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As If We Needed Reminders, Anyway…

If you had been stricken with amnesia and couldn’t remember who was running for president, you wouldn’t have gotten any clues as you approached polling places in Jefferson County. Despite the complete inundation of news and ads and chatter about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton the past several months as they have pushed toward their epic showdown, there was literally no sign for either approaching precincts in Jefferson County. Was this some new political strategy? Were party leaders here trying to give voters a break, fearing they suffered from candidate fatigue? Nope. They just didn’t have any signs for the candidates at the top of their tickets.

by Solomon Crenshaw Jr., BirminghamWatch

There’s Just One Day to Vote, and It’s Nov. 8

The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Department is on the lookout this afternoon for people posting or handing out fliers that erroneously tell Democratic voters they cannot vote until Nov. 9. After receiving several calls today about misleading fliers posted at polling places in Tuscaloosa County, Probate Judge W. Hardy McCollum notified the Tuscaloosa Sheriff’s Department, according

by Virginia Martin

How Long Should it Take to Vote?

So how long should it take you to read the ballot and vote – and is there a time limit? Jefferson County Probate Judge Alan King said while there’s no set time limit for voters to cast their ballots, it is not expected to take more than 12 minutes. “Normally, it’s suggested statewide that voters

by Virginia Martin

Homewood Senior Citizens Center

Poll official Myra Mizerany said the biggest problem at the Homewood Senior Citizens Center polling place on Oak Grove Road today had been “voters wanting to camp out.” “I had one woman this morning who took 35 minutes to vote,” she said. “But we haven’t turned anyone away or had any problems.” Mizerany said voting

by Virginia Martin

At the Polls

BirminghamWatch, in partnership with ProPublica’s Electionland project, is keeping track of activities at the polls today. If you have a tip about issues at the polls, you can text ELECTIONLAND to 69866. Or you can notify BirminghamWatch directly by emailing vmartin@bellsouth.net or calling 205-595-2402, and a reporter will check out your tip. 7:00 p.m. Polls just closed in Alabama, and several polling places reported they had lines of voters still waiting to vote. Under state law, the polls must remain open until all the voters who were in line at 7 p.m. cast their ballots. 4:24 p.m. The Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Department is on the lookout this afternoon for people posting or handing out fliers that erroneously tell Democratic voters they cannot vote until Nov. 9. Read more. 2:30 p.m. After complaints from some voters who thought poll workers were rushing them, Jefferson County Probate Judge Alan King said there's no set time limit for voters to cast their ballots, but he would not expect it to take more than about 12 minutes. Read more. 11:15 a.m. Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill retweeted a reminder that those voting a straight party ticket do not also have to vote for individual candidates. There has been confusion over that issue all morning. 10:26 a.m. Lines were beginning to die down at Homewood Senior Citizens Center after a hectic morning. Read more. 7:20 a.m. Voters at Hoover Fire Station No. 8 had to put their ballots in a locked box in a voting machine after the machine broke. Similar reports have been made from other polling places. Read more.

by Virginia Martin

Hoover Fire Station No. 8 Malfunction

Janet Haines, lead poll official at Hoover Fire Station No. 8, said the ballots are in a locked portion of the machine and will be counted later. The machine malfunction caused a bit of a line at first, but it dissipated quickly, Haines said. The polling place now is using its one working box. This

by Virginia Martin

Long Lines Greet People Trying to Vote Early Today

Cameron Ydarraga turned 18 in September and has been looking forward to his first chance to vote. The John Carroll Catholic senior considered the candidates and he considered the amendments. But the Hoover resident didn’t consider the incredibly long line in which he would have to stand at Hunter Street Baptist Church before casting his ballot. Cameron wasn’t the only one taken aback by the crowd, which was “Way, way, way more than normal,” according to a poll worker who asked that his name not be used. Voters at other polling places across the area also were facing long lines this morning. Read more.

by Solomon Crenshaw Jr., BirminghamWatch

Mail Delays Endanger Voting for More Than 100 Absentee Voters in Shelby County

More than 100 Shelby County voters who applied to vote absentee learned Monday that they could not because their applications had been delayed in the mail. Shelby County Circuit Court Clerk Mary Harris said she received 122 applications for absentee ballots in the mail Monday. The problem is, the deadline for receiving those applications was Thursday. The peculiar thing about those applications, Harris said, is that they were postmarked Monday, Oct. 31. Of those, 97 were from the metro Birmingham area, she said. Harris spent Monday alerting people that their absentee ballots were not in the mail and that they must, if possible, go to their regular polling place to cast their ballots. Read more.

by Solomon Crenshaw Jr., BirminghamWatch

Pleasant Grove Results

PLEASANT GROVE Mayor Audrey Rutledge Boles                        509 Jerry Brasseale                                 1,625 City Council Place 1 Mary Capps Hardin                          464 Philip Houston                                 958 Robert A. Sellers Sr.                       687 Place 2 Bob Crumpton                                 1,353 Priscilla J. McWilliams                       750 Place 3 Ken Hatfield                                     1,308 Yolanda Y. Lawson     

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