2020 Voter Guide
Poll Watchers Have Strict Rules to Follow, and So Do Others at the Polls
So you want to be a poll watcher. It isn’t as easy as dropping into a polling place and plunking yourself down to observe the proceedings. First, in Alabama, you need to be appointed as a poll watcher for a specific party and a specific precinct. So two or three poll workers at each site is usually the limit. Poll workers also aren’t allowed to attempt to influence voters. In other words, teams of Trump supporters cannot independently call themselves “poll watchers” and stay to make sure nothing they think might be untoward is happening, as the president has urged them to do. But supporting a particular candidate does not disqualify someone from becoming a legal poll watcher, either. Read more. More stories from BirminghamWatch’s 2020 Voter Guide
Printable Sample Ballots for Jefferson and Shelby Counties
List of Candidates with Profiles
Your Guide to Alabama’s 2020 Constitutional Amendments
Voting by Absentee Ballot
Greg Shaw, 2020 general election
Candidate for Alabama Supreme Court, Associate Justice
Mary Becker Windom, 2020 general election
Alabama Criminal Court of Appeals Place 1
Kechia Davis, 2020 general election
Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge, Place 3
Matt Fridy, 2020 general election
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, Place 2
J.T. Smallwood, 2020 general election
Jefferson County Tax Collector
Brad Mendheim, 2020 general election
State Supreme Court, Place 1 Brad Mendheim Party: Republican Residence: Dothan Age: 52 Political experience: Appointed by Gov. Kay Ivey as ssociate justice, Alabama Supreme Court, in January 2018; circuit judge, 20th Judicial Circuit, 2008-2018; district judge, Houston County, 2001-2008. Professional experience: Associate justice, Alabama Supreme Court, 2018 to present; circuit judge, 20th Judicial Circuit, 2008-2018;
Ronnie Dixon, 2020 general election
Jefferson County Board of Education Place 1: Ronnie Dixon 62 Residence: Pinson Political experience: Elected to Jefferson County Board of Education, 2016; Jefferson County constable 2012 – 2016; also ran for Jefferson County Commission, 2010 and Jefferson County GOP executive committee, 2010. Professional experience: City manager, city of Clay, 2012-present; Dixon Properties Inc. 1993-present; TSC Inc.