{"id":2325901,"date":"2024-08-17T10:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T14:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-feds-are-helping-register-al-prisoners-to-vote\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T10:52:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T14:52:40","slug":"exclusive-feds-are-helping-register-al-prisoners-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-feds-are-helping-register-al-prisoners-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Feds Are Helping Register AL Prisoners To Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-feds-are-helping-register-al-prisoners-to-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2325901&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Secretary of State of\u200d Alabama, Wes Allen,\u2062 has raised concerns\u200c regarding the Federal Bureau of Prisons&#8217; actions to register federal prisoners to vote, labeling it as &#8220;illegal.&#8221; Allen claims that a liberal third-party organization, associated with President Joe Biden&#8217;s 2021 Executive Order aimed at promoting \u200bvoter registration, is facilitating \u2063this effort in Alabama. He argues that this initiative\u200c disproportionately targets potential Democrat\u200d voters by registering individuals who\u2063 may not\u200c meet state voting eligibility requirements, such as noncitizens or those convicted of disqualifying felonies. Allen \u2064has sought \u200cclarification from \u2064the White\u200c House and has expressed frustration\u2062 over unreturned requests for information \u2062on how these registrations are being \u2063handled.\u2064 He emphasizes his commitment to\u2064 ensuring fair elections in \u200cAlabama and plans to explore options\u200b to prevent this federal initiative from \u2064proceeding.\u2063 The \u2063issue has garnered attention, with other states like\u200c Mississippi reportedly experiencing similar federal efforts to aid prisoner voter registration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Federal Bureau of Prisons has been registering federal prisoners to vote in Alabama, according to Secretary of State Wes Allen, an effort he claims is &ldquo;illegal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At least one liberal third-party organization has been deployed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-ignores-demands-from-congress-and-watchdogs-for-voting-executive-order-documents\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Ignores Demands From Congress and Watchdogs for Voting Executive Order Documents\">conduct voter registration<\/a> in federal prisons in Alabama,&rdquo; Allen said in a statement to The Federalist. &ldquo;Obviously, this raised questions for my staff and I.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Allen said President Joe Biden&rsquo;s &ldquo;Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting,&rdquo; issued in March 2021, attempts to &ldquo;mobilize and weaponize the entire federal government&rdquo; to &ldquo;register primarily Democrat leaning groups of voters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The federal program has taken the nickname &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/15\/bidenbucks-make-zuckbucks-look-like-chump-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bidenbucks<\/a>.&rdquo; Like the 2020 election &ldquo;Zuckbucks&rdquo; from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, which enabled third-party election meddling and get-out-the-vote efforts for likely Democrat voters, it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/03\/07\/executive-order-on-promoting-access-to-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">directs<\/a> federal agencies to work with third-party groups to &ldquo;promote voter registration and voter participation&rdquo; in similar ways.<\/p>\n<p>Allen asked the White House &ldquo;earlier this year&rdquo; how the federal government has implemented this in Alabama. He said the administration &ldquo;confirmed&rdquo; the Bureau of Prisons had &ldquo;deployed&rdquo; a &ldquo;liberal third-party organization&rdquo; to help register federal prisoners to vote. Those with criminal records are far more likely to vote Democrat than Republican, making this a partisan effort.<\/p>\n<p>Allen said federal prison inmates include &ldquo;high percentages of noncitizens,&rdquo; people &ldquo;not domiciled in Alabama,&rdquo; and convicts of &ldquo;crimes of moral turpitude&rdquo; &mdash; defined as &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/moral_turpitude\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wicked, deviant behavior<\/a>&rdquo; &mdash; all of whom could be &ldquo;ineligible to vote&rdquo; in the state, Allen said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Alabama&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Alabama_Amendment_1,_Citizenship_Requirement_for_Voting_Measure_(2020)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">requires<\/a>&nbsp;voters to be citizens, and not convicted of a &ldquo;disqualifying felony&rdquo; &mdash; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclualabama.org\/sites\/default\/files\/handout-votingrightsrestoration.