Looking forward at 2024 election: Voter apathy
Americans are not too enthused to see this replay.
January 18, 2024
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Who gets offended by the truth?
"We’ve been mandating vaccines for public health reasons forever."
September 19, 2021
Gerald Allen announces that he is running for re-election
Alabama Senate District 21 includes parts of Lamar, Pickens and Tuscaloosa counties.
July 29, 2021
In the long run, cheaters never win
"The For the People Act could have started to make that better. But better for all Americans is not part of the Republican agenda."
June 24, 2021
Secretary of State’s office registers one millionth voter in the state electronically
Yesterday morning, the Office of the Secretary of State electronically registered the one millionth voter in the state since implementation in January of 2016, bringing the state’s total number of registered voters to 3,557,172. Secretary of State John H. Merrill has devoted much of his time in office to increasing the number of registered voters … Continued
January 24, 2020
Secretary Merrill claims APR op-ed inaccurate
The following statement from Secretary of State John H. Merrill is in direct response to the recent op-ed published by Joey Kennedy of Alabama Political Reporter: “An article published Thursday morning by Joey Kennedy falsely reported that the Office of the Secretary of State supports voter suppression, which could not be any farther from the … Continued
October 4, 2019
Southern Poverty Law Center announces new Voting Rights Team, criticizes state for discouraging voters
The Southern Poverty Law Center released a statement announcing their new Voting Rights Team and encouraging the state of Alabama to increase voter turnout by ending practices that discourage voters, like requiring voter identification and marking voters as inactive in the state’s voter rolls. The new Voting Rights Team will challenge laws and practices that … Continued
June 14, 2019
Trump’s con game is almost over
It’s all true. All of the rumors. All of the speculation. All of the oh-my-God-have-you-heard-about whispers. All of it is true. All of the things that Donald Trump and his administration and family have been accused of doing … they actually did them. All of them. Even the really dumb ones. Even the really awful … Continued
December 14, 2018
In politics, more than ever, conversations are important
Terry Lathan was not happy with me. That tends to happen, I guess, when you say in a column that someone believed a dumb thing. The believer of that dumb thing, it seems, very rarely shares the opinion that what they believe is, in fact, dumb. And that was pretty much Lathan’s position. In a … Continued
August 8, 2018
Boys State debate couldn’t come at a better time
What do you think about political debates? Do they matter? I think they do. I’m going to participate as part of a panel for two gubernatorial debates next week at Alabama Boys State. The Republican gubernatorial candidates will meet on Tuesday evening (7 p.m.) at the University of Alabama’s Morgan Auditorium in Morgan Hall, and … Continued
May 24, 2018