In Alabama, hate only wins if we stay home in November | #elections | #alabama
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Election years tend to bring out the worst in politicians vying to hold on to power and win elections. Recently, in Alabama, that materialized through a set of education bills that recall the state’s segregationist past and reject the promise of a free and inclusive public school system that is the bedrock of our democracy. This […]
Read MoreAdvocacy organizations sue state officials over Alabama voting law | #elections | #alabama
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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 […]
Read MoreMapping issue causes District 2 voters in Montgomery to get wrong info | #elections | #alabama
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- March 11, 2024
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More than 6,000 Montgomery County voters got the wrong voting information ahead of the election, the Associated Press reported toward the end of Super Tuesday. James Snipes, chair of the Montgomery County Board of Registrars, told AP that 6,593 county voters received mailers listing them as 7th Congressional District voters rather than the 2nd after […]
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