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MONTGOMERY – This morning, our office received word that one of the longest-serving and most well-respected Secretaries of State to serve the State of Alabama, Secretary Jim Bennett, has died. ...

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MONTGOMERY – On Thursday, Secretary of State John Merrill announced that approximately 1.2 million eligible Alabamians who are either not registered to vote or in need of updating voter registr...

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MONTGOMERY – On Wednesday, the Office of the Secretary of State released a video aimed at encouraging eligible U.S. citizens that are residents of Alabama to register to vote, as well as update...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature, as well as all Prob...

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MONTGOMERY – On Monday, Secretary of State John Merrill released details on the participation for electronic business filings.

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MONTEVALLO – A Student Mock Election Convention at the American Village will be held on July 12th and 13th. Students in grades 9, 10, 11 and 12 as of the fall 2016 school year in public, privat...

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WHO: State government leaders from 40 states and the U.S. Territorial Island of Guam will gather in Nashville, Tennessee on July 14-17 for the annual summer meeting of the National Association of...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature, as well as all Prob...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature, as well as all Prob...

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MONTGOMERY – On June 24, 2016, Secretary Merrill recognized Judge John H. England, Jr. of Tuscaloosa by awarding him the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) Medallion Award.

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MONTGOMERY – On Friday, Governor Robert Bentley released a proclamation outlining the timeline to fill the vacant House District 79 seat in the Alabama House of Representatives.

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MONTGOMERY – Following an idea recently made by the Executive Budget Office, Secretary of State John Merrill directed his IT staff to make searchable the Acts of Alabama on the Secretary of Sta...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature, as well as all Prob...

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MONTGOMERY – On Thursday, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill announced that the state of Alabama has launched efforts to implement a Vote for Alabama app, available to all iPhones and Andr...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature, as well as all Prob...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature, as well as all Prob...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature, as well as all Prob...

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MONTGOMERY – Secretary of State John Merrill issued the following statement on the five year anniversary of the April 27, 2011 tornadoes.

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MONTGOMERY – On Monday, the Office of the Secretary of State announced the activation of an electronic database relating to the Alabama Homeowners' Association Act.

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MONTGOMERY – During the April 12, 2016 runoff elections, the Secretary of State’s Office had 100% reporting from the 22 counties with races for state offices.

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MONTGOMERY – On April 12, 2016, the Office of the Secretary of State will continue its effort to collect and report results for the April 12th runoff elections that will be held in 22 of Alabam...

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MONTGOMERY – On Friday, Secretary of State John Merrill released information for voters in the April 12th runoff.

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MONTGOMERY – On Monday, the Office of the Secretary of State announced it has partnered with Alabama Interactive to provide the state of Alabama’s first online voter information request porta...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature to provide three sep...

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MONTGOMERY – On Monday, Secretary of State John Merrill released details on the participation for electronic business filings.

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MONTGOMERY – On January 1, 2016, a vacancy occurred in the office of Circuit Judge, Place 5, of the 13th Judicial Circuit (Mobile County). Pursuant to Amendment 408, this seat will be up for el...

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MONTGOMERY – On Tuesday, March 1, 2016, the state of Alabama published election night results from all 67 counties in real-time for the first time in the history of the state.

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MONTGOMERY – On October 25, 2016, the Office of the Alabama Secretary of State, along with the Alabama State Department of Education, the American Village and Alabama Independent School Associa...

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MONTGOMERY – On March 1, 2016, the Office of the Secretary of State will conduct a project to collect and report results for the state’s Primary Election.

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MONTGOMERY – Secretary of State John Merrill confirmed that Hillary Clinton will make a campaign stop in Alabama.

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MONTGOMERY – On Saturday, February 27, 2016 at 3 p.m., Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio will make a campaign stop in Alabama.

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MONTGOMERY – Secretary of State John Merrill confirmed that Donald Trump will make a campaign stop in Huntsville, Alabama.

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MONTGOMERY – On Friday, Secretary Merrill released a statement concerning new registrants showing proof of citizenship.

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MONTGOMERY – On Monday, Secretary of State John Merrill announced that the state of Alabama has launched efforts to implement Electronic Voter Registration.

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MONTGOMERY – Secretary of State John Merrill confirmed that Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will make an appearance in Birmingham, Ala.

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to increase openness, accountability and transparency in the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office, Secretary of State John H. Merrill has unveiled the release of Quar...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that accurate and current voter registration rolls are maintained, as well as to improve the accuracy and integrity of Alabama’s voter rolls and increase a...

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MONTGOMERY – On Friday, December 11, Secretary of State John Merrill confirmed that Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz will make appearances in Alabama.

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“The lawsuit filed today claims that the photo ID requirement is an impediment to voting in our state. Empirical data would indicate that the photo ID requirement is in no way a barrier or obst...

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MONTGOMERY – On December 1, 2015, former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Florida Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio, will mak...

