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,

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.

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

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.