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crime<\/a> of &ldquo;moral turpitude&rdquo; &mdash; or have been legally restored voting privileges.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My office has sent correspondence to both the third-party group and the Federal Bureau of Prisons demanding answers as to how they are ensuring that only eligible, United States citizens are being registered to vote,&rdquo; Allen said in the statement. &ldquo;Unsurprisingly, my office&rsquo;s attempts to gather information and ensure that only eligible U.S. citizens and Alabama residents are being registered to vote have fallen on deaf ears.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Allen also said he asked the White House about its use of tax dollars to fund the &ldquo;illegal effort,&rdquo; but the questions have gone &ldquo;unanswered.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Federalist asked the Federal Bureau of Prisons how it is helping register prisoners to vote, which third-party groups it is partnering with, in which states, and how it can guarantee federal prisoners are eligible to vote. Bureau of Prisons Spokesman Donald Murphy sent a statement to The Federalist, simply saying the agency has given &ldquo;general information on voting&rdquo; privileges to &ldquo;all individuals in its custody&rdquo; since at least August 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Voter registration education and the facilitation of registering eligible voters is a valuable exercise of American democracy and an important facet of successful reentry into the community,&rdquo; Murphy said. &ldquo;The information FBOP provides includes which districts allow incarcerated individuals to vote and any restrictions their state may have placed on their ability to vote.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But before the official response, Benjamin O&rsquo;Cone with the Bureau of Prisons accidentally emailed The Federalist a question, apparently from the Department of Justice intended for a government official.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&ldquo;We have one question from DOJ,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Cone wrote, &ldquo;Is it accurate to say that BOP is working with the third-party groups? Or are those groups simply doing there [sic] work at BOP facilities without any substantive assistance from BOP?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Cone said the email was &ldquo;not meant&rdquo; for The Federalist. The emails of government employees are public records, but those records now take record-breaking delays to access through requests authorized under federal transparency laws.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Allen said his office is &ldquo;still exploring options&rdquo; to stop efforts from the federal government to register prisoners in its Alabama facilities.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am dedicated to ensuring fair, secure, and transparent elections,&rdquo; Allen said. &ldquo;Nobody, not even the Biden-Harris Administration, will get me to back down from that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The federal government has been carrying out a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/03\/13\/doj-is-using-bidenbucks-to-encourage-illegals-and-felons-to-vote-says-mississippi-secretary-of-state\/\">similar<\/a> scheme in Mississippi, using the &ldquo;Bidenbucks&rdquo; order to make U.S. Marshals help prisoners register to vote, The Federalist previously reported. The Bureau of Prisons has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2024\/01\/30\/how-biden-pushes-inmate-voting-with-help-from-interest-groups\/\">partnering<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-waives-ethics-rules-for-former-lobbyists\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Waives Ethics Rules For Former Lobbyists\">left-leaning groups<\/a> like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/american-civil-liberties-union-aclu\/\">American Civil Liberties Union<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/league-of-women-voters\/\">League of Women Voters<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/campaign-legal-center\/\">Campaign Legal Center<\/a> to encourage voting among prisoners, according to The Daily Signal.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Allen recently <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/14\/alabama-secretary-of-state-finds-3000-potential-noncitizens-registered-to-vote\/\">uncovered<\/a> 3,000 potential noncitizens on the state&rsquo;s voter rolls, as previously reported in the Federalist.