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MONTGOMERY – On Monday, Secretary of State John Merrill confirmed that Florida Senator and Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio will be in the state of Alabama for a campaign stop.

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MONTGOMERY – On Tuesday, Secretary of State John Merrill confirmed that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will return to Alabama for a campaign stop.

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MONTGOMERY – On Friday, Secretary of State John Merrill announced that Republican Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson will revisit Alabama.

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MONTGOMERY – On Monday, Governor Robert Bentley released a proclamation outlining the timeline to fill the vacant House District 80 seat in the Alabama House of Representatives.

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MONTGOMERY – On Thursday, Secretary of State John Merrill announced that the Secretary of State’s Office will provide Alabama Election Officials, as well as all Alabama citizens, the complete...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature to provide three sep...

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MONTGOMERY – On Tuesday, Secretary of State John Merrill announced that Republican Presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee will revisit Alabama.

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MONTGOMERY – As a reminder, Ohio Governor John Kasich will make a campaign stop in Mobile, Ala., on November 3, 2015. Governor Kasich will be at Wintzell’s Oyster House (605 Dauphin Street) f...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature to provide three sep...

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MONTGOMERY – On Wednesday, Secretary of State John Merrill announced that Republican Presidential candidate and current Ohio Governor John Kasich will revisit Alabama.

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MONTGOMERY –Secretary of State John Merrill announces that the Secretary of State’s Office in cooperation with the City of Montgomery successfully piloted a live electronic balloting system f...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature to provide three sep...

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MONTGOMERY – On Tuesday, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill confirmed that Republican Presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will make a campaign stop in Alabama.

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MONTGOMERY – On Thursday Secretary Merrill released a statement regarding a meeting held on Wednesday with Governor Robert Bentley, Reverend Jesse Jackson and several other state lawmakers to a...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature to provide three sep...

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MONTGOMERY – On Tuesday, Secretary of State John Merrill signed an agreement to participate in the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), in conjunction with the Interstate Voter Re...

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MONTGOMERY – On October 6, 2015, the Office of the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the City of Montgomery, will conduct a pilot project to collect and report results from the Montgomery...

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MONTGOMERY –With the announcement of the closing of 31 driver license offices by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill has received inquiries reg...

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MONTGOMERY – On Thursday Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill released a statement regarding the closure of 31 Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) Offices and how it will effect citizens being...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature to provide three sep...

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MONTGOMERY – Joe L. Reed, Chairman of the Alabama Democratic Conference (ADC) announced today that Hillary Clinton, Presidential candidate and former United States Secretary of State, will addr...

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MONTGOMERY –Governor Robert Bentley, Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler and the Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries John McMillan each appointed 66 new members to the Board of Reg...

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MONTGOMERY – On Thursday, October 1, 2015, former Arkansas Governor and Republican Presidential candidate, Mike Huckabee, will tour the state of Alabama.

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature to provide three sep...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to demonstrate transparency, the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office has updated its website to provide up-to-date information on matters handled by Secretary Merril...

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MONTGOMERY – Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill joins fellow members of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) in reminding citizens that September 2015 is National Voter ...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature to provide three sep...

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MONTGOMERY – Throughout the months of September, October and November, the Secretary of State’s Office will kick off its statewide voter registration and identification efforts.

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature to provide three sep...

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MONTGOMERY – On June 11, 2015, Legislative Act 2015-459 was signed into law, which will enable the Office of the Secretary of State to share its voter list with other states in an effort to lim...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature to provide three sep...

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MONTGOMERY – During the next week, five of the 17 Republican Presidential candidates will visit the state of Alabama. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Wisconsin Gove...

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MONTGOMERY – In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature to provide three sep...

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On August 12, 2015, Secretary Merrill will recognize Fred Gray by awarding him the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) Medallion Award.

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In an effort to ensure that eligible Alabama citizens are able to vote, Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has asked the members of the Legislature to provide three separate and speci...

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On August 8, 2015, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill will deliver remarks at the Seventh Annual RedState Gathering.

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Secretary of State John Merrill is joining members of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) to commemorate today as the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, which was sign...

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Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill will serve as member of the Steering Committee for National Voter Registration Day (NVRD)

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Montgomery, Ala. – Secretary of State John H. Merrill announces that the Secretary of State’s office in cooperation with the City of Montgomery, Alabama, will pilot a live electronic ballotin...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill is tasked by a bill passed in the 2015 Legislative session to call for Convention of States allowed by Article V of the Constit...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill announces Alabama joins Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia in hosting the SEC presidential primary on March 1, 20...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. –Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill will launch quarterly reports on the office’s website at www.sos.alabama.gov.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill is one of only two Secretaries of State from across the country attending the United States Election Assistance Commission (EAC...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has joined Secretaries of State from all over the country in making the process of registering to vote easier. Alabama has link...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill has been invited and will accept an invitation to travel to Taiwan April 18-25, 2015 with six Secretaries of State from around ...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – In an effort to efficiently utilize taxpayers’ monies Alabama’s Secretary of State, John H. Merrill, will relocate the Office’s Business Services Division, which includ...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill will dispatch an Election Quick Response Team to monitor the Special School Tax Referendum Election in Baldwin County on Tuesda...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill will recognize former Congressman Glen Browder on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. in the Alabama Archives & History buildi...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama’s Secretary of State John H. Merrill, Attorney General Luther Strange, and Secretary of Law Enforcement Spencer Collier announced an agreement today between their a...

