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Homewood Election Guide

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WHAT: 

Candidates may qualify for election from July 5 to July 19. All election candidates must have been Homewood residents for at least 90 days prior to the election. The mayor and city council president seats are at-large, meaning they are open to all Homewood citizens, but candidates can only run for a regular council seat within their ward. Candidates must choose to run either for Place 1 or Place 2, not both.

Qualifying forms are available in the city clerk’s office in Rosewood Hall. 

Additionally, candidates must submit a list of two to five people serving as their campaign committee to the Jefferson County probate judge. This must be filed within five days of qualification, even if the candidate is serving as his or her own committee. Candidates must also submit a statement of economic interests to the State Ethics Commission within five days of qualifying.

Once a campaign committee is established, candidates must file a monthly campaign disclosure report in order to comply with the Fair Campaign Practices Act. The reports must be filed on the second business day of the following month. Beginning Aug. 1, these reports must be submitted weekly, and are due each Monday to report on the previous week. Forms are available from the city clerk, probate judge or secretary of state.

Are you running for office? Email us at Sydney@thehomewoodstar.com to be included in our upcoming election guide. Deadline to be included is July 19.

WHEN: 

July 5- Mayor gives notice of elections. Candidates may begin qualifying. 

July 19- Last day to qualify for candidacy. Forms must be filed with the city clerk by 5 p.m.

July 22- Last day to place a voting machine on display, as well as sample ballots if Homewood will use card or paper ballots.

Aug. 8- Deadline for the city to select election officials.

Aug. 8 - Last day to register to vote in the municipal elections.

Aug. 16- 6:30-8 p.m.: The Homewood Star hosting a city council candidate forum at Rosewood Hall, with Fox 6 Broadcaster Jonathan Hardison moderating. The forum is open to the public. Please email questions related to your city council candidates to sydney@thehomewoodstar.com.

Aug. 18- Last day to apply for a regular absentee ballot.

Aug. 22- Last day to apply for an emergency absentee ballot. Absentee ballots must be hand-delivered by end of business day on Aug. 22, or postmarked Aug. 22 and received by noon Aug. 23.

Aug. 23- Election day. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Aug. 30- Election results will be counted and certificates of election will be issued to all candidates who receive a majority. Runoffs will be planned for any seats where no candidate received a majority.

Sept. 5- Last day for candidates to contest election results. Candidates participating in runoff elections must continue their weekly campaign disclosure reports up until the runoffs.

Sept. 29- Last day to apply for a regular absentee ballot for runoff elections.

Oct. 3- Last day to apply for an emergency absentee ballot. Absentee ballots must be hand-delivered by end of business day on Oct. 3, or postmarked Oct. 3 and received by noon Oct. 4.

Oct. 4- Runoff election.

Oct. 11- Runoff results will be counted and certificates of election issued.

Oct. 17- Last day for runoff candidates to contest election results. Candidates who do not win election must file with the Jefferson County probate judge to dissolve their campaign committee.

Nov. 7- Mayor and council members take office.

HOW: 

Register to vote:

Register to vote in the 2016 municipal elections by Aug. 8. Voters must be at least 18 years old, Alabama residents and U.S. citizens in order to register, and they cannot have been convicted of a felony or legally declared mentally incompetent.

Registration locations:

At the polls:

Photo identification is required in order to vote. The following forms of ID are considered valid:

If you do not have one of these forms of ID, you can apply for a free voter ID card through the Jefferson County Board of Registrars. You must be registered to vote and have a photo ID document, or a non-photo identity document that includes your legal name and date of birth, to qualify for a voter ID. Call 325-5550 to learn more.

Find your polling place and other voting information at myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.

VOTING:

Homewood is divided into five wards, each with two council representatives (Place 1 and Place 2). You may vote for candidates in both of your ward’s seats, as well as the council president and the mayor.

All 10 council seats, as well the council president and mayor, are up for election for a four-year term.

WHERE:

Polling Locations:

WHO: 

While official qualifying does not begin until July 5, the mayor and most City Council members have made a decision on whether they will seek re-election. Find out about your ward representatives below.

THE ISSUES:

Rogers Alley, Ward 5 - “Making sure the school system has enough money.”

Liz Rozzelle, Ward 5- “Issues that are important to our family are: more sidewalks and crosswalks; pedestrian safety; bike lanes, bike rentals and bike safety; [and] Homewood Schools and law enforcement — they need as much funding as we can give them.”

Andy Conaway, Ward 2 - “Eliminate prostitution at motels on Oxmoor Road. Pass an ordinance requiring child molesters to live an additional 1,000 feet from schools, and have the [police] chief put out a quarterly update on crime instead of annually. Pay increases for our first responders.”

Danny Nicholas, Ward 4 - “Better traffic enforcement; increase [speed] limit on Lakeshore to 45 or 50 [miles per hour] and 30 on Saulter, then zero tolerance! Make it known that if you speed at all, you pay.”

Karen Turner Roberson, Ward 1 - “Sidewalks, road repairs, active ward representation [and] police and fire support.”

Janie Windham Waits, Ward 1 - “I read Valley Ave. paving would go out for bids in August, but saw no update on the traffic calming measures that were formally proposed. [I] don’t like seeing so many trees coming down and huge houses being built. [I] would like to see some kind of regulations about trees and house limitations, from the new council.”

Mary Sherrill, Ward 3- “It is really important to me to preserve our trees in Homewood! We have a Facebook group called ‘We Love Homewood’s Trees.’”

Mary Virginia Colvert, Ward 3 - “Preserving our trees!”

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