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Secretary of state answers questions about voter fraud

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On the night of Dec. 12, 2017, thousands of Alabamians were shocked to see the Republican nominee, Roy Moore, lose a U.S. Senate seat that the GOP has held for 20 years to Democratic nominee, Doug Jones. While watching the historic coverage, Fox 10 in Mobile viewers saw a … Continued
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December 22, 2017

Provisional, overseas ballots won’t overturn Jones election

 By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter As the final votes are tallied by the Secretary of State’s office, GOP candidate Roy Moore has no chance to overtake Sen.-Elect Doug Jones. Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill released the updated numbers on the military/oversees and provisional ballots in the last weeks Senate election on Wednesday. Even … Continued
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December 21, 2017

Merrill orders counties to identify, document write-in votes

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, Secretary of State John Merrill ordered the counties to document and identify the write-in votes in Tuesday’s special election for U.S. Senate. Merrill announced in a statement that, “Pursuant to Act 2016-450, regarding the identification and recordation of write-in votes, the Secretary of State has determined that the … Continued
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December 19, 2017
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Waiting for the postmortem analysis of Tuesday’s Senate election

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter In the distant future, cooler heads will perhaps give a detailed examination of this U.S. Senate race to determine the postmortem of the news media, political parties and the body politic as a whole. Any reasonable person will look back and see this was a moment in time with … Continued
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December 11, 2017

Birmingham Waterworks Board chairwoman indicted

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Chairman of the Birmingham Water Works Board Sherry Lewis was indicted Wednesday for violating Alabama’s ethics laws. Along with Lewis, the state and FBI also arrested a former vice president at Arcadis – the company formerly known as Malcolm Pirnie – Jerry Jones, and Mount Vernon Mayor Terry … Continued
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December 8, 2017

Google removes misleading Highway 31 ads

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill  announced that he has been working with Google to remove recent ads from the internet that are seen as misleading to voters about the election process. “Recent reports to the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office indicated the existence of an ad that was … Continued
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December 7, 2017

Marked sample ballots found in Bullock County

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Secretary State John Merrill announced the discovery of marked sample ballots being distributed to voters in Bullock County on Tuesday. “On Friday, December 1, 2017, at approximately 5:10 PM, Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill received a report from an official at the Roy Moore Campaign team indicating that there … Continued
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December 6, 2017