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Governor Robert Bentley and Secretary of State John H. Merrill will recognize former Secretary of State Jim Bennett on Wednesday, March 18, 2015 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the Old House Chamber of th...

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Secretary of State John H. Merrill is representing Alabama at the National Association of Secretaries of State Annual Winter Conference in Washington, D.C. through February 13, 2015. Secretaries ...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Secretary of State John Merrill met with the Alabama Association of Boards of Registrars Executive Task Force to ensure that the elections process will run accurately and effi...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. –Secretary of State John H. Merrill has changed his office’s Public Records Policy to provide more accessibility to all citizens, even those outside of the state of Alabama. ...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Families from all over the state joined Governor Robert Bentley and Secretary of State John H. Merrill during Alabama’s inaugural International Adoption Celebration January...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Secretary of State John Merrill announces the establishment of a Probate Judges Advisory Council to ensure that elections and corporate filings are administered appropriately,...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Governor Robert Bentley and Secretary of State John H. Merrill will commemorate the first Alabama International Adoption Celebration on Thursday, January 29, 2015 from 2:00-4:...

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Secretary of State Jim Bennett said the state will proceed with implementation of the Legislature’s requirement that new voters show proof of citizenship.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Secretary of State Jim Bennett said today Monday’s recount in Senate District 6 showed Republican Larry Stutts defeated Democrat Roger Bedford by a 70-vote margin. The prev...

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Secretary of State Jim Bennett said yesterday’s general election went as expected with 41 % of active voters turning out to the polls.

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Secretary of State Jim Bennett reminds voters that the deadline to request an absentee ballot is October 30th.

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Secretary of State Jim Bennett today reminded Alabama residents that October 20 is the deadline to register to vote for the November 4 General Election.

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MONTGOMERY - Alabama Secretary of State Jim Bennett announces September as National Voter Registration month and a good time for citizens who are not registered to vote to do so.

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Secretary of State Jim Bennett said voter turnout was slightly higher than expected for the July 15th runoff election. Around 8 percent of Alabama's 2.9 million voters showed up to the polls to d...

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Secretary of State Jim Bennett announced today that there will be another round of photo voter ID mobile unit visits starting in late July and continuing on into October. This will be in preparat...

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Secretary of State Jim Bennett reminds voters of the party primary runoff election that will be held on July 15th – next Tuesday.

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Secretary of State Jim Bennett said the first election using the new photo voter ID law at the polls was a great start to the implementation of the program. Of the over 600,000 voters that came t...

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Secretary of State Jim Bennett announced today there have been over 2,300 free photo voter ID cards produced in the state. This number is in line with the anticipated production number released e...

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When voters go to the polls during the June 3 party primaries, there will be a different look to the process. Poll workers will be looking for photo IDs required under a new set of rules approved...

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Secretary of State Jim Bennett said Monday that voters need to check for any changes made to their legislative districts as the changes from the 2012 redistricting process go into effect for the ...

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Secretary of State Jim Bennett is reminding Alabama citizens the deadline to register to vote for the upcoming June 3rd primary election is May 23rd.

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Secretary of State Jim Bennett will make a stop on the Photo Voter ID Mobile Unit tour in Birmingham this week in Irondale. The stop will take place at the Irondale Detective Building on Wednesda...

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Secretary of State Jim Bennett announced that the first round of military and overseas (UOCAVA) ballots for the June 3, 2014 primary election has been sent. Of the 59 jurisdictions that had valid...

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In an effort to promote the new photo ID law today, Secretary of State Jim Bennett visited Alberta, Alabama –commonly known as Gees Bend - to help make new voter ID’s for those that need them...

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Montgomery, Ala. - Beginning Monday, March 17th, Secretary of State Jim Bennett and his staff will begin the mobile site visits for the production of photo voter ID cards. The schedule of those v...

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U.S. District Judge Myron H. Thompson has given the Alabama Secretary of State’s office the responsibility of transmitting, receiving and counting military and overseas ballots in the 2014 Repu...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. --Secretary of State Jim Bennett will demonstrate the new photo voter ID system on March 10th at 10:30 AM in his office.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Secretary of State Jim Bennett announced today that Governor Bentley has re-scheduled the special general election for HD104 in Mobile, and the special primary run-off electi...

