MONTGOMERY — Alabama's new secretary of state announced the state's withdrawal Tuesday from a 32-state voter registration partnership, a data-sharing effort that was designed to maintain accurate voter rolls but has sometimes become the target of conservative ire and conspiracy theories.
WASHINGTON — Georgia's 2022 election season ended dramatically this past week, but that was because of the closely watched Senate runoff that solidified Democratic control of the chamber and not for any large-scale problems with voting.
TUSCUMBIA — Members of the Colbert and Lauderdale County boards of registrars counted provisional ballots Tuesday as the process to certify the Nov. 8 general election continues.
Voters in four states have approved ballot measures that will change their state constitutions to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, while those in a fifth state rejected a flawed version of the question.
With voting in the midterm election in the rear view mirror, there are still a few details to focus on, such as counting the provisional ballots and certifying the election results.
MONTGOMERY — The Alabama Legislature has 37 newly elected House and Senate members, a turnover of about 26%, going into the next quadrennium.
FLORENCE — Republican incumbent Daniel Patterson already was talking about goals for the Lauderdale County School System after winning his third term on the county school board Tuesday.
TUSCUMBIA — Kerry Underwood officially resigned as the city's mayor Tuesday night, part of a bittersweet move to the position of State House Representative for District 3.
FLORENCE — After a long career in law enforcement, B.J. Tully will serve Lauderdale County in a different way.
FLORENCE — Some voters throughout Lauderdale County had difficulties trying to get a ballot early Tuesday morning due to a data transfer glitch, according to Probate Judge Will Motlow.
FLORENCE — Lauderdale County Commissioner Joe Hackworth secured a third term in office Tuesday with a resounding victory in the District 2 race.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Control of Congress hung in the balance early Wednesday, with both parties notching victories in some of the most competitive races in a midterm election that centered on voter frustration over high inflation and the sudden rollback of abortion rights.
Americans voted without major hitches Tuesday in midterm elections receiving intense scrutiny after two years of false claims and conspiracy theories about how ballots are cast and counted.
TUSCUMBIA — State Rep. Jamie Kiel said he took nothing for granted in his race for a second term as the representative for House District 18 and campaigned up to the last minute, speaking at an event in Tuscumbia Tuesday.
BIRMINGHAM — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey easily won a second full term Tuesday against Democrat Yolanda Flowers, the first Black woman to win a major party’s gubernatorial nomination in the state, after surviving both a health scare and multiple Republican challengers in the primary.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Republican Katie Britt on Tuesday won the U.S. Senate race in Alabama, becoming the first woman elected to the body from the state.
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