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Biden’s ballot access in Ohio and Alabama is in the hands of Republican election chiefs, lawmakers | National | #elections | #alabama

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Alabama

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Alabama’s congressional primary runoffs | State News | #elections | #alabama

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in a new Alabama congressional district at the center of an ongoing legal and political dispute will return to the polls Tuesday to select the nominees in a U.S. House contest that could help decide control of the narrowly divided chamber this November. Shomari Figures, a former top aide to Attorney […]

Alabama

Biden could miss the deadline for the November ballot in Alabama, the state’s election chief says | #elections | #alabama

By KIM CHANDLER – Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — President Joe Biden could be left off the ballot in Alabama, the state’s elections chief said Tuesday, because the state’s certification deadline comes several days before the Democratic Party’s convention. Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, a Republican, made the statement Tuesday, a day after […]

Alabama

Marilyn Lands, backing reproductive rights, wins Alabama vote | #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 […]

Alabama

Mo Brooks slams ALGOP for not pushing closed primaries — ‘It is an abject surrender to the socialists’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

GUNTERSVILLE — Former U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) may be retired, but he appears more passionate than ever about fixing the nation’s political woes. During a speaking event Tuesday with the Marshall County Republican Club in Guntersville, Brooks lambasted Republican leadership for failing to adequately address border security, national debt, the economy and other hot-button […]

Arkansas

State announces launch of $10 million grant to enhance Arkansas’ electric grid

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) – On Tuesday, the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration announced proposals are now being accepted for the 2024 Grid Enhancement Grant funding. More than $10 million will initially be distributed to utilities and related companies to prevent electric outages and enhance the resilience of the state’s electric grid. […]

City Council

Hallie Jones, Judie Mancuso enter race for Laguna Beach City Council | #citycouncil

Election day is more than seven months away, but a couple of longtime residents have already announced their candidacy for the Laguna Beach City Council in November. Hallie Jones and Judie Mancuso will be among those running to fill two seats up for grabs on the five-person municipal governing body. Those seats are currently filled […]

Alabama

‘Something needs to be done about it’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Over 100 Democrats voted in the Republican primary election in Dale County in hopes of affecting the outcome in favor of a less-objectionable candidate. Alabama concluded its primary election for both parties on March 5. While eyes were on high-profile races on both the state and national stage, several counties across Alabama also held elections […]

Alabama

Alabama enacts new restrictions on absentee ballot requests | State News | #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 […]

Mayor

Have the tables been turned on Mayor Schor’s city hall dreams?

By TYLER SCHNEIDER An agreement to buy the Masonic Temple building downtown and turn it into Lansing’s next city hall looked poised to pass last week when City Council members met as the Committee of the Whole. But a short time later at the Council meeting itself, it lost on a 4-4 vote after three […]