Why hunt for candy
when the Easter Bunny and
Santa deliver?

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Off to make dinner
reservations or hail an
Uber with a swipe.

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We’re pretty sure these are the right ballots.

The State of Alabama reprinted 2.7 million ballots earlier this month after omitting language from one of the 14(!) amendments up for our consideration; Secretary of State John Merrill said he didn’t know what the blunder cost.

Anyway, download your sample ballot for Jefferson or Shelby County for the Nov. 8 general election. Good luck, Jefferson County residents: The 364-page PDF contains 91(!!) versions of the four-page ballot to correspond with various overlaps in federal, state, county and city districts.

Also, check out the Alabama Voter Guide, with voting procedures and frequently asked questions.

For easier viewing, you can print, download or zoom to full screen with each ballot.

• To be eligible to vote on Nov. 8, citizens must register by Monday. How to register to vote.
• Al.com columnist John Archibald gives quick takes on the 14 state constitutional amendments.

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Sample ballots for all 67 counties.

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Jefferson County

Shelby County

Alabama Voter Guide 2016

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More Vote 2016 coverage.

Lungs wrap themselves round
cream puffs of gas. Blood oozes
through long corridors.

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Breathe in the stench of
stale coffee and fatigue. Breathe
out the hopelessness.

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A look at Birmingham in videos …

A presentation on Birmingham and the civil rights movement. From Jacqueline Yau.

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Boston singer Domenic Marte performs “Ven Tú” earlier this month at Fiesta in Linn Park. From Junior Cussi.

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Lee Conn, president of Motus Motorcycles on Southside, discusses how the University of Alabama’s Alabama Productivity Center helped his business grow. From Alabama Productivity Center.

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Heart performs “Alone” in September at the Oak Mountain Amphitheatre (our vertical video of the week). From Janie Martin.

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Drone footage of the Rotary Trail sign downtown. From Bravo Aerials.

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Back after 30 years, heading to the bus station. From William and His Star Wars.

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Heading home to Daphne from the Popular Woodworking in America show in Cincinnati, with a stop at Vulcan. From Woodbrew Life.

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Interview with Jimmy Johnson of Dog Days of Birmingham downtown. From Alabama NewsCenter.

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John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile, in August (our other vertical video of the week). From On Periscope.

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Cheap Trick performs “The Flame” in August at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre. From D Bear.

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Birmingham singer-songwriter Justin Webber performs “Heathens” (our other other vertical video of the week). From Justinwebber77.

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Jasmin Arch of Green Springs gives a testimonial on the Avas Academy eyelash extension workshop. From Amisha Kiri.

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Snoop Dogg performs in July at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre (our other other other vertical video of the week). From Kris R.

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Nashville “noise rock” band Bashful Hips performs “The Sum of Chains” in September at the Spring Street Firehouse in Avondale (our other other other other vertical video of the week). From Ian Fellerman.

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Mississippi Braves broadcaster Kyle Tait interviews Dansby Swanson, in June at Regions Field. Swanson played for Double-A Mississippi before being called up to Atlanta. From EKfoxsports.

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Swapping an HVAC rooftop unit at the Club. From Scott ADoA.

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Promo for a car sales leadership training course this week at the Club. From Paul Webb.

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Feature on John Carroll Catholic High School in Homewood. From Scholarships for Kids.

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Flamingos at the Birmingham Zoo. From Cameron Thomas.

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Back the Blue Cruise, a drive to show public support for police officers earlier this month (our other other other other other vertical video of the week). From Joel Lindsay.

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Promo for Seazon Casual Dining at New Birth Birmingham Church in the Killbough Springs neighborhood. From Danny Kang Austin.

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Preparing for yard work. From Grandpa Landscaping Management.

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A day in the woods. From Nathan Prichard.

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New York pop singer Bebe Rexha performs “No Broken Hearts” in July at Oak Mountain Amphitheatre. From Austin Bryant.

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Brandon Kruse proposes to Jerrikka Aaron in September. From Macey Franklin.

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Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine interviewed outside 16th Street Baptist Church downtown in September. From Live Satellite News.

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The Talladega Ballers win the 10th annual Birmingham Blue Devils Invitational Tournament in June (our other other other other other other vertical video of the week). From Kye Patterson.

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Summertime at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens. From Open Water Video Productions.

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Interview with Dean Nix, senior vice president of Harbert Realty Services, on the Vesta Apartment Development in Five Points South. From Alabama Center for Real Estate.

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Time-lapse footage of nightfall over downtown Birmingham. From Joshua Lim.

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Testimonial for Roebuck personal trainer Gerald “G-Fit” Brown. From Amy Ward.

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Flight simulation from Montgomery to Birmingham. From MUHerd37.

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Splashing around a bounce house. From 5ivemile Rentals.

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A look at Independent Presbyterian Church in the Highland Park neighborhood. From Independent Presbyterian Church.

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A look at Birmingham Fashion Week 2016 in August (our final vertical video of the week). From Kimberly West.

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Demo reel showing a September weather segment from WVTM-13 meteorologist Adrian Castellano. From Adrian Castellano.

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Send us links to your videos. | More videos on the Birmingham channel.

More Facebookers hit
Live on their phones to show who
they really are not.

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Photo: Igor Spasic (CC)

My picks for #sundayread for October 16, 2016:

• Y’all Connect: Don’t tell a story just to tell a story
• America Has Never Been So Ripe for Tyranny, by @sullydish (RT @danielduwa)
• The Unbelievable Tale of Jesus’ Wife, by @ArielSabar (RT @NgigiNiro)
• Flashback: Email marketing (1 of 3): Start spreading the news
• Uncanny Valley, by @AnnaWiener (via @ThemisAndThread)
• Among the Ghosts of Industry, by Cody Owens #bham
• Flashback: I survived a speaker’s worst nightmare! (And you can, too.)
• Science, Chance and Emotion with Real Cosima, by @MaudNewton (via @AtBristol_LST)
• Bad analogy: The brain is not a computer, by @drrepstein (via @michaelkloepzig)
• Finishing up 3rd part of Faulkner’s “Three Famous Short Novels”: [aff. link] http://amzn.to/2e2NXOH
• I Published My Debut Novel to Acclaim, Then I Promptly Went Broke, by @MerrittTierce
• Why Do People Who Need Help From the Government Hate It So Much? By Jason DeParle
• How the FDA Manipulates the Media, by Charles Seife @cgseife
• A Life in Google Maps, by Jess Zimmerman @j_zimms

More posts from Wade this week:

• Video: The Absolutely Essential Social Media Tools [SPRF]

The latest #sundayread tweets:

#sundayread Tweets

• More #sundayread recommendations from me

Those not on our side
must be demonized for the
sake of the children.

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Some nervously peer
at the outfield, some scroll through
phones for score updates.

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They often forget
nature. They’re spawned by brains that
fly unsupervised.

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Never have such ti-
ny hands caused so much deep e-
motional damage.

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The most fun that an
introvert can have is not
showing up ever.

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Beneath the quiet
strength of the fairer sex lies
screaming agony.

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And when you’re a vot-
er, you can grab them by the
box. The ballot box.

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