A representative from the Montgomery County Board of Registrars announced on Tuesday that a portion of Montgomery voters got the false voting details ahead of the election. Registrar Mark Anderson said on Super Tuesday that a mapping issue led to voters to something very unusual. It was confirmed that in the 2nd Congressiona District being told that they were in a different district.
The Southern Poverty Law Center reported that at least 5,604 voters received information that they were in the 7th Congressional District. The voters were supposed to know that it was the majority-Black 2nd District where they were supposed to go. Of the 5,604 voters, 4,513 of them are Black, SPLC confirmed. Adigale Brooks, a disabled Marine veteran, mentioned that she got a postcard from the county misstating her congressional district race. Brooks, who is Black, knew her correct district − the 2nd Congressional District − and voted accordingly but many did not. But she also said she got anonymous calls misinforming her about what day to vote, she revealed.
“A lot of people probably fell for the bait, but I didn’t,” she confirmed. The misstep on the county’s part made Brooks feel that “like something going wrong with the system, and I hate it like that. … But I knew exactly what to do.”
The SPLC became aware of the mapping issue close to the election day and told everyone about the same. Some voters from the Montgomery County received postcards with the incorrect congressional district. SPLC co-founder Joe Levin was one of those voters. The Alabama Reflector confirmed that the issue impacted about 4,600 Montgomery voters. All Montgomery residents are in the newly created 2nd Congressional District. “It was just wrong,” Anderson revealed.
Michael Jones, general counsel for Secretary of State Wes Allen, sent a letter to the Southern Poverty Law Center this Tuesday. The statement clarified that the secretary of state’s office did not send out the mailers with incorrect Congressional districts on them. He claimed that the SPLC of “potentially illegal” tactics, saying that the SPLC’s move disrupted the primary election.