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Merrill Reminds Public That Records Are Online

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, February 2, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill (R) reminded citizens that government records are accessible. The recently sworn in Secretary of State John H. Merrill has changed his office’s Public Records Policy to provide more accessibility to all citizens, even those outside of the State of … Continued
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February 4, 2015

Merrill Creates Probate Judges Advisory Council

By Byron Shehee Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Secretary of State John Merrill announced on Thursday, that the Secretary of State’s Office has created the Probate Judges Advisory Council. The eight person council is a bipartisan collection of probate judges from counties across the State who will advise Sec. Merrill about issues that need improving at the … Continued
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January 30, 2015

Governor and State Officials Inaugurated

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, January 19, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley and other statewide elected officials were sworn in to office on a sunny day in Montgomery. The Governor was sworn in by Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore. For Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) this marked the official start of … Continued
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January 20, 2015

Breakdown of Statewide Offices

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, November 4, Alabamians all over the State go to the polls to vote on who our leaders will be for the next four years.  While campaigns have been going on for over a year, if you think some of the people on this ballot are unfamiliar to … Continued
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November 3, 2014

Low Turnout Runoff Goes As Predicted

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Experts including Alabama Secretary of State Jim Bennett (R) were predicting incredibly low voter turnout in the single digits in Tuesday’s July 25th Republican Primary runoff.  To the dismay of those of us who make our living covering the Alabama political scene, those predictions proved much too correct. There … Continued
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July 16, 2014

Polling Shows Who’s Up

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Cygnal, a Montgomery-based political strategy, research, media, and public relations firm, has released polling showing that just about anything could happen on Tuesday as even the highest propensity Republican primary voters are still highly undecided in the statewide runoff elections for Secretary of State, Public Service Commission Place 2, … Continued
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July 14, 2014

Merrill Addresses Republican Women

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, June 5, State Representative John Merrill (R) from Tuscaloosa was in Trussville campaigning for the Republican nomination for Alabama Secretary of State.  Rep. Merrill spoke at the dinner meeting of the influential Republican Women of Trussville (RWOT). The Alabama Political Reporter was there to report on the … Continued
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June 6, 2014

Republicans Enjoy Success in Cleburne County

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Saturday, almost 250 Cleburne County residents had dinner and a reception with state office holders and candidates in Heflin at the Cleburne County Republican Party Winter Meeting. Cleburne County Republican Party Chairman Tim Sprayberry told the crowd, “In just 20 years we went from no Republican in office … Continued
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January 21, 2014

John Merrill seeks Secretary of State seat

By Beth Clayton Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY–Representative John Merrill (R-Tuscaloosa) plans to run to replace Beth Chapman as Secretary of State in 2014. Merrill filed electronically to appoint his principle campaign committee on June 17, listing himself as the sole member of his campaign committee. Merrill said that he is concerned about who will replace … Continued
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June 20, 2013