2008 Leeds Elections
Election Officials added below. This page will change often with new information, please visit again.
2008 LEEDS ELECTION RESULTS
Patterson hugged by many when officially
announced and Mayor Whitfield offers congratulations - click for
larger photo
Manager of Elections - Kevin Fouts in above video.
Mayor
Eric Patterson (Votes Cast 1355) Winner
Tac Whitfield (Votes Cast 568)
Carol Phillips (Votes Cast 419
District 1
Kenneth Washington (Votes Cast 290) Winner
Arthur Kelly (Votes Cast 62)
District 2
Ross Bartee (Votes Cast 364) Winner
Ron Westmoreland (Votes Cast 354)
District 5 - Runoff (Runoff October 7, 2008)
Cary Kennedy (Votes Cast 187) Runoff
Johnny Kile (Votes Cast 156) Runoff
DeVoris Ragland (Votes Cast 118)
Candidate Responses to Leeds Magazine Questions in the order received in PDF format.
Questions to the Candidates from our readers. Click here to view questions only in pdf format.August 07 - Political Forum Audio in mp3 format
Voter Registration Page at the Secretary of State Web Site. Registration forms can be picked up at the Leeds Library. Additional Voter Information is below candidate listings.
Election Qualifiers
|
First Name |
Last Name |
Position |
|
Arthur Lee |
Kelly, Jr. |
Council District 1 |
|
Kenneth |
Washington |
Council District 1 |
|
Ross M
|
Bartee |
Council District 2 |
|
Ron |
Westmoreland |
Council District 2 |
|
Susan Webb |
Carswell |
Council District 3 |
|
Charlotte |
Earnest |
Council District 4 |
|
Cary |
Kennedy |
Council District 5 |
|
Johnny |
Kile |
Council District 5 |
|
DéVoris Roscha |
Ragland |
Council District 5 |
|
Eric |
Patterson |
Mayor |
|
Carol |
Phillips |
Mayor |
|
James “Tac” |
Whitfield |
Mayor |
Election Officials - Revised 08-19-08
Chief Inspector, Challenger and
Returning Officer - Ken Mudd
Inspector - Bill Collins
Chief Clerk - Barbara
Higginbotham
Assistant Clerks
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Dan Marbury
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Jim Saxon
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Carol Marteens
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Lois Farmer
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Ken Farmer
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Imogene Bray
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Jerry Sewell
Alternates
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Walter Peek
Absentee Manager Inspectors
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Jack Courson
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Betty Carter
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Barbara Higginbotham
Absentee Clerks
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Jewel Lee
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Gladys Prentice
VOTER INFORMATION
Taken from Secretary of State pdf file, governing Municipal Elections
AGO stands for Attorney General Opinion
registration of voters (except where municipal clerks have been
appointed deputy registrars), it is appropriate to call attention to several
opinions of the Attorney General relating to voter registration.
The Board of Registrars may not register persons within 10 calendar
days prior to a municipal election. AGO to the Hon. Pauline Trammell,
July 7, 1976.
Persons who are 18 years of age may vote and to effect this
constitutional demand, persons who are 17 years of age at the time
registration closes but who will become 18 years of age prior to the
election must be permitted to register. AGO to the Hon. Thomas A.
Jernigan, August 8, 1975.
Persons 18 to 21 years of age may establish voting residency in locales
different from their parents or guardians. University students may
establish voting residency in university communities. AGO to Mrs.
Reed Proctor, March 10, 1972.
Crimes which disqualify an Alabama citizen from voting are discussed.
in AGO 1979-268 (to the Hon. Jenny C. Knight, August 10, 1979).
Violation of a municipal ordinance does not result in
disenfranchisement. AGO 1980-420 (to the Hon. Bill J. Dukes, June
12, 1980).
Absent any adjudication of criminal guilt by a court, a board of
registrars should not regard a person who is charged with a crime as
convicted of that crime. AGO 1979-438 (to the Hon. Clarence Nance,
September 27, 1979).
A voter who has had his name removed from the voter list because of a
felony conviction cannot be re-registered to vote unless his voting
rights have been restored by the Board of Pardons and Paroles. AGO
1981-615 (to the Hon. Ruth Parker, September 30, 1981).
The board of registrars is required to remove the names of voters from
the voter list who have moved to another county or state and to transfer
the names of voters who have moved from one precinct to another.
AGO 1981-457 (to Board of Registrars, June 30, 1981).
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A qualified voter may not have his name transferred from one polling
place to another within 10 days of an election. AGO 1980-539 (to the
Hon. Pearl Green, September 2, 1980).
Any person convicted of a felony, as well as any person convicted of
illegal voting, buying or selling votes or bribery to secure the
registration of any person, is disqualified from registering to vote and
may be removed from the voter's list after the appeal is resolved against
him or her. AGO 1992-00048.
In Williams v. Lide, 628 So.2d 531 (Ala. 1993), the Alabama Supreme
Court held that convicted felons who were not notified that their names
had been removed from the voter registration list, contrary to Alabama
statute, were not on that basis qualified to vote in the county election.
If municipal officials have any doubts concerning the qualification of a
voter, they should obtain a court order or opinion of the Attorney
General before removing a person from the voters' list.
A person whose name is not on the voters list at the polls may have his
or her name added to the list and be allowed to vote if the person
presents a certificate from the Board of Registrars that verifies his or
her registration, or he or she may vote a challenged ballot. AGO 1998-
00063.
NOTE: Although this Opinion applies to challenged balloting,
the League assumes that it will apply to provisional voting as well.