Campaign 2022: State Rep. Wes Allen Running for Secretary of State
Alabama’s state primaries are still about a year away, but candidates are starting to jump into the big statewide races.
The results are in, and according to the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office, Kenyatte Hassell won the Democratic Runoff for House District 78 Tuesday. Hassell received 64.82% of the votes. Challenger Donald “Don” Williams received 35.18% of the vote. The district covers most of the Montgomery. According to the Secretary of State’s Office 1,046 votes were cast and voter turnout…
Alabama’s state primaries are still about a year away, but candidates are starting to jump into the big statewide races.
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill was our guest on “Alabama News Rising” this morning to talk to us by phone about his expectations for Election Day in Alabama. Merrill says the latest numbers show more than 331,000 absentee ballots were requested for this election. He says so far, more than 300,000 have been returned. More ballots should be added…
A federal judge will decide if Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill can block people on his personal Twitter account or if doing so violates their free speech rights. Merrill and the plaintiffs in the 2018 lawsuit filed motions last month supporting their respective claims. The lawsuit filed by three blocked Twitter users contends that Merrill is putting a “viewpoint-based…