Vote 2006: Procrastinators’ Guide to Tuesday

ballot 2006

Ready to mark your choice for the hotly contested county probate judge (place 2)? Or state ag commissioner?

No? What?! The election’s on Tuesday.

OK, fine. We’ll help. But this is the last time.

Really.

Sure, you could google the candidates themselves and head straight to their crummy sites. But we have a roundup of political coverage that can guide you in your quest to decide in every contested race this week.

At stake: governor and other top state offices, seven U.S. Representatives and Jefferson County commission and sheriff, plus at least three state amendments.

Media

AL.com | Latest headlines, interviews with gubernatorial candidates Bob Riley and Lucy Baxley, plus bio boxes on major races
Alabama Public Television | Watch the debates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, and compare notes with our recap
Birmingham News endorsements | Riley, Luther Strange for lieutenant governor and John Tyson Jr. for attorney general
Birmingham Weekly | Extended Q&As with Baxley and Riley
Fox 6 | Video interviews with candidates for lieutenant governor, attorney general, chief justice … but oddly, none for governor

Blogs

The Alabama Moderate | including endorsements for top offices, such as Libertarian write-in candidate Loretta Nall for governor
Alabama Pundit | a potpourri of state and national items
The Alablawg | the latest on state government at work
Birmingham Blues | more items from the local and national scene
Politics in Alabama | with a look at the latest poll numbers
Red State Diaries | including a roundup of state newspaper endorsements