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Justice Department defends Alabama absentee ballot rule

by Associated Press
| May 26, 2020 2:27 PM

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s requirement to have witnesses sign an absentee ballot is not a violation of the Voting Rights Act, the U.S. Department of Justice argued in a brief Monday.

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