Elections
There are approximately 1,980 polling places across the State of Alabama that must be staffed each election cycle.
Hi, what are you looking for?
Alabama Political Reporter
- Elections
- Governor
- Legislature
Report: One in six state bills makes it easier to arrest, convict and sentence
Bill banning “divisive concepts” expected to return in upcoming session
Legislators Ledbetter, Orr call for excess funds to go toward tax rebate
Sen. Randy Price, wife arrested for loose cattle
Alabama Democratic Party reaffirms support for removal of state grocery tax
- Economy
Expert tells Alabama wage gap task force how to strengthen Equal Pay Act
Online job ads in August up 34.6 percent from last year
Alabama’s August unemployment rate holds steady at 2.6 percent
Port of Mobile headed for busiest year on record
Ivey projects tourism to generate $24 billion in revenue by year’s end
- National
Pringle says Legislature followed the law in drawing of Congressional district lines
Sewell announces millions in workforce development funding for Birmingham, Bessemer
Alabama men captured while fighting in Ukraine return home
Sewell to announce workforce development funding for Birmingham, Bessemer
Rep. Sewell votes for major public safety legislation
- Education
Rep. Sewell to host first virtual grants workshop for scholarships, higher education
Alabama superintendent: “Don’t Say Gay” enforcement starts at local school boards
Alabama Commission on Higher Education addresses student loan forgiveness
Alabama Board of Education codifies “Don’t Say Gay” law
Board of Education moves toward changing graduation requirements
- Health
UAB doctor: New boosters important despite claims that “pandemic is over”
COVID positivity rate falls into single digits, hospitalizations decline
UAB extends asymptomatic testing program for public, private schools
Alabama’s COVID positivity rate, hospitalizations drop considerably
Companies begin requesting applications for medical marijuana licenses
- Opinion
Opinion | Religious liberty in Alabama: Pretty good, could be better
Opinion | There’s nothing “radical” about quality sex education
Opinion | A warning to the Lee County bigot
Opinion | New fiscal year begins, teachers and state employees looking good
Opinion | The vilification and treatment of migrants is disgusting
Elections stories
Courts
Former Gov. Don Siegelman said he was the victim of electronic vote manipulation in his failed 2002 race for governor.
Opinion
The governor’s chair and the race for it was the big show in Alabama politics in that era. Being a U.S. senator was secondary...
Courts
The brief asserts that the Alabama Legislature’s plan cracks residents of the Black Belt among four different districts and robs the region of effective...
Elections
The contest may stem from the same redistricting errors that triggered contests in Etowah County after voters received ballots with the wrong district races.
Opinion
To my eye, the dog is blurred for one reason only.
Featured Opinion
Only 13 percent of Alabamians turned out to vote in the June 21 runoff election.
Opinion
It’s hard to beat an incumbent. It takes lots of money, moxie and muscle.
Featured Opinion
Shorty was maybe the most colorful political clown to ever appear on the Alabama political stage.
Opinion
In Alabama, it is illegal for any individual to return or mail another individual’s absentee ballot application or their absentee ballot.
