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News and Upcoming EventsRMV Speaks
May 18, 2026

RMV Releases Nonpartisan Election Guide for Tuscaloosa County’s 2026 Primary

Return My Vote, in partnership with Alabama Forward and student volunteers from Stillman College and the University of Alabama's Vote Everywhere chapter, has compiled an Election Guide for Tuscaloosa County's…
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RMV Speaks
October 1, 2025

Behind the Bill: Alabama’s (Overlooked) Regression in Voting Rights

Perrin Larkin | RMV Intern At midnight on November 5, 2024 — only five hours after the polls in the 2024 General Election closed — HB100 went into effect, allowing…
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News and Upcoming EventsRMV Speaks
August 8, 2025

RMV Surveys Northport Municipal Election Candidates

Return My Vote, in partnership with Alabama Forward, surveyed the candidates for the Municipal Election in Northport, Alabama on August 26, 2025 to construct our comprehensive Election Guide. Compiled here…
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News and Upcoming EventsRMV Speaks
August 5, 2025

RMV Releases Nonpartisan Election Guide for Northport

Return My Vote in partnership with Alabama Forward has compiled an Election Guide for Northport, Alabama's 2025 Municipal Election. This Guide includes information on registering to vote, how to create…
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RMV Speaks
June 28, 2025

RMV Condemns Restrictive Alabama Voting Law

Perrin Larkin | RMV Intern   At midnight on November 6, 2024 — only  five hours after the polls in the 2024 General Election closed — the state of Alabama…
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News and Upcoming EventsRMV SpeaksSt. ClairUncategorized
April 15, 2024

A Reflection on St. Clair by RMV Intern Julienne Pharrams

A Reflection on St. Clair Julienne Pharrams  “They capitalize off of us while we lose our lives” These words were ringing in my ears as I walked out of St.…
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News and Upcoming EventsRMV SpeaksSt. ClairUncategorized
April 15, 2024

Return My Vote Visits St. Clair Prison

Madeline Minkoff  Return My Vote’s mission, at its very core, is to expand the franchise to more Alabama citizens. To do this, we focus on an often underrepresented and disregarded…
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RMV SpeaksVoting in Alabama
March 11, 2024

How to Vote Absentee in Alabama

By RMV Intern Maddie Minkoff Even though Alabama has some of the strictest absentee voting laws in the country, RMV is dedicated to providing all Alabamians with all of the…
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RMV SpeaksVoting in Alabama
March 11, 2024

How to get a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote (CERV)

Maddie Minkoff | RMV Intern   Even if you have lost your right to vote in Alabama, there is a path to voting rights restoration in most cases. If you…
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RMV SpeaksVoting in Alabama
March 11, 2024

How to Register to Vote in Alabama

Maddie Minkoff | RMV Intern   If you have never been convicted of any of the crimes on this list, then you have never lost your right to vote in…
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RMV Speaks
March 2, 2024

Bill Breakdown: SB01 is a Form of Voter Suppression

Bill Breakdown:  SB01 is a Form of Voter Suppression Madeline Minkoff   The 2024 Alabama legislative session opened on February 2nd. The first bill on the docket, SB1 (read the…
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RMV Speaks
August 10, 2023

Youth Voters Have Shown Up and Will Continue to Show Out in Elections

Written by RMV intern Shanaya Daughtrey On June 26th, 2023, interns from Return My Vote and ambassadors for the organization UA Vote Everywhere volunteered at Alabama’s NAACP Shelby Summit Conference.…
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RMV Speaks
August 3, 2023

GIVE US THE BALLOT: Redefining Alabama’s Restrictive Voting Laws

Written by RMV Intern Shanaya Daughtrey The history of voter disenfranchisement in Alabama is rooted in racism and the preservation of white supremacy. When the Alabama Constitutional Convention convened in…
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News and Upcoming EventsRMV Speaks
August 3, 2023

Restoring Voting Rights through a Texting Campaign

Written by RMV Intern Shanaya Daughtrey On Feb. 22, 2022, Greater Birmingham Ministries filed a lawsuit against Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill because his office refused to provide the…
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News and Upcoming EventsRMV in the MediaRMV Speaks
October 22, 2022

Federal court sides with Greater Birmingham Ministries and orders Alabama Secretary of State to turn over voting records

A federal judge in Montgomery ruled last week that Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill must turn over records of purged voters and of former felons denied the right to…
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RMV in the MediaRMV Speaks
July 10, 2022

Alabama Voting Rights Coalition Interviews Alonzo Hurth

Courtesy of Alabama Values/Alabama Values Progress TV on Vimeo.In 1994, Alonzo Hurth was sentenced to life without parole for a robbery conviction without physical injury. Before 1994, he had two…
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