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Committee postpones BOE election decision

Saturday, June 07, 2008
By JOSH BEAN
Staff Reporter

ROBERTSDALE — Margaret Long wants a new primary election to determine the Republican Party's nominee for school board District 5, and Angie Swiger believes only the 142 voters who received the wrong ballot in Tuesday's election should get a second chance.

The two candidates, not to mention Baldwin County's residents, must wait a little longer to find out how their election dispute will be resolved.

On Friday, the Baldwin County Republican Party Election Committee postponed a decision, citing state law that no election can be contested until the results have been certified, said attorney Allan Chason, the legal counsel representing the committee.

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Orange Beach's McKinney seeks re-election to Alabama school board

Thursday, May 15, 2008
By RENA HAVNER
Staff Reporter

Republican Randy McKinney announced that he is seeking re-election to the State Board of Education, District 1 seat, which includes Mobile, Baldwin and Escambia counties.

He is running against Paul Christopher in the June 3 Republican primary. The winner will face Democrat Kenyon Berry in the Nov. 4 general election.

Board members serve four-year terms and are paid $18,000 annually. The nine-member state school board oversees K-12 education and Alabama's two-year college system.

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Voting issues topic of Jan. 29 talk

Baldwin County Probate Judge Adrian Johns will speak to the public about the latest and greatest on voting in Baldwin County, on Tuesday, Jan. 29 at the Robertsdale Central Annex, from 2 to 4 p.m.

Judge Johns will address voting issues, including: early voting, voter ID, absentee ballots, overseas military voting, how to register to vote and what our county has accomplished so far in the Help America Vote Act (HAVA).

This is a free, public service event sponsored by the League of Women Voters Baldwin County. Refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact Pat Laraway, league president at (251) 945-5504.

The Robertsdale Central Annex is at 22251 Palmer Road, off Highway 104, just west of the intersection with Alabama Highway 59.

Mardi Gras Prompts 2-Day Vote in Alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Don't mess with Mardi Gras in Alabama.

Voters in two coastal counties — Baldwin and Mobile — will vote Wednesday even though the state primary is six days later on Feb. 5. The reason: Feb. 5 also is Fat Tuesday when throngs of people celebrate Mardi Gras on the Gulf Coast. The frenzied end to Carnival is an official holiday in the two counties in Alabama.

When the state legislature moved up the presidential primary from June 3 to Super Tuesday, it discovered belatedly that it fell on Mardi Gras. In Baldwin and Mobile counties, government shuts down and crowds by the tens of thousands jam the port city's streets for parades.

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County starts campaigning for Pay-As-You-Go

While most government employees were free to celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial holiday as they pleased, Baldwin County's top engineer spent part of his day trying to sell a tax increase to a room of mostly Republican women.

On Monday, three commissioners and Cal Markert, director of the Baldwin County Highway Department, presented information about the county's plan to pay for highway construction and improvements to the about 50 people who attended the Eastern Shore Republican Women's monthly luncheon.

At the heart of the plan is a "Pay-As-You-Go" fund, which would have to be approved by voters.

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Registering to Vote

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Baldwin County citizens who are not registered to vote have until Jan. 22 at 4:30pm to do so. Because the deadline is so close, election officials suggest that people register in person.

Baldwin County residents can register at the following locations:

Baldwin County Satellite Courthouse
201 East Section Street
Foley, AL

Baldwin: Registrar's office
300 North Hoyle Ave.
Bay Minette, AL

Baldwin County Satellite Courthouse
1100 Fairhope Ave.
Fairhope, AL

Alabama's presidential preference election will take place on February 5th, (Mardi Gras day) but voters in our area can choose to vote on January. 30th.

Only one voting location will be open January 30th in Baldwin County. That location is the Foley Civic Center. All precincts will be open on February 5th.

Pittman swamps Cooper for state Senate

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

By DAVID FERRARA

Staff Reporter

Baldwin County voters overwhelmingly selected Eastern Shore businessman Lee "Trip" Pittman on Tuesday as their next state senator.

Pittman, a Republican from Montrose, collected more than 86 percent of the vote against his Democratic opponent, Fairhope attorney A.J. "Jay" Cooper Jr., following a five-month race for the Alabama Senate District 32 seat, according to final but unofficial election results Tuesday night.

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