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Republican Party Disallows Several Candidates: Does Not Go Far Enough for Some Critics

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama Republican Party announced in two releases that Ray Bryan, Kimberly Drake, Thomas Drake, Jim McFerrin, Ginger Poynter and Jamie Wilkins were all denied ballot access by the ALGOP Candidate Committee in meetings on Friday and Saturday.  The Candidate Committee remanded John McKelvey and George Carleton, Jr. to … Continued
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February 24, 2014

Huntsville Times: Primaries and ballot access

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama _ In deciding to deny Democrat-turned-Republican Tom Butler a place on the party’s primary ballot next March, local Republicans seem to have forgotten how their party developed any significant presence in Alabama politics roughly 40 years ago. Back then, the GOP handpicked its candidates in party caucuses, instead of the primary races run … Continued
December 23, 2011