Alabama was home to a possible case of election theft in 2002 when votes for Democratic incumbent Don Siegelman mysteriously disappeared overnight in Baldwin County, allowing Republican Bob Riley to become governor.
Now it appears that Riley is using a somewhat different tactic to help ensure that the GOP maintains control in Alabama.
An attorney general's opinion has stated that roughly 70 felony offenses in Alabama are considered crimes of moral turpitude that require removal of voting rights. The Riley administration developed its own list of some 400 such crimes and appears to be using that list to purge likely Democratic voters.
