A federal judge blocked Alabama election officials from carrying out a last-minute purge of names from lists of registered voters, finding the state “blew” a 90-day nationwide deadline to maintain the status quo ahead of the November election.

Voters across Alabama will be able to vote for or against Amendment One on Nov. 5. While it is being voted on statewide, it will only affect a few counties. State Rep. Jamie Kiel (R-Russellville) sponsored the bill during the legislative session earlier this year.

Fairway is based in Wisconsin and operates in Birmingham under the name MortgageBanc. The Justice Department and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau claimed that Fairway discouraged residents of Black neighborhoods from applying for mortgage loans.

Alabama is one of the four states in the country that do not offer early voting and require an eligible reason to vote by mail. Russell County Probate Judge Alford Harden says voting this way is beneficial as it “thins out the polls” on election day.

A judge temporarily blocked Alabama’s voter removal program after finding the state violated federal law by systematically purging voters too close to this fall’s election.

A judge barred the Alabama secretary of state from moving forward with a program to clear noncitizens from voter rolls, saying it violated federal law.

Since then, Alabama has supported Republican presidential candidates. If a nominee of either party shows up here after Labor Day, it’s because they’re fundraising or trying to get a U.S. Senate candidate elected. Trump’s appearance had its eyes on a rally planned in Georgia two days later.

As the 2024 election approaches, here's what to know about ballot tracking, vote-by-mail deadlines, and finding your polling site in Alabama.

The judge wrote that Allen’s office “blew the deadline when he announced a purge program” just 84 days before the 2024 presidential election.

The ruling came after the Alabama Secretary of State Office announced it identified over 3,000 voters registered under noncitizen IDs in August.

Judge Anna M. Manasco, a Trump appointee, said that Alabama must stop moving voters from active to “inactive” status, as the presidential election is just three weeks away.