Overview

• Mobile County Circuit Judge Brandy Hambright heard arguments on Oct. 2, asked for additional briefing tied to a decade-old AG opinion, and paused the case for about two weeks with a tentative Oct. 17 hearing.
• The dispute turns on whether a newer state law requiring 90 days of Alabama residency for candidates supersedes the 1985 Zoghby Act’s one-year residency requirement for Mobile council seats.
• Samantha Ingram moved to dismiss the lawsuit and argues she meets the 90-day standard, pointing to her June 17 Statement of Candidacy listing a Mobile address.
• Incumbent William Carroll argues the Zoghby Act controls and alleges Ingram lacked 12 months of residency in Alabama and voted in Georgia last year.
• Ingram remains scheduled to be sworn in on Nov. 3, as public records show she owns multiple properties in Mobile County, including two in District 2, as well as properties in Georgia.