Alaska Removes Citizens From Voter Rolls Just Before Midterms

Alaska’s effort to appease President Trump’s claims that noncitizens are voting has ended up punishing U.S. citizens. The Alaska Beacon reported Thursday that the state removed 3,048 people from its active voter list, including many citizens who were accidentally flagged by the Alaska Division of Motor Vehicles and now have to provide extra identification to be able to vote. The director of the Alaska Division of Elections, Carol Beecher, told state legislators on Wednesday that “old data” was…