John Merrill

Merrill announces new voter registration record

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill announced Thursday that Alabama has broken another state voter registration record with more than 3.5 million registered voters in the state. “Since January 19, 2015, we’ve registered 1,301,012 new voters!” Merrill said. “We now have a state record 3,500,894 registered voters in Alabama! Those numbers are unprecedented and unparalleled … Continued

Brandon Moseley

July 29, 2019

Merrill removes Russell County registrar from office for cause

On Tuesday, July 16, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill removed a member of the Russell County Board of Registrars for cause. The case went before an objective administrative law judge, who, after hearing the case, made a formal recommendation to the secretary of state to remove the registrar. According to Alabama law, the secretary … Continued

Brandon Moseley

July 23, 2019

Jones, GOP Senate candidates oppose the Mobile River toll bridge

U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, and the Republicans running to unseat him all announced Wednesday their opposition to a plan that the Alabama Department of Transportation is pushing to charge the public tolls in order to use the new I-10 Mobile Bay bridge. Jones told the Alabama Political Reporter that ALDOT should not place this … Continued

Brandon Moseley

July 18, 2019

HRC denounces Merrill’s anti-LGBTQ comments

The Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBTQ advocacy group, released a statement denouncing Alabama Secretary of State and Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Merrill’s recent comments saying Americans are “preoccupied with homosexual activities.” Merrill told supporters at a town hall over the weekend that the country’s morality is dwindling because of changes in pop culture … Continued

Jessa Reid Bolling

July 17, 2019

Auditor gives secretary of state award for perfect audit

Monday, Alabama State Auditor Jim Ziegler recognized the Secretary of State’s efforts in securing a perfect audit for all three state property inventories of the Office of the Secretary of State. The State Auditor is responsible for making sure all state agencies have possession or knowledge of the state property under their care. The office … Continued

Brandon Moseley

July 17, 2019

Merrill says Americans are “preoccupied with homosexual activities” and “wife swap shows”

Alabama Secretary of State and Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Merrill told supporters at a town hall over the weekend that the country’s morality is dwindling because of changes in pop culture and television. Yellowhammer News reported that Merrill said that a lack of wholesome family shows on television plays a part in the shift … Continued

Jessa Reid Bolling

July 16, 2019

Merrill supports Trump’s request for U.S. citizenship question on Census

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill announced Friday that he supports President Donald Trump’s request that the 2020 Census include a question about whether the respondent is or is not a U.S. citizen. Merrill has submitted a letter outlining his support for the executive order or other legal remedies requested by Trump to require the … Continued

Brandon Moseley

July 8, 2019

GOP Senate candidates support Trump on adding citizenship question to 2020 Census

President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that he may issue an executive order telling the Census Bureau to add a question about whether or not a respondent is a U.S. citizen or not. Most of the Republicans running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Doug Jones have issued statements supporting the president’s … Continued

Brandon Moseley

July 8, 2019

Merrill to run for Senate

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill announced Tuesday on the state capitol steps that he would run for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2020. “This is not something that I have pursued,” Merrill said. “This is something that pursued me.” Merrill said people have come to him and said, “We need to have … Continued

Brandon Moseley

June 26, 2019

Jones says that Merrill is trying to curry favor with Mitch McConnell

Tuesday, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill (R) announced that he is going to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Doug Jones (D). Jones responded by releasing a statement in which he accused Merrill of using talking points designed to curry favor with Senator McConnell instead of addressing the issues that Alabamians … Continued

Brandon Moseley

June 26, 2019