Election 2016: Alabama runoff election results
Alabama voters returned to the polls Tuesday to decide runoff races 41 of Alabama’s 67 counties to choose party nominees for the November General Election. Only races that didn’t have a majority of votes in the March 1, 2016 Primary Election held a runoff election. By Alabama law, a candidate must receive of at least 50 percent to be declared a winner and avoid a runoff. Statewide Results State Board of Education: Member District 1 Matthew Brown: 38.6% Jackie Zeigler: 61.4% – WINNER State Board of Education: Member District 7 Jim Bonner: 37.9% Jeff Newman: 62.1% – WINNER Circuit Court Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit: Place 11 Brendette Brown Green: 51.6% – WINNER Linda Hall: 41.4% Circuit Court Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit: Place 25 Roderick “Rod” Evans: 27.1% Reginald L. Jeter: 72.8% – WINNER Circuit Court Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit: Place 26 Michael Steely: 53.5% – WINNER Everett W. Wess: 46.5% Circuit Court Judge, 18th Judicial Circuit: Place 4 Lara McCauley Alvis: 51% – WINNER Patrick Kennedy: 49% District Attorney, 20th Judicial Circuit Patrick B. “Pat” Jones: 56.4% – WINNER Gary Ray Maxwell: 43.6% For specific county results, please visit the Alabama Votes website.
State’s election results to be displayed via Secretary of State website
The SEC Primary, which is part of the Super Tuesday elections held across the nation, will be held Tuesday. In all, residents from more than 12 states will head to the polls and cast their votes for candidates hoping to earn a lion’s share of the 595 delegates at stake across the country. In an effort to keep the public abreast of up-to-date election results, the Alabama Secretary of State’s office will be reporting results at www.alabamavotes.gov throughout the night. Polls close at 7 p.m. and the first results will be electronically sent to the Office of the Secretary of State and streamed to the website. Results will include presidential primary numbers, as well as other federal, state and local elections, as well as amendments. “For the first time in the history of our state, all 67 counties have committed to participate in our election night reporting,” Secretary of State John Merrill said in a news release. “We want everyone who is interested, including media outlets, citizens and elected officials, to have the opportunity to view the results of the SEC Primary in real time!” Merrill said the electronic results would be a “great resource” for the people of Alabama and said the operation would not have been possible without the cooperation of “Alabama’s Probate Judges and other county officials.”
Secretary of State John Merrill announces electronic voter registration platform
Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill said Monday that the state’s new online voter registration platform went live Jan. 22 and has been used by more than 7,500 residents. The online platform wasn’t unveiled until Monday’s news conference to allow officials to check the website is functioning properly. More than 140 people registered to vote on the website’s first day in action and more than 1,000 had registered between midnight Sunday and 10:30 a.m. Monday. “One of the most fundamental rights we as Americans are afforded is our right to vote,” Merrill said in a news release. “It is incumbent upon us as election officials to leverage technology wherever we can to facilitate the voting process. We want every eligible Alabamian to be afforded the right to vote, as well as participate in the electoral process, and the new implementation of Electronic Voter Registration will allow them to do so.” Through the Secretary of State’s website, residents can now register to vote for the first time or update their voter registration information within minutes. The new registration platform was designed to be simple and verifies all relevant information before passing the prospective voter’s information to county registrars, where it is double-checked before being approved. Merrill noted the new system is designed to “make it easy to vote and real hard to cheat.” Alabama joins 31 other states and the District of Columbia in now offering digital voter registration. “This is certainly a historic day in Alabama, and as long as I have the privilege to serve our citizens as their Secretary of State, I will do everything within my power to ensure all eligible Alabamians are able to exercise their right to vote,” Merrill said. The last day to register for the March 1 primary via electronic registration is Feb. 15.
