Elections and Voting

14+ hour, 45+ min ago   (618+ words) The more things change, the more they stay the same, is a very succinct adage, especially when it comes to politics. Faces and places and races change in politics, but one thing that stays the same is, the candidate who…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (125+ words) Already received your absentee ballot but don’t want to take a chance with mailing it and having it not arrive in time? Madison has 14 secure absentee ballot drop boxes scattered around the city. Mitchell Schmidt covers state government and politics…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (216+ words) Absentee voting is now underway for Alabama’s November 3, 2026, general election, according to the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office. The start of absentee voting comes Wednesday, September 9. Voters who qualify to vote absentee may request and return ballots through their county’s…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (704+ words) Former ALGOP Chair Terry Lathan told the North Mobile Republican Women’s Club on Tuesday that closed-primary legislation will be back in 2027 – and that a Governor Tuberville could get it across the line. Lathan, of Mobile, served as state GOP chair…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (800+ words) This week, our nation observed Labor Day, paying respect to the millions of hardworking Americans who keep this great country’s economy running every single day. Whether it be the men and women working the docks at the Port of Mobile,…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (374+ words) U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville is telling Alabama voters what a Democrat’s bumper ought to say. “If Democrats slapped a slogan on their bumpers, it’d be this one,” Tuberville (R-Auburn) said, showing a sticker that reads, “MORE TAXES LESS RESULTS.” “My bumper…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (793+ words) Over a year ago on July 4, 2025, I was attending the famous Fourth of July Political Gala in DeKalb County known as the Ledbetter-Livingston Henagar Potato Festival. This event is the last vestige of “ole timey” political events left in Alabama…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (688+ words) The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday refused to reconsider a ruling that erased a Democrat sheriff’s two-vote “victory” in Conecuh County, handing Alabama Republicans a long-sought election integrity victory nearly four years after voters went to the polls. The court…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (77+ words) Is Doug Jones getting desperate as he tries to close the gap with Tommy Tuberville? Will Donald Trump’s new oil deals finally bring gas prices down before the election? Should Alabama put the brakes on data centers, or start making…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (350+ words) Alabama’s Republican nominee for Secretary of State, Caroleene Dobson, is telling people to vote for U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) for Governor if they want to keep the state’s elections secure. Dobson, a Montgomery real estate attorney and former Republican…...