Category: 2024 Election

Alabama Ranks 46th in Ease of Voting: PARCA Report

UPDATED — Alabama trails the nation in terms of convenience and access to the ballot — ranking 46th in ease of voting — according to a recent report released by the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama.

PARCA found that reasons for the state’s high cost for voting include a lack of early in-person voting, restrictive absentee voting requirements and a lack of automatic voter registration. Read more.

Marshall Defeats Marable in Democratic Assistant Tax Collector Primary Runoff

2024 Democratic nominee Ron Marshall shortly after winning the runoff for Jefferson County assistant tax collector, Bessemer Division. Photo by Solomon Crenshaw, Jr.

Bessemer City Councilman Ron Marshall defeated Ves Marable in the runoff for the Democratic nomination for assistant tax collector of the Bessemer Division of Jefferson County.

He will face the incumbent Johnny Curry in the general election.  The former state legislator was appointed to the position by Gov. Ivey after Eric Burks passed away last June. Read more.

Democratic Primary Runoff Voter Guide

Jefferson County Democrats will go to the polls Tuesday in the primary runoff to determine nominees in three races that were not decided in the March primary.

Two races on the ballot will be voted on countywide.

Jefferson County District Court Judge Place 3: Pamela Wilson Cousins faces Jacquelyn Grant Jones.

Jefferson County Probate Judge Place 1: Yashiba (Red) Blanchard faces Yawanna Nabors McDonald.

One race will be voted on in the Bessemer District.

Assistant Tax Collector in the Bessemer District of Jefferson County: Ves Marable faces Ron Marshall.

A constable race also is on the ballot.

There will be no Republican primary because those nominees were decided in March without runoffs.

Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Find profiles of the candidates by clicking the links above. Here is the sample ballot.

Palmer, Sewell Win Nominations to Congress; Complete Results in Both Primaries

U.S. Reps. Gary Palmer and Terri Sewell waltzed onto their parties’ general election ballots without a stumble in Tuesday’s primaries, defeating challengers who had emerged against the incumbents.

Sewell won the Democratic nomination to return to the seat representing District 7 in the U.S. House of Representatives with 92.54% of the vote; Palmer snared the Republican nomination to the District 6 seat with 83.24% of the vote. Both will be on the general election ballot in November.

Also in Tuesday’s voting, Alabama Supreme Court Justice Sarah Stewart won handily her party’s nomination to return to the court, and It appears Amendment 1 has died. The measure, which proposed to streamline voting on local legislation, failed by 18,631 votes. Read more.

See results in both primaries:

Election Results in the Jefferson County Democratic Primary

Election Results in the Jefferson County Republican Primary

Read the full BirminghamWatch Voter Guide