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Ala AG opinion requires Probate Judge to use registration address, not post office information

The Mobile Press Register (al.com) reports: A probate judge cannot block a voter from casting a regular ballot when the address on his voter registration conflicts with information provided by the U.S. Postal Service, according to an attorney general's opinion.

Mobile County Probate Judge Don Davis and the Mobile County Board of Registrars both asked for the opinion from the Alabama Attorney General's Office after the registrars disputed his handling of the matter during this year's primary.

Davis said this afternoon that he has reviewed the response from the Attorney General's staff has asked for a supplemental opinion. "We find aspects of it confusing," he said. -- Read the whole story and opinion --> Mobile County election procedures challenged in Alabama attorney general opinion | al.com

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