FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS ADVISORY
January 10, 2018
Steve Marshall
For More Information, contact:
Mike Lewis (334) 353-2199
Alabama Attorney General
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
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ATTORNEY GENERAL STEVE MARSHALL STATEMENT ON FEDERAL COURT
DISMISSAL OF LAWSUIT CHALLENGING ALABAMA’S VOTER ID LAW
(MONTGOMERY) – Attorney General Steve Marshall issued the following statement in
reaction to the judgment against a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of
Alabama’s voter ID law.
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler of the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of Alabama ordered the lawsuit filed by Greater Birmingham
Ministries, Alabama NAACP and individual plaintiffs against the State of Alabama be
dismissed.
“Today’s decision to dismiss the lawsuit is without a doubt the right decision,” said
Attorney General Marshall. “Alabama’s voter identification law is one of the broadest
in the nation with procedures in place to allow anyone who does not have a photo ID to
obtain one. The court order makes this point exceedingly clear: ‘Öa person who does
not have a photo ID today is not prevented from voting if he or she can easily get one,
and it is so easy to get a photo ID in Alabama, no one is prevented from voting.’
“I am proud of the hard work of my Constitutional Defense attorneys who spent the
last 15 months traveling this state interviewing dozens of witnesses including local
election officials and private citizens who have fought voter fraud. Each of these
individuals who volunteered their time to assist the State in gathering the facts deserves
special recognition and our gratitude.”
A copy of the court order is linked here.
For anyone who would like a free voter photo ID in Alabama, please visit the Alabama
Secretary of State’s web site: http://sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes/photo-voter-
id/obtain-free-photo-voter-id
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