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City Council

Roundtree’s replacement on Hendersonville City Council revealed | #citycouncil

The Hendersonville City Council has made its choice for the replacement for Debbie Roundtree, who announced on April 22 she was resigning. Roundtree’s final day as a city council member was May 1, and the follow day at the council’s regular meeting on May 2, members unanimously voted to appoint Melinda Lowrance as Roundtree’s replacement. […]

Alabama

Alabama voter turnout doubles in redrawn congressional district | #elections | #alabama

Voter turnout for the Democratic primary in Alabama’s second congressional district was remarkably higher in the first election since the district was redrawn in a way that could allow the party to pick up a key seat. According to the National Redistricting Foundation, there were 57,129 ballots cast in the district’s Democratic primary election Super […]

Alabama

Advocacy organizations sue state officials over Alabama voting law | #elections | #alabama

A united front of civil, disability and voting rights organizations on Thursday sued Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, the state’s 42 District Attorneys, and Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen over the signing of SB1 into law. SB1 bans ballot harvesting, the act of collecting individual ballots, by an organization or individual person, and delivering them to […]

City Council

Columbia City Council candidates seek votes at forum | #citycouncil

Depending on where a person lives in Columbia, they will have at least two choices to make on ballots in the April 2 election. Voters had one of their final chances to hear from ballot candidates Thursday, thanks to a Columbia-Boone County League of Women Voters candidate forum Thursday. Among ballot items all Columbia voters […]

Arkansas

Arkansas abortion amendment: Activists campaign for signatures

Arkansas is one of 20 states that have severely restricted or completely outlawed abortion in the nearly two years since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Some anti-abortion groups consider the state’s law one of the most restrictive in the nation. But now, an effort is underway to change that and give Arkansas voters a […]

City Council

Top takeaways from mayor, Stockton City Council District 2 forum | #citycouncil

The first in a series of candidate forums brought community members to the Dawn Mabalon Forum at San Joaquin Delta College. With the potential of major changes coming to the Stockton City Council, mayoral and District 2 candidates attended Wednesday’s question and answer forum hosted by the League of Women Voters of San Joaquin County. […]