Winfield council certifies Aug. 26 municipal election returns, issues certificates for uncontested council seats

The Winfield City Council on Sept. 2, 2025, canvassed and certified the returns of a special municipal election held Aug. 26, 2025, reading machine and absentee vote totals, opening provisional ballots and adopting certificates of election for uncontested council seats.

Council staff read the vote totals for the mayoral and council races and reported that the mayoral tally showed Randy Price with 497 machine votes and Larry Reese Sr. with 323 machine votes; total votes in the mayoral contest were 830 after counting absentee ballots and accounting for undervotes. Council staff said 13 provisional ballots were opened; the provisional-ballot counts reported in the record allocated votes among multiple candidates (for example: Randy Price 5 provisional votes; Tim Garrison 7 provisional votes). The council adopted Resolution No. 14-01 certifying the returns from the special municipal election as read into the record.

The council also adopted a series of certificates of election for uncontested seats. Resolutions 14-02 through 14-05 certified, pursuant to Ala. Code § 11-46-26 (Code of Alabama of 1975, as amended), that the following individuals were elected without opposition to City Council seats for terms beginning November 2025: Chris Ballard (place 1), Tim Garrison (place 2), Miles Miles (place 3) and Brad Burrows (place 5). The certificates, as reflected in the adopted resolutions, reference state statutory provisions governing certification of municipal elections.

Motions to adopt the canvass resolution and the certificates were made from the floor and approved by voice vote; the minutes record “all in favor” with no roll-call tally shown in the transcript.

Why it matters: certification completes the city’s canvass process and formally documents the results of the special election under state law; the certificates set the official record for uncontested council seats and identify the start of terms in November 2025 as shown in the adopted documents.

The minutes record the detailed machine and absentee counts and the provisional-ballot allocations as read by staff, and the council’s voice approval of the canvass and certificates. The transcript does not record a roll-call vote or any dissent on the resolutions.