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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