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Tuscaloosa City Council certifies April 1 runoff; Joseph Eatman declared winner
Summary
The Tuscaloosa City Council voted to certify the municipal runoff election held April 1, 2025, after the city clerk read official totals showing Joseph Eatman with a plurality of votes and no provisional ballots were cast.
The Tuscaloosa City Council voted to certify and declare the results of the municipal runoff election held April 1, 2025, confirming Joseph Eatman as the winner, the city clerk said at a reconvened meeting.
The city clerk read the official returns into the record, saying, "That first page in front of you guys is going to show the TDOT counts. The second page is going to show absentee and that third page is going to show that we have received no provisional ballots." The clerk gave the tabulation as: "For TDOT, you've got 581 for Joseph Eatman, 393 for Matthew Wilson." For absentee ballots the clerk said, "For absentee, you've got 1 for Joseph Eatman and 14 for Matthew Wilson."
Councilmember Ramirez moved to "certify and declare the runoff municipal election," the motion was seconded, and a roll-call vote was conducted. Mr. Crow called the vote and recorded affirmative responses; the clerk then declared the results certified. After the vote Mr. Crow said, "The election is now official unless my court tells me anything different. It's official." The clerk had earlier stated that no provisional ballots were received.
Following certification, the council moved and seconded a motion to adjourn and completed the meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Motion: "Certify and declare the runoff municipal election held April 1, 2025." Mover: Mr. Ramirez; Second: not specified. Outcome: approved (roll-call recorded as affirmative). Evidence: clerk read TDOT and absentee totals and reported no provisional ballots.
- Motion: Adjourn meeting. Mover: not specified; Second: not specified. Outcome: approved.
Background: The clerk’s reading of the returns showed a combined total of 582 votes for Joseph Eatman (581 TDOT, 1 absentee) and 407 votes for Matthew Wilson (393 TDOT, 14 absentee), and the clerk confirmed that no provisional ballots were cast in the runoff. The council’s action formally certified those results at the reconvened session.
