Tag: Residency challenge

Nearly a full day after voting, the Alabama Republican Party officially announced the results of its deliberations, in which it deemed invalid a challenge filed against the party’s nominee for lieutenant governor, John Wahl.

For the second time this year, the Alabama Republican Party (ALGOP) voted on Sunday not to have a full hearing on challenges to Lieutenant Governor nominee John Wahl’s candidacy based on accusations that he does not meet the state’s residency requirements.

On the deadline day, a Limestone County man has filed a challenge to the candidacy of John Wahl to be the Republican nominee for the state’s next lieutenant governor, saying he does not believe Wahl has been a resident of the state for the required seven years.

According to Orr, the newly filed effort to remove Tuberville from the November ballot is at best futile.

This entire residency hoax is about the fact that my opponents have nothing to run on, so they have to make stuff up and hope that Alabamians are dumb enough to buy it. This shows you what they really think of the hardworking people of Alabama. They think you can’t think for yourselves.

The recent challenge to Tommy Tuberville’s eligibility for governor turns on one word in the Alabama Constitution: “resident.” Article V, Section 117 requires a governor to have been a resident citizen of Alabama for at least seven years before the election. So what does “resident” mean?

During a Thursday episode of Huntsville WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) bashed futile attempts to derail his gubernatorial campaign through false narratives and residency challenges.