A video of a vote tabulation machine accepting multiple copies of the same, rough-cut paper ballot during a public test in 2022 went viral and caused a stir at polls across the state. Angela Shepherd, the Auburn native and poll worker who shot the video, said that was when she realized how bad the issue really was.
U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) scored a legislative win after a bill he introduced in June passed out of the House Administration Committee on Wednesday.
One of the the first orders of business for Secretary of State Wes Allen when he took office last November was to get the state out of the controversial voter roll tracking system ERIC. He’s since been working to implement a better “Alabama-based” solution, one voters can be confident is free of corruption and outside control.
I have heard it said that there isn’t just one election in Alabama but 67, and I am beginning to believe that is true.