Alabama state legislative special elections, 2021
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How vacancies are filled in Alabama
If there is a vacancy in the Alabama State Legislature, a special election must generally be conducted in order to fill the vacant seat. In the event that a vacancy occurs on or after October 1 in the year of a regular election, the seat will remain vacant until filled at the regular election. Otherwise, the governor must call for a special election if the vacancy happens before the next scheduled general election and the Legislature is in session.
Chief Assistant DA Deborah Tillman retires after 25 years of service
MOBILE, AL (WALA) Mobile County Chief Assistant District Attorney Deborah Tillman has retired after 25 years of service to the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office.
District Attorney Ashley Rich stated, “Deborah Tillman is remarkable, and it has truly been an honor to have her sit beside me as the Chief Assistant District Attorney for the past 10 years. This office is a better place because of all that she has done for this community and the citizens of Mobile County. We are so proud of her accomplishments at the District Attorney’s Office, and I want to thank her for making such a lasting impression on so many people during her career.”
Special election set to replace Matt Fridy in Shelby County House district
Updated Dec 31, 2020;
Gov. Kay Ivey has scheduled a special election in District 73 in the Alabama House of Representatives, which includes part of Shelby County.
Rep. Matt Fridy, R-Montevallo, who held the seat, was elected to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. Fridy has held the seat since 2014.
The special primary will be March 30. The runoff, if needed, will be April 27. The general election will be July 13.
The dates coincide with the special election in Senate District 14, which includes portions of Bibb, Chilton, Hale, Jefferson and Shelby counties. That special election is to replace Sen. Cam Ward, R-Alabaster, who left the seat to become director of the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles.
New Alabama parole system head is a reformer: Q&A with Cam Ward
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Posted Dec 30, 2020
Gov. Kay Ivey swears Cam Ward in as the new director of the Alabama Bureau of Prisons and Paroles on Dec. 7 in Montgomery. (Courtesy Cam Ward)
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For the past 10 years, Cam Ward served in the Alabama Senate, emerging as an influential figure as chair of the Judiciary Committee, which provides oversight over many criminal justice concerns.
On Dec. 7, he stepped down from the state Senate and was sworn in as the new director of the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles, an embattled body that has had five different directors over the past nine years.
New Alabama paroles director: Bureau part of fix for ‘broken’ criminal justice system
Updated Dec 28, 2020;
Posted Dec 24, 2020
Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles Director Cam Ward resigned his seat in the state Senate to accept Gov. Kay Ivey s appointment.
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As a state senator five years ago, Cam Ward sponsored a criminal justice reform bill hailed as an important step to relieve overcrowding in Alabama prisons.
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice contends that Alabama has failed to improve its prisons, which hold about 150% of the population they were designed to house. In a lawsuit filed Dec. 9, the DOJ claims that Alabama incarcerates inmates in dangerous conditions that violate the Constitution.