Black Belt Newscast talks about the municipal elections on Aug. 26 - Cities include Selma, Marion, Uniontown, Demopolis, Linden. See which candidates won and who will face off again in the runoff on Sept. 23.
Selma Mayor James Perkins Jr. said Friday he has “initiated a transition process to ensure a swift and smooth transfer of office" as he congratulated the candidates entering the run-off election for the city’s chief executive.
A tight result among three candidates vying for the Selma mayor’s job in Tuesday’s election means there will be a runoff among the top two – Johnny Moss III and Aaron Roper – in September.
Volunteers and supporters of the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation initiative in Selma (TRHT Selma) sent questions to mayoral candidates in the Selma election to demonstrate their platforms regarding key issues impacting the community.
The Alabama Poor Peoples Campaign and the League of Women Voters of Alabama are cosponsoring two candidate forums in Selma for the upcoming municipal election.
For more than two decades, I served in the United States Army, and in every role I served, one thing has been constant: when you identify a vulnerability, you act on it. You don’t wait until something breaks to fix it. You plan ahead, build r…
Selma City Clerk Ivy Harrison held an election training session about Senate Bill-1 and absentee ballots on Aug. 6 at Selma’s downtown convention center.
The Community Engagement Corps of Foot Soldiers Park will be hosting a Voter Gras on Friday and are inviting everyone in Selma to “Join the Caravan of Love,” they say.
Absentee voting for municipal elections opened on July 29 and will end on Aug. 21, and Foot Soldiers Park invited some experts to talk to the public about how the process works. That included Alabama Sen. Robert Stewart who gave this advice a…
Incumbent Warren “Billy” Young said he is running on his record as president of the Selma City Council. Challenger Kennard Randolph said it’s “not what you did, but what you could have done” in his five years in office.
The Alabama Poor Peoples Campaign and the League of Women Voters of Alabama are cosponsoring two candidate forums in Selma for the upcoming municipal election.
