Some Alabama politicians have pushed boundaries of residency requirements to run for various offices across the state.

The City of Tuscaloosa municipal election for the District 1 City Council runoff will be held Tuesday. Incumbent Matthew Wilson will face Joe Eatmon for the District 1 seat on the Tuscaloosa City Council. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. in Tuscaloosa.

The bill would require an audit to be performed in a randomly selected precinct in each county after any general election.

HB 30, sponsored by Rep. Debbie Wood, R-Valley, requires local probate judges to conduct a post-election audit after every countywide and statewide general election to verify accuracy. One race from the entire election, selected at random, will be audited.

The DOJ announced it planned to withdraw a lawsuit it brought during the Biden administration challenging Georgia’s sweeping election reform bill.

Governor Kay Ivey on Monday reminded Alabama families that the application period for the Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students’ Education Act – the state’s new education savings account initiative – will close at midnight on Monday, April 7. Governor Ivey championed the CHOOSE Act last year before singing it into law in March 2024.

The turnout gap between Black and white voters in Alabama increased to 13 percentage points in the most recent election. Experts suggest restrictive voting laws may be contributing to the disparity in voter turnout.

CBS 42 morning news anchor David Lamb interviewed former Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill on the 2026 elections.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring voters to prove their citizenship. That means providing documented proof, like a Star I.D., when registering ...