Alabama GOP passes resolution pushing Legislature to change how state runs primary elections

The Alabama Republican Party passed a resolution Saturday in an attempt to persuade state lawmakers to pass a law changing ...

Alabama political party boss threatens to ‘excommunicate’ anyone who dares touch this voting rule

A longtime political boss and de facto leader of the Alabama Democratic Party has issued a stern warning to any party member who supports efforts to eliminate straight-ticket election voting. “This is ...

Who's running for governor in AL? Here are the 9 names and key dates

Alabama’s 2026 gubernatorial race is officially on the calendar. The primary election is set for May 19, 2026, when each ...
Opinion

There’s a mundane reason for Alabama’s high power bills. Our leaders don’t want to hear it.

There’s a saying astronomers use when we get reports hinting at that ever-elusive first contact or close encounter. It’s never aliens. In other words, don’t get ahead of the evidence. You say there ...

An Alabama party like it’s 1986: op-ed

Dividing, dismembering, and destroying our Alabama Republican Party from within simply opens the door for Democrats to snatch away our supermajority and stop our conservative reforms dead in their ...

Mexican national charged with voting in multiple Alabama elections as noncitizen

A Mexican national living in Marion County was charged in federal court with illegally voting in multiple Alabama elections ...
WKRG

Is election security a concern in Alabama?

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — Should more be done to secure elections in Alabama? “We want to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat in Alabama,” said John Merrill, former Alabama Secretary of State.