On February 22, an Alabama voting rights group sued the Secretary of State over access to the list of registered voters. Greater Birmingham Ministries v Merrill, n.d., 2:22cv-228. The case is assigned to U.S. District Court Judge Abdul Kallon, an Obama appointee.

The group wants to see a list of all purged voters. The federal law on voting registration says records pertaining to efforts to purge the list shall be made available to the public at reasonable cost. Because the records are electronic, the group argues, it is not reasonable for the state to charge $1,331 for the list. The group first requested the list on May 17, 2021, and the Secretary of State has been refusing to release the records ever since, saying the group must first pay for the list.

Here is the Complaint.