MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Republican governors or other elected Republicans in Alabama who appoint a Democrat to an elected office could be kept off the ballot in the next election cycle, according to a new rule adopted by the ALGOP on Saturday.

Members of the Alabama Republican Party’s executive committee approved the rule at their annual summer meeting. It says starting in 2027, “ any Republican elected official shall appoint only Republicans to fill vacancies for all partisan elected offices that may be filled by such official.

“Failure to heed this admonition will be viewed negatively by the candidate committee,” the rule reads.

“When you’ve been given the opportunity and the privilege, then you should be appointing Republicans as a Republican,” rule author Suzette Josey of Autauga County

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