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Secretary of State Jim Bennett announced today that the court order regarding the early qualifying date, as well as other deadline changes for this year’s election cycle, was handed down by Jud...

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Alabama’s chief election official announced his support for a five-bill legislative package in the upcoming legislative session Friday including a measure to help insure military votes are coun...

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Secretary of State Jim Bennett announced today that the close of qualifying for major party candidates in the 2014 election cycle will be February 7th, 2014 at 5:00 PM. This is much earlier than ...

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Secretary of State Jim Bennett Tuesday released the certified rules for Alabama’s new voter photo ID program which will go into effect for the June primaries next year.

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Alabama Secretary of State Jim Bennett announces September as National Voter Registration month and a good time for citizens who are not registered to vote to do so. The Secretary of State and hi...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Secretary of State Jim Bennett is urging candidates and political action committees to be mindful of a September 4th deadline to file campaign finance reports. The new reportin...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Today, several changes in campaign finance law become effective under an act passed by the Alabama legislature during its last regular session. Act 2013-311 revised a number of...

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In a ceremony today with Governor Robert Bentley, Jim Bennett was sworn in as Alabama’s 52nd Secretary of State. Bennett, who previously held the post from 1993 to 2003, was already the longest...

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As ordered by U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson, the Secretary of State’s Office will assume responsibility for transmitting, receiving, and counting ballots for all UOCAVA voters for the 2013...

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Today Secretary of State Beth Chapman released the 2014 plan for implementation of photo voter ID in the form of administrative rules. The plan states that a person without any acceptable form of...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman said today’s US Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act is a pivotal time in Alabama’s election history. The decision came from a court case from Shelb...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman invites members of the media to attend a “first look” at the new and historic online campaign finance system on Wednesday, May 22nd at 10:30 AM in Secretary Ch...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced today that a bill that would make voting easier for responders to states of emergency received final passage in the Senate.

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced today that after a long and prestigious career in state government, Janice McDonald, Director of Elections, will retire at the end of the month. She will...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman said that approximately 72.37% of voters went to the polls yesterday to cast their vote. She had predicted between 72 and 74 percent. In 2008, the state saw around...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Secretary of State Beth Chapman has announced that the State of Alabama will again use a live election night reporting system statewide during the November 6th general electi...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman reminds voters to head to the polls tomorrow. Voters will vote for President of the United States as well as many statewide and local offices.

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman responded today regarding the visitors who are in Alabama with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe/Office of Democratic Institutions and Human ...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman has filed an emergency rule today to extend the deadline for applying for an absentee ballot for members of our military and National Guard who may be deployed in ...

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As some Alabama citizens respond to disaster recovery calls from the northeast because of the extremely damaging Tropical Storm Sandy, Secretary of State Beth Chapman would like to remind registe...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman wants to remind voters that the deadline to register to vote in the November 6th General Election is Friday, October 26th. The deadline to apply for an absentee ba...

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Time extended to receive voted ballots from military and overseas voters who are residents of the following Alabama counties: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman said today that as predicted, about 20% of Alabama’s voter’s turned out to the polls yesterday for the Special Constitutional Amendment Election. Secretary Cha...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman wants to remind voters of the importance of going to the polls tomorrow, September 18th for the Special Constitutional Amendment Election.

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman is the only Secretary of State chosen among a group of elections officials from around the country who will participate in a roundtable discussion on best practice...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — After receiving numerous complaints regarding voting irregularities in recent municipal elections Attorney General Luther Strange and Secretary of State Beth Chapman want to ...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman wants to remind voters that this Friday, September 7th, will be the cut off for voter registration for the upcoming Special Constitutional Amendment Election on Se...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman says Tropical Storm Isaac has caused some South Alabama cities to postpone their elections originally scheduled for tomorrow. Some cities have already announced th...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced today that there have been untrue reports on Facebook posts and also email messages regarding the need to “re-register” to vote in the upcoming elect...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman will travel to the summer meeting of the National Association of Secretaries of State this week in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Secretary Chapman currently serves as pre...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman has announced that a new free resource is now available on the subject of business identity theft prevention. The new website is designed to educate business owner...

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Pursuant to the preliminary injunction issued by the U.S District Court for the Middle District of Alabama in United States of America v. State of Alabama, et al., Secretary Chapman has important...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala.— Secretary of State Beth Chapman encourages Alabama voters to check their voter registration status and also their polling location prior to the March 13th Primary Election. Du...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala.— At the request of Secretary of State Beth Chapman, the Alabama National Guard has sent information regarding new military voting procedures to all deployed commanders.

