On Wednesday, Secretary of State Wes Allen announced that he has removed Dorothy Robbins from the Houston County Board of Registrars as a result of multiple violations.
“We simply will not allow someone who has operated in this manner to continue to serve as a member of the Board of Registrars,” Allen said in a statement. “We took the appropriate action in light of the circumstances.”
Allen has accused Robbins of having processed voter registration forms without signatures from the voters, made registrants active who had been convicted of disqualifying felony convictions, of having issued photo identification to non-registered voters, including individuals who had committed disqualifying felonies, of having registered a voter at her own home address who does not reside there, and of having processed voter registration forms without the required sign-off of a second registrar.
Additionally, the Secretary of State’s office announced that Ms. Robbins no longer has access to any office, equipment, systems, or resources of the Board of Registrars.
Except for Jefferson County, which is governed by its own unique system of rules, every county has three registrars. They are appointed by the Governor, the State Auditor, and the Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. There was an attempt in the Legislature by the County Commissioners to usurp the state officers’ appointing authority for the commissioners. That effort was defeated in the recent regular session.
Robbins was appointed by then State Auditor Jim Zeigler last year.
Allen assumed office in January. He previously represented Pike County in the Alabama House of Representatives and was the Pike County Probate Judge before that.
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