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11-46-50
Section 11-46-50 Identification of voters where voting machines used; voting procedure; assistance
of voters; provisional ballot. (a) The election officials, where voting machines are used,
shall ascertain whether each applicant to vote is entitled to vote, and each applicant found
to be entitled to vote shall be permitted to vote in the manner provided in this article.
Each applicant to vote shall identify himself or herself to the chief clerk, who shall examine
the list of qualified electors furnished by the municipal clerk and, if such voter's name
appears on such list, the chief clerk shall mark the applicant's name off the list. The applicant,
unless unable to write his or her own name because of physical handicap or illiteracy, shall
then sign his or her name on the poll list on the line numbered to indicate the order in which
the voters cast their ballots, and the clerk shall record the voter's name on a second poll
list on the line numbered to indicate the order in which the...
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11-46-29
Section 11-46-29 Appointment of election officers upon failure of others to attend polls. On
the failure of any person who has been duly appointed an election officer to attend the polls
at the hour prescribed for his attendance, such of the election officers appointed for that
voting box or machine as are present may appoint such election officers as are needed to complete
the number of election officials for the box or machine. All persons so appointed shall be
qualified electors who are entitled to vote at that polling place. Should all the appointed
election officers fail to be present at a polling place by the hour prescribed on election
day, then any three qualified electors who are entitled by law to vote at that polling place
at the election then to be held may open the polls, act as three of the election officers
for such box or machine and appoint such other officers as are required to fill the place
of those absent; provided, that every person so appointed shall be a...
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21-4-23
Section 21-4-23 Registration and voting aids. (a) The appropriate election officials in the
several counties of this state shall make available registration and voting aids for handicapped
and elderly individuals in state elections. These aids shall include, but are not limited
to: (1) Instructions, printed in large type, conspicuously displayed at each voter registration
site and polling place, sufficient to provide hearing impaired and seriously visually impaired
individuals with adequate information as to how and where they may register and vote. (2)
Paper ballots, available at each polling place, for the use of voters who would otherwise
be prevented from voting because of their inability to operate a voting machine. (3) Absentee
ballots, available to any handicapped or elderly individual who, because of handicap or age,
is unable to go to the polling facility in a state election. The deadlines for requesting
and submitting an absentee ballot under this subsection shall not be...
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11-46-48
Section 11-46-48 Provision of election materials and supplies; preparation of lighting facilities;
posting and placement of diagrams and models. The municipal clerk shall furnish and deliver
with each voting machine: Lighting facilities which shall give sufficient light to enable
voters while in the voting machine booth to read the ballot labels and suitable for the use
of election officers in examining the counters; a model and two diagrams or sample ballots
of suitable size, representing such part of the face of such voting machine as will be in
use in the election, and accompanied by directions for voting on the machine; a seal or seals
for sealing the machine after the polls are closed; an envelope for the return of the keys,
if the construction of the voting machine shall permit their separate return; and such other
election materials and supplies as may be necessary. The lighting facilities above mentioned
shall be prepared and in good order for use before the opening of the...
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17-11-3
Section 17-11-3 Absentee balloting generally. (a) Any qualified elector of this state may apply
for and vote an absentee ballot by mail, by hand delivery, or by commercial carrier, as determined
by rule by the Secretary of State, as provided in Sections 17-11-5 and 17-11-9, in any primary,
general, special, or municipal election, if he or she makes application in writing therefor
not less than five days prior to the election in which he or she desires to vote and meets
one or more of the following requirements: (1) The person expects to be out of the county
or the state, or the municipality for municipal elections, on election day. (2) The person
has any physical illness or infirmity which prevents his or her attendance at the polls, whether
he or she is within or without the county on the day of the election. (3) The person expects
to work a shift which has at least 10 hours which coincide with the hours the polls are open
at his or her regular polling place. (4) The person is...
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17-6-3
Section 17-6-3 Voting districts; naming of precincts. (a) Except as may be provided further
by local election laws or by the electronic vote counting statutes, the counties in this state,
as divided pursuant to this chapter into election precincts, and the boundaries of such precincts
shall so remain until changed by order of the county governing body, but the county governing
body, at its first regular meeting in March in each even-numbered year, shall subdivide any
election precinct in which there are more than 2,400 qualified voters and electronic voting
machines are used into voting districts or shall divide alphabetically the list of qualified
voters in such precincts into groups and assign each qualified voter a designated voting place
so as to provide an electronic voting machine for every person legally entitled to vote at
a polling place at which not more than 2,400 votes on a single electronic voting machine will
be cast. (b) Except as may be provided further by local...
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17-8-9
Section 17-8-9 Instruction of election officials. (a) Not less than five days before an election
or primary election, the authority charged with holding the same shall cause to be held a
school of instruction for those who will actually conduct the election or primary election
at the polling places. The judge of probate shall notify such election officials of the time
and place of the holding of such school of instruction, and shall also publish notice at least
48 hours before the same is to be held. (b) No election official shall serve in any election
in which an electronic voting machine is used, unless he or she shall have received such instruction
within 60 days prior to the election and is fully qualified to perform the duties in connection
with the electronic voting machine, and has received a certificate from the authorized instructor
to that effect; provided, that this shall not prevent the appointment of an uninstructed person
as an election official to fill a vacancy among...
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11-46-34
Section 11-46-34 Voting booths. For all elections at which paper ballots will be used, the
chief executive officer of the municipality at the expense of the municipality shall provide
at each polling place in all municipalities having a population of over 3,000 inhabitants
a room or covered enclosure and in such room or covered enclosure shall provide booths or
compartments, one booth or compartment for each 100 or fraction thereof over 50 electors registered
in the ward or wards in such municipality for that election, and shall furnish each booth
or compartment with a shelf or table for the convenience of the electors in the preparation
of their ballots. Each booth or compartment shall be so arranged that it will be impossible
for one elector at a shelf or table in one compartment to see an elector at a shelf or table
in another compartment in the act of marking his ballot. Each voting shelf or table shall
be kept supplied with conveniences for marking the ballots. In voting places in...
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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used in
this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus which automatically
examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and tabulates the results.
(2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which conforms in layout and
format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card" shall mean a tabulating
card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label" shall mean the cards, papers,
booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of offices and candidates and statements
of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot"
shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting center" shall mean one or
more locations selected and designated by the county commission or the municipal governing
body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots in the election. (7) "Electronic...
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45-49-111
Section 45-49-111 Instruction of election officials. (a) Not less than five days before an
election or primary election, the authority charged with holding the same shall cause to be
held a school of instruction in each state Senate district in Mobile County for those who
will actually conduct the election or primary election at the polling places. The sheriff
shall notify such election officials of the time and place of the holding of such school of
instruction, and shall also publish notice at least 48 hours before the same is to be held.
(b) No election official shall serve in any election district in which a voting machine is
used, unless he or she shall have received such instruction and is fully qualified to perform
the duties in connection with the machine, and has received a certificate from the authorized
instructor to that effect; provided, that this shall not prevent the appointment of an uninstructed
person as an election official to fill a vacancy among the election...
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