President Trump has signed an executive order to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day.
Thousands of registered voters in Alabama who have previously been identified as noncitizens by the federal government will have their registration status changed to inactive, Secretary of State Wes Allen has announced.
Alabama is one of 15 states that do not ask voters to register with a political party before voting in a primary. Some Republicans argue it’s time to change that.
The Alabama Republican Party on Saturday announced the Senate District 27 race resulted in a tie.
Political Analyst Steve Flowers is awaiting campaign announcements.. just like the rest of us in Alabama. For Senator Shelby’s seat, Flowers says the state doesn’t need someone who’s already retirement age, but someone much younger. ” You really need someone young to take senator Shelby’s seat because seniority is so important in Washington, that it is more than likely that…
Municipal Elections are less than a week away. Today we’re taking a closer look at the race for Mayor of Prattville and learning what the candidates are most focused on. Incumbent Mayor Bill Gillespie and Dean Argo are facing off in the race. Gillespie is proud of his record as mayor since 2011, but says there is still room for…
Alabama Sen. Doug Jones says he was unaware of an experiment run by outside researchers during his campaign seeking to emulate Russian tactics to influence elections. The Washington Post and New York Times have both reported that a social media researcher acknowledged testing misleading online tactics during Jones’ campaign against Republican Roy Moore last year. The effort was modeled on…
It’s been a whirlwind of emotion for Terry Mears and Danny Bond. Terry Mears beat out opponent Rome Odom in Tuesday’s election to win the Crenshaw County Sheriff seat. “I’m grounded. I am still grounded. I’m the same guy I was yesterday,” Mears said. Bond becomes the sheriff-elect of Butler County, receiving more votes than his two opponents. “I’m just…
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill briefed political reporters today, including Alabama News Network’s Tim Lennox, about issues involved in voter registration and voting. Merrill says sometime in coming weeks he’ll be sending out a news release about a million voters being added to the registration lists since January 19, 2015, though he says some names have also been…
Civil rights groups are again challenging a federal judge’s ruling that an Alabama law requiring government-issued photo ID for voting is not discriminatory. The Alabama State Conference of the NAACP, Greater Birmingham Ministries and minority voters filed an appeal in U.S. District Court in northern Alabama on Tuesday. The organizations sued in 2015, arguing that the law disenfranchises 100,000 voters….
