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URL: | http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama /1975/17-11-3.1.htm |
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Title: | 17-11-3.1 |
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Body: | Section 17-11-3.1 Qualified voter with permanent disability preventing attendance at polls. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 17-11-3, 17-11-4, and 17-11-5, a qualified voter who has a permanent disability preventing his or her attendance at the polls may vote by absentee ballot in accordance with this section. (b) The Secretary of State shall adopt rules that provide a process for a voter who has a permanent disability to be placed on an absentee voter list and have a ballot automatically mailed to him or her before each election. The rules shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) An application procedure for permanently disabled voters to vote by absentee ballot on an on-going basis. The procedure shall require that the application form be signed and notarized by the disabled voter's primary physician. (2) A procedure for verifying the identity of a voter and determining that the voter has a permanent disability preventing his or her attendance at the polls. (3) A procedure for the voter to apply to the absentee ballot manager on an annual basis. (4) A procedure for automatically mailing absentee ballots before each election in a timely manner to permanently disabled voters who have been placed on the absentee voter list. (Act 2019-359, ยง1.) |