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Spanish Fort council certifies municipal election after court-ordered opening of one provisional absentee ballot
Summary
At a September 2025 meeting, the Spanish Fort City Council reviewed and certified municipal election returns after a circuit court judge ordered the opening of a single provisional absentee ballot; the ballot was added to the mayoral totals and officials described a packaging error by the voting vendor.
The Spanish Fort City Council on a September 2025 canvass meeting accepted the certified results of the Aug. 26 municipal election and counted one provisional absentee ballot opened under a circuit court order, the city clerk told the council.
The canvass adjusted the mayoral total by one vote after the circuit court judge opened a provisional absentee ballot envelope in the judge’s presence and witnesses from the county clerk’s office, the city clerk said. The clerk said the tally for mayor, as certified after the provisional ballot was added, was 1,452 votes for Brad Bass; other mayoral totals reported at the canvass were 30 votes for Laura and Chris (combined, reported without a last name in the record) and 572 votes for Mary McMillan.
The canvass matter concerned one provisional absentee ballot that county election officials had withheld until the city governing body could review returns. The clerk told the council that the ballot became isolated from its verification form because the absentee supplies sent by…
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