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Federal court blocks part of Alabama voter suppression law

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Alabama 's voter suppression law was an unenforceable violation of the federal Voting Rights Act .

The rest of SB1, which nominally targets the practice of “ballot harvesting,” will remain intact.

In April , the Alabama NAACP , the state chapter of the League of Women Voters , Greater Birmingham Ministries , and the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program sued.