Voting Rights
Voting is the most fundamental way for people to make their voices heard in the democratic process. But state policy decisions have created or preserved hurdles that make it difficult or impossible for many Alabamians to participate in that process. Arise analyzes these barriers to the ballot box and considers policy solutions to strengthen voting rights and expand civic engagement in Alabama.
Featured Resources
Fact Sheet
2026 Alabama election guide and candidate questions
2026 election questions Where do candidates stand? Meeting and talking with candidates as they campaign for your vote helps shape the conversation and let them know which issues are most important to their constituents. Below are some questions you can ask and info you can share when meeting candidates. Please let us know what you [...]
Letters & Testimony
Alabama Arise testimony against efforts to water down meaningful Public Service Commission reform
Arise’s Dev Wakeley testified Tuesday before the Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee in support of the House-passed version of HB 475, and against proposed Senate changes through a substituted bill to weaken HB 475. As originally passed in the House, HB 475 by Rep. Mack Butler, R-Rainbow City, would have required the Public [...]
Letters & Testimony
Alabama Arise testimony in opposition to ending Public Service Commission elections
Alabama Arise’s Robyn Hyden testified Tuesday before the House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee in opposition to HB 392 by Rep. Chip Brown, R-Hollinger’s Island, which would change the Public Service Commission from an elected board to an appointed one. Here is the full text of Hyden’s prepared remarks: Good morning. I am Robyn Hyden, [...]
Fact Sheet
An inclusive democracy is vital to building a better Alabama for all
Haga clic aquí para leer esto en español. Alabama was central to the struggle for democracy and voting rights in the United States during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. And the need for our state to do more to build a more inclusive democracy continues today. That is especially true after [...]
Resources
Building on our momentum for the new year
As we close out 2025, Arise members and member organizations can reflect on a very successful year. Reducing the state sales tax on groceries from 3% to 2% and guaranteeing more students in public schools get a free breakfast with a $7.3 million budget appropriation were two of the biggest highlights worth celebrating. Improvements were [...]
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Las prioridades legislativas de Alabama Arise para 2026
Más de 150 grupos miembros de Alabama Arise y más de 1,500 miembros individuales eligen todos los años nuestras prioridades legislativas. Este proceso garantiza que los habitantes de Alabama más afectados por la pobreza participen de las decisiones. A continuación se enumeran las prioridades que nuestros miembros eligieron para 2025. Para obtener una versión de este [...]
Member Resources
Alabama Arise 2026 legislative priorities
More than 150 Alabama Arise member groups and nearly 2,000 individual members choose our legislative priorities each year. This process ensures that Alabamians most impacted by poverty have a seat at the table. Below are the priorities that our members selected for 2026. For a PDF version of this document, click here or click the [...]
Fact Sheet
Expand voting rights to right past wrongs and safeguard democracy in Alabama
Overview Alabamians who want to exercise their fundamental right to vote often face numerous hurdles to exercising that right. These barriers – both physical and procedural – reduce civic engagement and election turnout. Alabama does not allow early voting and has a complicated process for people who seek to vote an absentee ballot. And recent [...]
Resources
Las prioridades legislativas de Alabama Arise para 2025
Más de 150 grupos miembros de Alabama Arise y más de 1,500 miembros individuales eligen todos los años nuestras prioridades legislativas. Este proceso garantiza que los habitantes de Alabama más afectados por la pobreza participen de las decisiones. A continuación se enumeran las prioridades que nuestros miembros eligieron para 2025. Para obtener una versión de este [...]
Member Resources
Alabama Arise 2025 legislative priorities
More than 150 Alabama Arise member groups and more than 1,500 individual members choose our legislative priorities each year. This process ensures that Alabamians most impacted by poverty have a seat at the table. Below are the priorities that our members selected for 2025. For a PDF version of this document, click here or click [...]
