence the lawsuit.

  3. @WZ,

    Have you ever seen a canvass sheet from an Alabama election?

    They haven’t advanced to the typewriter age.

  4. JR –

    Has the AL regime gotten past marks on AL red mud tablets ??? See olde Middle East records.

    Regime IQ now about 40 – due to many dead in 1861-1865 ???

  5. I think that federal law requires that registration lists be available in digital form, at cost, to relevant parties and candidates. In PA it is $20 for a CD with the statewide list in csv format. Many other states have similar costs.

  6. @charles,

    Federal law requires states have a statewide voter registration database. But that is to facilitate tracking moves within the state, but does not require public access.

    http://voterlist.electproject.org/

    Shows access by state, which varies widele and wildly.

    Alabama is about 10X any other state, and they compound it by giving it away for free to Demo Reps.

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