MONTGOMERY — On Thursday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed State Rep. Joe Lovvorn's (R-Auburn) post-election audit bill, House Bill 95, which requires each county's probate judge to conduct a post-election audit after every county and statewide general election to verify the accuracy of the originally reported results.
Several House Democrats argued against the bill, including State Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham).
After rising to speak for the second time, the lawmaker and former Birmingham mayoral candidate addressed the House with a seemingly incoherent message.
"I suspect I'll do as I've done for the last 16 years," said Givan. "I'll get better and better and better and gooder and gooder and gooder as we move on through this session, which I'm gonna do that even to those who don't want me to. And I think somebody said something to me yesterday about keeping the powder dry, some I'm good one way or the other, because when I get ready to do what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna do it."
"So, you know, like I said, I have a lot of more issues going on that I'm gonna talk about at this microphone and talk about a couple entities down here at the given time that are in Montgomery, and I'll use my voice and I'm getting ready to pipe up, so when I do get ready, I'll be ready for it," Givan added.
Givan concluded her remarks with a slight against House Republicans, claiming that conservatives were uninterested in hearing Democrats' complaints about the legislation.
"Yeah. So with that being said, I just wish that whoever's in the Secretary of State's office is going to be, if you're going to be bringing any bills to deal with election fraud, that you do so, and hopefully they will listen, you know, to somebody. I know y'all not gonna listen too much to us."
"That's why I don't ask you not to do what you do. I just feel I should have a right to come to say what I need to say without penalty," Givan concluded.
HB95 is the first bill to be passed by the House of Representatives in the 2026 legislative session. It cleared the chamber by a vote of 72-25.
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