Tag: alabama
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Alabama voters will decide on a constitutional amendment on March 5 to remove restrictions on local legislation
Alabama's March 5 primary election will feature a constitutional amendment, Amendment 1, concerning local legislation. Amendment 1 would remove the budget isolation resolution restriction on local laws and local constitutional amendments, thereby allowing them to be considered before budgets are approved without the 60% supermajority vote requirement. In 1984, Alabama voters approved a constitutional amendment…
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Thirty-six candidates are running for Alabama’s seven U.S. House districts—a decade-high
This year's filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Alabama was Nov. 10, 2023. Thirty-six candidates are running for Alabama's seven U.S. House districts, including 15 Democrats and 21 Republicans. That's 5.14 candidates per district, more than in the previous three election cycles. There were 3.14 candidates per district in 2022, 3.57 candidates per…
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Eleven candidates are running in the Democratic primary in Alabama's 2nd Congressional District
Eleven candidates are running in the Democratic primary election for Alabama's 2nd Congressional District on March 5, 2024. Six candidates lead in local media attention: Napoleon Bracy Jr. (D), Merika Coleman (D), Anthony Daniels (D), Shomari Figures (D), Juandalynn Givan (D), and Jeremy Gray (D). The primary is taking place in the context of court-ordered…
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Republican primary for Alabama's 1st Congressional District to feature two incumbents: Jerry Carl and Barry Moore
Incumbents Jerry Carl (R) and Barry Moore (R) are running in the Republican primary on March 5, 2024, for Alabama's 1st Congressional District. The election became an incumbent vs. incumbent primary following the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama's approval of new congressional districts on Oct. 5, 2023. The new map redistricted…
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Nine candidates filed to appear on Alabama’s Republican presidential primary ballot
The filing deadline for the Alabama Republican presidential primary passed on Nov. 10, 2023. Nine candidates qualified to appear on the March 5, 2024, ballot. In order to qualify, candidates had to submit a petition with either 500 signatures from across the state or 50 signatures from each of Alabama’s seven congressional districts and pay…
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Two candidates filed to appear on Alabama’s Democratic presidential primary ballot
The filing deadline for the Alabama Democratic presidential primary passed on Nov. 10, 2023. Two candidates qualified to appear on the March 5, 2024, ballot. In order to qualify, candidates had to submit a petition with either 500 signatures from across the state or 50 signatures from each of Alabama’s seven congressional districts and pay…
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Federal court panel overturns Alabama’s revised congressional redistricting plan
A three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled on Sept. 5 that the revised congressional district boundaries that the Alabama legislature enacted on July 21, 2023, were not in accordance with the Voting Rights Act. The state adopted the revised congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court…
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Alabama’s 2022 state legislative elections saw highest percentage of seats with no major party competition
In the 2022 state legislative election cycle, Alabama saw the highest percentage of seats with no major party competition in the country. Major party competition exists when a ballot contains a candidate from one or both major parties and does not account for minor party candidacy. Oklahoma came in second with 71.2% of races lacking…
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U.S. Supreme Court overturns Alabama's congressional maps in Allen v. Milligan decision
On June 8, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Alabama's congressional redistricting plan adopted in November 2021 and used in the state's 2022 elections violated the Voting Rights Act and must be redrawn to include a second majority-Black district. In November 2021, a group of Alabama voters and organizations sued Secretary of…
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All candidates for Alabama House of Representatives District 88 complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 88 — Jerry Starns (R) and Tyler May (L) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office. Eighty-eight of the country's…