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On Saturday, Alabama Secretary of State Beth Chapman personally presented former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with the Margaret Smith Chase American Democracy Award at a ceremony held...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman will join Senator Mitch McConnell on a panel at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC in opposition to the National Popular Vote movement.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala.-- Secretary of State Beth Chapman has received notification that the US Justice Department has approved two changes to election law: one involving campaign finance reporting and ...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala.-- Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced the appointments to the Boards of Registrars today. All 67 counties have a Board of Registrars that serves as the local entity for vot...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman has announced that all regular primary elections for 2012 will officially be held in March. This announcement comes after the United States Department of Justice a...

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The National Association of Secretaries of State, currently holding its annual summer conference in Daniels, West Virginia, today inducted its new slate of national officers for the 2011-2012 cyc...

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Ballot security in elections is crucial, but concerns over ensuring that the person who casts a ballot is eligible to do so has in the past stopped Alabama from adequately addressing another cruc...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman, legislators and members of the military community joined Governor Robert Bentley for the signing of Senate Bill 55, the military and overseas voting bill, yesterd...

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Today Secretary of State Beth Chapman announces new electronic services for business entity documents are available online on the Secretary of State website www.sos.alabama.gov.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala.-- Secretary of State Beth Chapman is thanking the Alabama Legislature for passing a bill to require voters to show a form of photo identification when voting. House Bill 19 was p...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman is pleased the Alabama House of Representatives has passed the final version of a bill to make it easier for military and overseas voters to cast their ballots whi...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala.-- Secretary of State Beth Chapman has been chosen as the keynote speaker for the 33rd annual National Notary Association Conference to be held this week in Las Vegas, Nevada. “...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman has ordered departments of her office to expedite all paperwork and documents related to the storm recovery and rebuilding efforts of Alabama businesses. The Busin...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala.— Secretary of State Beth Chapman is pleased with the quick action taken by the Alabama Legislature on the issue of military and overseas voting. Senate Bill 55, sponsored by Se...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala.- Secretary of State Beth Chapman is pleased that two of her major legislative initiatives are making their way through the Alabama Legislature: a bill requiring photo identificat...

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My name is Amelia Earhart and I am Alabama’s Secretary of State. When I was sworn into office, I vowed three things: honest elections, honest elections and honest elections. One of the easiest ...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman released her legislative wish list today highlighting her top two priorities: military voting and photo voter identification.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Secretary of State Beth Chapman will be sworn in for her second term of office on Monday. She will take the constitutional oath of office from Alabama Supreme Court Justice Pat...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Secretary of State Beth Chapman says that turnout is much higher than normal at this time of day for the November 2nd General Election.

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A Jefferson County Circuit Judge ruled Friday that Tuesday’s general election will be held as scheduled on November 2, despite a lawsuit that sought to remove a gubernatorial candidate’s name...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Secretary of State Beth Chapman has announced the state’s first ever election night reporting system will be live statewide during the November 2nd general election. The sy...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Secretary of State Beth Chapman has announced she is offering to pay the sum of $5,000 for information reported to heroffice that leads to a felony conviction of voter fraud ...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Secretary of State Beth Chapman reports that she has received numerous telephone calls asking whether Tuesday’s general election will be postponed due to a lawsuit filed th...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman wants to remind all registered voters that Thursday, October 28th is the last day for county absentee election managers to receive absentee ballot applications for...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Secretary of State Beth Chapman is following last year’s wildly successful training for notaries with this year’s 2nd Annual Notary Conference on Thursday, October 21, 20...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Secretary of State Beth Chapman wants to remind everyone the deadline to register to vote for the general election is October 22nd. To make sure citizens are registered to vo...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala.— At the request of Secretary of State Beth Chapman, the Alabama National Guard has sent information regarding new military voting procedures to all deployed commanders.

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Montgomery, Ala. – ‘Certificates of Existence’ are now available online for businesses. Secretary of State Beth Chapman continues to transform services for businesses in the Alabama Secreta...

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Montgomery— Secretary of State Beth Chapman has made changes to ensure military voters have sufficient time for their absentee ballots to be counted in the November 2010 general election. Secre...

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Montgomery—Secretary of State Beth Chapman will award medallions issued by the National Association of Secretaries of State to various recipients in the state of Alabama who have been key playe...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Secretary of State Beth Chapman is following last year’s wildly successful training for notaries with this year’s 2nd Annual Notary Conference on Thursday, October 21, 20...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala- Secretary of State Beth Chapman has been selected to represent Alabama and the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) on the executive committee of the Council of St...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala.- Secretary of State Beth Chapman has joined fellow secretaries of state and chief elections officials across America in recognizing September 2010 as National Voter Registration ...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced today that Alabama’s military and overseas voters, for the first time in history, will have a faster and more convenient way to rece...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman was unanimously elected by her peers from across the nation as President Elect of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS). Chapman has served on th...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala- Secretary of State Beth Chapman has declared the test run of the election night reporting (ENR) system to be a great success. The program was tested in Alabama’s four largest c...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala- After polls close at 7 p.m. tonight, election results will begin reporting through the election night reporting system (ENR). This is a test of the ENR system that will only incl...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala.- Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced today that a new election night reporting system would be tested during the primary runoff election on Tuesday. The test program will t...

