Candidates will not be able to fundraise during the special session
Campaigns will not be allowed to accept campaign contributions during the blackout period.
Secretary of State
Secretary of State releases publication aimed at voting, election misinformation
The publication provides facts and clarifications to a number of election day and post-election day falsities.
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"To increase voter participation, you don’t irrationally expand the electorate; instead, you make it easier to vote and harder to cheat."
Wes Allen campaigns in St. Clair County
State Rep. Wes Allen is running for the Republican nomination for Alabama secretary of state.
New, more flexible poll worker appointment requirements are now in effect
Poll worker appointment requirements have changed to allow election officials the latitude to assign the most qualified poll workers in the county to each precinct.
Deadline to file for absentee ballot extended to seven days before elections
It has changed from five days before an election to seven days before the election.
Twinkle Cavanaugh to speak at Pike County GOP’s “Make America Conservative Again” meeting
Cavanaugh will speak to the Pike County Republican Party's "Make America Conservative Again" meeting in Troy.
Municipal candidates filing campaign finance documents with Secretary of State
Previously, candidates for municipal office filed with their probate judge.
May 4, 2021
Secretary of state joins Hunt-Kean Leadership fellows
Merrill will join 29 other elected officials from across the country in the program.
March 5, 2021
Merrill announces support for “Keep Nine” Supreme Court amendment
A group of 15 secretaries of state issued their support for the “Keep Nine Amendment” recently introduced in Congress.