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As the 2024 election approaches, here's what to know about ballot tracking, vote-by-mail deadlines, and finding your polling site in Alabama.
Thousands of registered voters in Alabama who have previously been identified as noncitizens by the federal government will have their registration status changed to inactive, the secretary of ...
While the registration forms included in these mailings are valid, officials prefer voters use official state websites or visit county offices to register. ... Jefferson County voter’s guide ...
Alabama voted for Trump by a comfortable margin in the election, with him winning the state by 30.5%. [2] This was the largest Republican win in the state since 1972, against the backdrop of Richard Nixon's 49-state landslide re-election. Prior to the election, all major news organizations marked Alabama a safe red state. [3]
Republicans ran a token candidate in every Alabama gubernatorial election except for 1930 and 1962. Their highest vote total between disenfranchisement and 1966 was the 21.28% of the vote they gained in 1922. Alabama was unusual among Deep South states in even having a token Republican running in the gubernatorial election.
The new 1901 constitution of Alabama included provisions for voter registration that effectively disenfranchised large portions of the population, including nearly all African Americans and Native Americans, and tens of thousands of poor European Americans, through making voter registration difficult, requiring a poll tax and literacy test. [59]
The Dallas Morning News reported that those 6,500 people were sent a notice that their voter registration was under ... chairman of the board of registrars in Jefferson County, Alabama, Aug. 29 ...
Under the National Voter Registration Act, states are prohibited from removing voters from the rolls during a 90-day “quiet period” prior to an election. This year, that period began on Aug. 7.