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The democratic process does not end with a vote in the primary election, nor should it begin with a vote in the General Election in November. There is an opportunity to vote between the two in th...

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MONTGOMERY, AL – Secretary of State Beth Chapman was pleased, but not at all surprised, to hear that last week’s recount from the unprecedented Republican gubernatorial primary election resul...

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With continuing misinformation circulating, Secretary of State Beth Chapman confirmed that the two names she certified on Friday, June 11th for the Republican Primary Runoff for Governor were Bra...

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MONTGOMERY, AL - Today Secretary of State Beth Chapman received an Attorney General’s Opinion confirming that the guidelines she and her staff set forth last week for addressing an unprecedente...

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MONTGOMERY, AL - Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced an uncertified total of provisional ballots being reported from all 67 counties today. The uncertified total is 1,790, which is less tha...

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"As of today, based on an unofficial count, the two candidates in the Republican Primary Runoff scheduled for July 13, 2010 are Bradley Byrne and Robert Bentley with Tim James in a close third pl...

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MONTGOMERY, AL - Secretary of State Beth Chapman will hold a press conference today at 3:30 PM in her office at the Alabama State Capitol to announce the procedure of how the state will move forw...

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MONTGOMERY, AL - Secretary of State Beth Chapman has been informed that some sample ballots which may be misleading are being distributed in the Fifth Congressional District today. The ballots ar...

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MONTGOMERY, AL – With allegations in four specific counties and concerns expressed in others, Secretary of State Beth Chapman says there will be “zero tolerance” for voter fraud in Alabama.

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MONTGOMERY, AL - Secretary of State Beth Chapman is informing voters of allegations of voter fraud prior to the primary election on June 1. So far, the office has received complaints of reported ...

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MONTGOMERY, AL - During national Public Service Recognition Week, Secretary of State Beth Chapman praised the service of all of the elections officials and poll workers across the state of Alabam...

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MONTGOMERY - Secretary of State Beth Chapman would like to encourage all Alabamians to stop and pay close attention to their health on Tuesday, March 23rd during American Diabetes Association Ale...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman and the Military and Overseas Voting Task Force have cleared another hurdle in making electronic voting for overseas voters a reality. The Senate Constitution, Cam...

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This is a reminder to all candidates for state office and their principal campaign committees that fundraising may resume as of February 1, under Alabama Code § 17-5-7 (b) (2).

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman continues the innovative use of technology to make the processes of the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office more efficient and effective for Alabama businesses. ...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Secretary of State Beth Chapman and the Military and Overseas Voting Task Force are one step closer to making electronic voting for overseas voters a reality. The Alabama House...

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Today, the Constitution and Elections Committee of the Alabama House of Representatives unanimously passed House Bill 30, which will assist Alabama’s military voters serving abroad.

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This is a reminder to all candidates for state office and their principal campaign committees that pursuant to Alabama Code § 17-5-7 (b) (2), they may not accept, solicit, or receive contributio...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman has been nominated for an Innovative Alabama Governments Award. The award is given by Auburn University Montgomery’s Center for Government and Public Affairs and...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced today she and her staff will be collecting phone cards on behalf of wounded soldiers.

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Today, Gineen Beach, Chairman of the Election Assistance Commission, visited Secretary of State Chapman at the State Capitol in Montgomery. As Alabama’s chief elections official, Chapman discus...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman will meet with legislators and various elections officials from across Alabama on Wednesday, December 9th at 10 AM in her office to discuss their goals for the 201...

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MONTGOMERY, AL - Secretary of State Beth Chapman is encouraging all Alabamians to shop with local businesses during this holiday season.

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Montgomery, AL – Alabama Secretary of State Beth Chapman is holding the state’s first Notary Public Conference on Thursday, October 1, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at the Renaissance ...

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Alabama Secretary of State Beth Chapman is one of 40 emerging state leaders from across the nation selected for the prestigious Toll Fellowship Program sponsored by The Council of State Governmen...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced today the state of Alabama has received $165,000 as an annual grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The funds...

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MONTGOMERY - Secretary of State Beth Chapman has been a long-time advocate of military voting rights and her commitment is ongoing, despite the stall of legislation introduced in the 2009 legisla...

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MONTGOMERY, AL - Secretary of State Beth Chapman has been elected to serve as an officer for the National Association of Secretaries of State. The election took place at the association’s summe...

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MONTGOMERY – Secretary of State Beth Chapman continues to increase access for the public by improving the functionality of the Open Meetings Act website. The Open Meetings Act provides the publ...

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MONTGOMERY - Secretary of State Beth Chapman has received notification indicating false information is being circulated regarding today’s District 7 State Senate race between Democrat Laura Hal...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala- Secretary of State Beth Chapman and the Military and Overseas Voting Task Force have cleared another hurdle in making electronic voting for overseas voters a reality. The Senate ...

