The Mobile County Commission approved relocating 21 polling places for upcoming elections, citing the need for larger spaces to allow social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bayou La Batre
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Mobile County Voters to Decide Fate of $66 Million Road and Bridge Overhaul in November
Mobile County commissioners approved a $66 million engineering report for 40 road and bridge projects, sending the 2014 Pay-As-You-Go Program to voters for final approval on Nov. 4.
Mobile
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A Phantom Website Pushed Steve Nodine for Mayor. He Said He Wasn’t Running.
An anonymous website urged Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine to challenge Mayor Sam Jones in 2009. Nodine said flatly that he would not run, and his allies accused the mayor’s camp of manufacturing an opponent.
Baldwin County
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With Iowa and New Hampshire Behind Them, South Alabama Politicos Called the 2008 Race Wide Open
Days after Iowa and New Hampshire scrambled the field, dozens of Mobile and Baldwin county political figures offered wildly different forecasts for a presidential contest neither party could yet control.
Local News
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Absentee Requests Sag Again in Mobile County, Pointing to Low Turnout on Election Day
Mobile County’s probate judge reported 2,824 absentee ballot requests and about 1,200 returns days before the November 2006 election, figures he said pointed to a low turnout.
Local News
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Dow’s Exit Sets Off a Scramble: The 2005 Race for Mayor of Mobile Takes Shape
With Mayor Mike Dow preparing to confirm he would not seek a fifth term, Mobile’s 2005 mayoral field began to form around Ann Bedsole, Sam Jones, John Peavy and Bess Rich.