<\/p>\n<p>Laney Rawls, Allen&rsquo;s communications director, previously told The Federalist that the federal government &ldquo;limits&rdquo; states&rsquo; ability to require proof of citizenship to vote. But Allen instructs local boards of registrars to require an Alabama driver&rsquo;s license number, non-driver ID, or Social Security number to register a voter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Allen has also demanded answers from state and federal agencies conducting these expanded voter registration <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/15\/bidenbucks-make-zuckbucks-look-like-chump-change\/\">efforts<\/a> on how they plan to keep noncitizens from registering to vote in Alabama,&rdquo; Rawls <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/08\/14\/alabama-secretary-of-state-finds-3000-potential-noncitizens-registered-to-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Logan Washburn is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawsuit-clark-county-keeps-commercial-addresses-on-voter-rolls\/\" title=\"Lawsuit: Clark County Keeps Commercial Addresses On Voter Rolls\">staff writer covering election integrity<\/a>. He graduated from Hillsdale College, served as Christopher Rufo&#8217;s editorial assistant, and has bylines in The Wall Street Journal, The Tennessean, and The Daily Caller. Logan is originally from Central Oregon but now lives in rural Michigan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Bureau of Prisons has been facilitating voter registration for federal inmates in Alabama, a move that Secretary of State Wes Allen describes as &#8220;illegal.&#8221; In a statement to The Federalist, Allen noted that at least one liberal third-party organization has been sent by the Bureau to assist with this process. He expressed concerns about the implications of this initiative. <\/p>\n<p>Allen criticized President Joe Biden\u2019s &#8220;Executive Order on Promoting Access to Voting,&#8221; issued in March 2021, claiming it aims to mobilize federal resources primarily for registering voters who lean Democratic. This program has been informally dubbed &#8220;Bidenbucks,&#8221; drawing parallels to the 2020 election&#8217;s &#8220;Zuckbucks&#8221; initiative by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, which facilitated third-party involvement in elections favoring likely Democratic voters.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Allen sought clarification from the White House regarding how this program is being implemented in Alabama and received confirmation that a liberal third-party group was indeed involved in registering federal prisoners. He pointed out that individuals with criminal records tend to vote more Democratic than Republican, suggesting a partisan motive behind these efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Allen highlighted that many federal inmates may not be eligible to vote due to their status as noncitizens or because they have committed crimes classified as \u201cmoral turpitude,\u201d which disqualifies them under Alabama law. According to state regulations, voters must be citizens and cannot have felony convictions unless their voting rights have been restored legally.<\/p>\n<p>In his statement, Allen mentioned he had reached out both to the third-party organization and the Federal Bureau of Prisons seeking assurance that only eligible U.S. citizens are being registered but claimed his inquiries were ignored. He also questioned how taxpayer money is being used for what he considers an illegal operation without receiving any answers from the administration.<\/p>\n<p>When The Federalist contacted the Bureau of Prisons for details on its voter registration efforts and partnerships with third parties, spokesman Donald Murphy stated they provide general information about voting rights since at least August 2020 but did not elaborate further.<\/p>\n<p>An accidental email from Benjamin O\u2019Cone at the Bureau raised questions about whether BOP is actively collaborating with these groups or if they are operating independently within BOP facilities without assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Allen&#8217;s office continues exploring ways to halt these federal initiatives aimed at registering prisoners in Alabama facilities while asserting his commitment to maintaining fair and transparent elections against any pressure from higher authorities like the Biden-Harris Administration.<\/p>\n<p>Similar actions have reportedly taken place in Mississippi under similar directives involving U.S. Marshals assisting prisoners with voter registration efforts. The Bureau has partnered with organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union and others known for their left-leaning stance on voting rights advocacy among incarcerated individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Allen identified around 3,000 potential noncitizens listed on Alabama\u2019s voter rolls and emphasized local registrars&#8217; need for proof of citizenship when registering voters despite federal limitations on such requirements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":507,"featured_media":2325902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pexels-rdne-6065089-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[8565,6571,38377,38376,6431],"class_list":["post-2325901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-alabama","tag-elections","tag-federal-assistance","tag-prisoners-rights","tag-voter-registration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/pexels-rdne-6065089-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/507"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2325901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2325902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2325901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2325901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2325901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}