Alabama lawmakers advance bills to ensure Joe Biden is on the state’s ballot | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation Wednesday to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state’s November ballot, mirroring accommodations made four years ago for then-President Donald Trump. Legislative committees in the Alabama House of Representatives and Senate approved identical bills that would push back the state’s certification deadline from 82 days […]
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Alabama: Voters to decide primary runoffs in new Congressional District | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama voters decided primary runoffs on Tuesday for the state’s newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District, setting up a potentially historic November race that could play a part in the battle for control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Shomari Figures, a former top aide to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, defeated […]
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Biden’s ballot access in Ohio and Alabama is in the hands of Republican election chiefs, lawmakers | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is wrangling with Republican-dominated state governments in Ohio and Alabama to assure he is listed on their fall ballots, as once-mundane procedural negotiations get caught up in the nation’s fractious politics. Both states, which control a combined 26 electoral votes, have deadlines for appearing on […]
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Alabama enacts new restrictions on absentee ballot requests | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has placed new restrictions on assistance with absentee ballot requests, making it illegal to return another person’s ballot application and making it a felony to pay someone to distribute or collect applications. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Wednesday announced she had signed the bill into law a day after it […]
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Lands, a Democrat who ran on reproductive rights, flips seat in Alabama House | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Marilyn Lands, who campaigned on abortion rights in deeply conservative Alabama, won a special election to the Alabama Legislature, in a victory that Democrats say illustrates voter backlash to extreme reproductive restrictions imposed by Republicans. Lands, a Democrat, on Tuesday decisively defeated Republican Teddy Powell to win the open House of Representatives seat in a […]
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Alabama Republicans push through anti-diversity, equity and inclusion bill, absentee ballot limits | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republicans in the Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday advanced a bill that would prohibit diversity, equity and inclusion programs at universities and state agencies and another to put limits on absentee ballot assistance. Representatives approved both bills on 75-28 party-line votes after Republicans moved to cut off debate. Both measures […]
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What to know about Alabama’s fast-tracked legislation to protect in vitro fertilization clinics | #elections | #alabama
Alabama lawmakers moved quickly to approve legislation on Wednesday that protects in vitro fertilization clinics from lawsuits in response to an uproar sparked by last month’s state Supreme Court ruling that found frozen embryos have the rights of children under the state’s wrongful death law. Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, signed the bill into law […]
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Alabama primary: Democrats aim to flip seat in new House district | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The race for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, which was redrawn by a federal court to boost the voting power of Black voters, has sparked congested and competitive primary contests. Democrats see an opportunity to flip the Deep South congressional seat in November. Republicans aim to keep hold of the seat, as […]
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Alabama Republicans to vote on nominee for chief justice, weeks after court’s frozen embryo ruling | #elections | #alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Republicans will choose who they want to replace the retiring chief justice of the state Supreme Court, which last month drew national attention for its decision to recognize frozen embryos as children. The ruling raised has concerns about civil liabilities for fertility clinics, and three major providers announced a pause […]
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Alabama IVF ruling highlights importance of state supreme court races in this year’s US elections | #elections | #alabama
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CHICAGO (AP) — The recent ruling in Alabama that frozen embryos are legally considered children created a political firestorm after the decision halted treatment for many couples seeking to have families through fertility treatments. It also has turned the spotlight on the importance of institutions that are poised to play a central in this year’s […]
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