Jones spent the day in Mobile, contributing to voter-motivation efforts for Mobile mayoral candidate Barbara Drummond. Jones said he’d been meeting with community leaders “to get out the vote and to get others to get out the vote.”

A series of town hall meetings and debates from a Birmingham grass-roots group was the topic of conversation and generated headlines during the latest city-wide election season. But as some Birmingham voters prepare to return to the polls for runoffs,

A federal court heard arguments Tuesday in Alabama’s appeal of a 2024 ruling that blocked a portion of a state law criminalizing some forms of absentee ballot assistance. SB 1, sponsored by Sen. Garlan Gudger,

Republicans hold 71 of the 105 seats in the Alabama House of Representatives, and almost all of those lawmakers are hoping voters will send them back to Montgomery for another term. More than 60 have reported raising campaign funds since the fundraising period started for the 2026 election.

The city says it follows Alabama state laws. WAFF checked, and Alabama state law says a candidate is disqualified for a felony conviction unless they are pardoned by the state. French told us she pleaded guilty and did six months of probation.

The law targeted absentee ballot fraud, but critics say it clashes with the Voting Rights Act’s protections for elderly and disabled voters.