Tag: 2020 election
Report Problems at the Polls
BirminghamWatch has partnered with ProPublica to offer Alabama voters the opportunity to notify us if problems arise at the polls. Read more.
Report Problems at the Polls
BirminghamWatch has partnered with ProPublica to offer Alabama voters the opportunity to notify us if problems arise at the polls. Read more.
Voters Encounter Long Lines, but Alabama Expects to Deliver Election Results by Wednesday
Long lines were reported at many polling places in the Birmingham area today, but no major problems were reported despite projects of a record voter turnout for the hotly contested presidential and U.S. Senate races.
State and local officials said they expect to finish the vote count in Alabama by Wednesday morning.
Barry Stephenson, chairman of the Jefferson County Board of Registrars, said there had been no instances of serious problems.
Voter turnout is predicted to hit 68% to 75%, corresponding to 2.5 million to 2.8 million people voting, according to Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill. The state already has seen a record number of absentee ballots returned — 300,402, as of Monday morning.
Voters’ FAQs
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Jones Tells Supporters He Can Beat Tuberville, Despite What Polls Say
Sen. Doug Jones visited his hometown of Fairfield on Saturday afternoon, one of many stops throughout Alabama during the final days of his re-election campaign.
Standing in the parking lot of Urban Smoke Bar & Grill and flanked by his wife Louise, son Carson and U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, Jones told supporters to disregard polls that show him trailing his opponent, former Auburn football head coach Tommy Tuberville.
“We know better,” he said, urging his supporters to “remember the feeling” of his previous victory against Roy Moore in December 2017, which had also been a surprise. Jones argued he could pull off the same surprise in Tuesday’s election. He said his campaign’s internal polling data “is right where we want it.”
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Hundreds Stand in Line to Vote Thursday, the Last Day to Apply for an Absentee Ballot
The line of absentee voters for Tuesday’s election was long and steady this morning outside the Park Place entrance to the Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, with voters waiting up to an hour or more to enter the courthouse and proceed to the absentee vote manager’s office on the fifth floor.
Today was the last day for Alabama voters to turn in absentee ballot applications to their county absentee voting manager, which in Jefferson County is the circuit clerk.
Outside the courthouse in Birmingham, prospective voters were receiving numbered slips of paper that they needed to gain entry to the courthouse, and by 11:30 a.m., more than 400 had been given slips, with dozens waiting to get theirs. Read more.
Today is the Deadline to Apply to Vote by Absentee
Thursday is the last day to apply for an absentee ballot.
So if you have decided that in-person absentee voting is your best option, it’s time to bite the bullet and go line up at the courthouse. Read more.
Some Jeffco Absentee Ballots in Jeopardy After Court Rulings
Up to 2,600 absentee ballots could be thrown out because of dueling court rulings over witness signatures on ballots. Jefferson County Probate Judge James Naftel on Wednesday said officials are working to see that every vote counts. Read more.
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