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MONTGOMERY - Secretary of State Beth Chapman and the Military and Overseas Voting Task Force have taken yet another step toward electronic voting for overseas voters, as House Bill 711 passed thr...

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MONTGOMERY - Secretary of State Beth Chapman and the Military and Overseas Voting Task Force have taken another step toward electronic voting for overseas voters, as House Bill 711 passed through...

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MONTGOMERY - Secretary of State Beth Chapman released a report to Governor Bob Riley and members of the Legislature today from the Military and Overseas Voting Task Force formed last year. The re...

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ORLANDO, Fla. – Alabama Secretary of State Beth Chapman was unanimously elected to the Executive Board of the United States Election Assistance Commission's (EAC) Standards Board.

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Visit http://media.alabama.gov/ for the latest news from Alabama State Government.

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Montgomery—Alabama is one step closer to electronic voting for military and overseas voters thanks to a unanimous vote on legislation presented today by the Military and Overseas Voting Task Fo...

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MONTGOMERY – The annual report deadline required by the Fair Campaign Practices Act (FCPA) is approaching for candidates, elected officials, and political action committees. The FCPA requires a...

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MONTGOMERY - - Secretary of State Beth Chapman has been a long-time advocate of military voting rights and Photo Voter I.D. Chapman will be instrumental in offering legislation as a solution to b...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Secretary of State Beth Chapman said today that the Boards of Registrars around the state are busy this month publishing lists of voters who need to update voter registration...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman, who has been sued by the U.S. Justice Department based on the assumption that she will fail to comply with elections laws requiring that she report the number of ...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala.-- The Alabama Electoral College meeting was held at 12:00 noon in the Alabama State Capitol. Secretary of State Beth Chapman was the meeting moderator.

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Electoral College meeting for the State of Alabama will be held Monday, December 15, 2008 at 12:00 noon in the Old House Chamber of the State Capitol. Secretary of State B...

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MONTGOMERY – Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced today she will again have a program to collect domestic prepaid telephone calling cards for wounded servicemen and women for Christmas thi...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Secretary of State Beth Chapman will hold an Alabama Military and Overseas Voting Task Force Meeting on Monday, December 15, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Old Archive...

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MONTGOMERY – Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced and contacted Alabama’s three millionth registered voter today. Brittany Farless, a single mother residing in Maylene in Shelby County w...

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MONTGOMERY – Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced today that Alabama has reached the three million mark of registered voters.

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Montgomery – Secretary of State Beth Chapman sent a letter to the Department of Justice today saying she will not allow her state to enter into another consent decree holding Alabama hostage fo...

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MONTGOMERY- Secretary of State Beth Chapman reported today that requests for voter registration applications are at an all-time high in Alabama. Chapman’s office, which remained opened during t...

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Montgomery –Secretary of State Beth Chapman said Alabamians are not being removed or hindered from voting because of any problems with their Social Security Numbers.

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MONTGOMERY – An order was released last night from Judge Tracey McCooey dismissing the ACLU’s law suit against Secretary of State Beth Chapman which challenged Alabama’s felon voting laws.

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MONTGOMERY- Alabama’s Chief Elections Official, Secretary of State Beth Chapman, announced a new state -wide elections service developed over the past two months and launched today by her offic...

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MONTGOMERY- Secretary of State Beth Chapman will be a featured panelist at the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Military and Overseas Citizens Voting Summit today. The summit will be held in Washington, ...

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MONTGOMERY- Secretary of State Beth Chapman said her staff is receiving a record number of voter registration applications, as are many of the sixty-seven counties’ Boards of Registrars.

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MONTGOMERY- Secretary of State Beth Chapman continues to honor her campaign promises to make the processes of the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office more efficient and effective for Alabama bu...

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MONTGOMERY- Secretary of State Beth Chapman joins the National Association of Secretaries of State in announcing September as National Voter Registration Month. “It is my goal to encourage ever...

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MONTGOMERY- Secretary of State Beth Chapman says she has received information that Reverend Al Sharpton will come to Alabama with a bus of civil rights activists to register voters for the Novemb...

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MONTGOMERY - Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced today that she and her staff began making plans last week for the potential threat of bad weather for tomorrow’s municipal Election Day ac...

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MONTGOMERY - Secretary of State Beth Chapman sent letters today to all Secretaries of State across the nation calling on them to form Voter Fraud Units in their states. Chapman, who has led the e...

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MONTGOMERY – Secretary of State Beth Chapman reports that two months after the June primary election and 65 business days prior to the November Presidential general election, new allegations of...

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MONTGOMERY—Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced Saturday a new initiative entitled, Veterans Who Vote. She made the announcement at the Birmingham Marriot during a homecoming celebration f...

