Evelyn Sanders, who has run elections since the beach town had 300 residents, faces accusations of bias while maintaining she followed all legal requirements during the August vote.

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Alabama’s largest county to redraw county commission lines after ruling that the districts were unconstitutional because of racial gerrymandering.

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

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.

Alabama Democrats are trying to gain ground in the traditionally Republican state’s upcoming Senate race as the party charts its path after 2024.

A Decatur resident filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming that ballots used in last month's municipal elections were missing candidate names.