Election Day could become a state holiday in Alabama under a bill filed in the state legislature this month. The Tuesday after the first Monday in November would become a state holiday in Alabama during years with a presidential or gubernatorial election, under a pre-filed bill, HB 64.

The Alabama State Canvassing Board certified the results of the 2024 general election at a brief ceremony Tuesday.

An Alabama state representative has filed a bill that would make Election Day a holiday for major state and federal elections. HB 64, sponsored by Rep. Ontario Tillman, D-Bessemer, would apply to gubernatorial and presidential election contests,

Alabamians cast their vote in the 2024 election. And now that votes are certified, CBS 42 spoke with officials about what we can do differently in the next election and how to rectify those long lines.

The president-elect carried 55 of the 67 counties. Most of the dozen counties where Vice President Kamala Harris beat Trump were sparsely populated counties in the Black Belt. Harris did win Jefferson County, the state’s largest, as well as Montgomery County.

There was a lot going on here. The Black Belt, a Democratic bastion, continues to shrink. Voting in 2022 was a lot harder than voting in 2020, when Republican state officials took a brave step into 2006 and briefly gave us what amounted to early voting. (After the election, they dialed the state’s election apparatus back to 1958.)

More Alabamians voted for Donald Trump for president on Nov. 5 than for any presidential candidate in the state’s history. That’s according to a review of election results posted on the Alabama secretary of state’s website. It was the third straight general election for Trump to break the record in Alabama.

The results of the 2024 general election have been made official Tuesday at the State Elections Canvassing Board meeting. Representatives from both the Alabama Attorney General and Governor’s Office,

The Alabama Legislature will begin its 2025 session in February, and there are a growing number of pre-filed bills waiting for lawmakers’ attention. The bills include measures dealing with issues of the day like immigration law enforcement,

Republican House Reps. Barry Moore, Mike Rogers, Robert Aderholt, Dale Strong and Gary Palmer all openly supported Trump's 2024 campaign since it began. Along with Alabama Attorney General Steven Marshall, none of them have been nominated for roles in the administration.

Politicians and political observers believe that, especially in smaller cities, the local issues will matter more.

At such a young age, I did not understand who was running or what politicians did but I did know that voting was important.