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MONTGOMERY - The Secretary of State’s Office continues to receive reports of voter fraud in Perry County, this time in a municipal election. Figures from the June 10th municipal election in Mar...

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Dear Editor: I would like to thank the more than three hundred people who attended the Democracy Defense League’s rally against voter fraud at Marion Military Institute last week. It is with gr...

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MONTGOMERY - Secretary of State Beth Chapman reminds all voters wishing to vote by absentee ballot in the July 15, 2008 primary runoff election that they must apply for an absentee ballot for tha...

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MONTGOMERY - Secretary of State Beth Chapman has announced a new Voter Fraud Unit within the Secretary of State’s office dedicated to dealing with reports of voter fraud. With claims of voter f...

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MONTGOMERY - Secretary of State Beth Chapman is hosting an open meeting on Military and Overseas Voting Thursday, June 19th in the State Capitol Auditorium from 8:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.

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MONTGOMERY – Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced today that one week and two days after the Primary Election, reports of voter fraud continue to pour into her office.

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MONTGOMERY – With speculation already at an all-time high that voting violations could have potentially occurred in Perry County, Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced their unofficial vote...

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MONTGOMERY – Secretary of State Beth Chapman made good on her commitment today to follow up on allegations of potential violations of election laws in Perry County in yesterday’s primary.

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MONTGOMERY – After 1:00 PM today, a federal observer from the Department of Justice notified Secretary of State Beth Chapman’s office of potential violations of state elections laws. One repo...

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WASHINGTON – Alabama Secretary of State Beth Chapman was called to testify before the Committee on House Administration as an expert witness on military and overseas voting efforts. Secretary C...

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A senior Pentagon official said Tuesday that the problems experienced by service members trying to vote by absentee ballot can only be resolved by using the Internet — but that won’t be possi...

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MONTGOMERY – Secretary of State Beth Chapman has a busier schedule than usual this week which begins tomorrow morning welcoming U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Alabama.

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MONTGOMERY – Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced today that an Inaugural Military and Overseas Voting Forum will be held with speakers from national agencies to discuss ways to better ass...

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Super Tuesday in Alabama was just that – super. With 40% of registered voters casting their votes in the Presidential Primary, there was historic voter turnout. The last Presidential Primary at...

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MONTGOMERY – Alabama Secretary of State Beth Chapman received a national Award of Commendation from the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States at the state VFW conference held this weeke...

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With Alabama’s first early Presidential Primary scheduled for February 5, America is listening to the voice of Alabamians. They are listening because our votes have basically been cast after th...

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MONTGOMERY – The Secretary of State’s Office announced today that Alabamians overwhelmingly answered Secretary of State Beth Chapman’s call to collect domestic prepaid telephone calling car...

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MONTGOMERY – Today Secretary of State Beth Chapman launches the new electronic UCC Filing system on the Secretary of State website http://www.sos.alabama.gov/.

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MONTGOMERY – Secretary of State Beth Chapman and Clay County Probate Judge George Ingram will represent Alabama at the United State Election Assistance Commission December 11-14, 2007 in Austin...

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MONTGOMERY – Secretary of State Beth Chapman continued to implement business improvements in the State by accepting Huntsville’s and Decatur’s first UCC online filings at two North Alabama ...

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By: Secretary of State Beth Chapman -- This November as we celebrate Veterans Day and memorialize the untold sacrifices of Alabama’s military members, we should commit to ensuring that every on...

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MONTGOMERY – Secretary of State Beth Chapman and her staff launched a “new and improved” website today. This is the first major overhaul of the Secretary of State’s website in almost a de...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Alabama Secretary of State Beth Chapman joined The Pew Charitable Trusts and Overseas Vote Foundation (OVF) today in announcing new Web-based voter services to help the 91,85...

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Montgomery -- Secretary of State Beth Chapman is being featured in a Public Service Announcement (PSA), which was launched late yesterday at the Pentagon and will be aired on all eight Armed Forc...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman has "made good" on one of her campaign promises to make the processes of the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office more efficient and effective for Alabama busines...

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman encourages every registered citizen to vote in Tuesday’s June 5, 2007 Statewide Special Constitutional Amendment Election. There are also two local amendments to...

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House Bill 800 is a bill regarding an electronic voting system for military and overseas voters.

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman has forged a bipartisan coalition of Gov. Bob Riley and the legislative leadership to push for an electronic voting system for military and overseas voters.

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Secretary of State Beth Chapman announced today that Alabama’s first step in electronic voting for members of our military was made. Chapman hosted a conference call with key leaders of nationa...

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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, followed by May which is National Foster Care Month. The Alabama Foster and Adoptive Parents Association and the Alabama Secretary of State’s office are p...

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MONTGOMERY - Secretary of State Beth Chapman is forming a UCC Advisory Board to evaluate business procedures in the Secretary of State’s Office. The first meeting will be held Wednesday, Februa...

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