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11-46-39
Section 11-46-39 Oath and identification of voters challenged; voting procedure where paper
ballots used. (a) Where paper ballots are used, the inspector, upon the elector's entering
the polling place, shall examine the list of qualified electors furnished by the clerk pursuant
to subsection (a) of Section 11-46-36, and, if it appears from this examination that the person
is a qualified elector of the state authorized to vote at that box, the inspector shall then
give the person one ballot on the stub of which the inspector shall write or shall have already
written his or her name or initials. If the person's name does not appear on the list of qualified
voters for that ward or box, the person may not vote except by provisional ballot. (b) In
cities of more than 3,000 inhabitants, each elector on receiving a ballot shall forthwith
and without leaving the polling place retire alone to one of the booths or compartments provided
for that purpose and there prepare the ballot in the manner...
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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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11-46-24
Section 11-46-24 Designating and equipping voting places; election officials; canvass returns.
(a) The municipal governing body may, when it orders an election, designate at least one place
of voting in each ward and if the ward has been divided into voting districts then at least
one place of voting in each district or the municipal governing body may establish and designate
one central place (location) within the municipality as the place of voting for all wards.
The number of voting boxes or voting machines as prescribed, shall be placed in a central
place of voting for use by the electors. The municipal governing body shall provide at least
one machine or at least one box for the voters of each ward, provided that this requirement
shall not apply to any municipality which uses electronic vote counters or tabulators or other
devices that are regulated by the Alabama Electronic Voting Committee established in Chapter
24 of Title 17 that are capable of counting the ballots from all...
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11-46-68
Section 11-46-68 Miscellaneous offenses. (a) Any person who shall willfully fail or refuse
to perform or discharge any duty relating to absent voters required of him by this article
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not more than $100.00.
(b) Any person found drunk or intoxicated at or about any polling place during any municipal
election day is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than
$500.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county
for not more than six months. (c) Any person who, at a municipal election, interferes with
any elector when inside the polling place or when marking the ballot, or unduly influences
or attempts to unduly influence any elector in the preparation of his ballot must, on conviction,
be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00. (d) Any person who, during or before
a municipal election, willfully removes, tears down, destroys, or defaces any...
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17-10-2
Section 17-10-2 Provisional ballots; certification; tabulation; identification of ballots.
(a) A voter shall be required to cast a provisional ballot when: (1) The name of the individual
does not appear on the official list of eligible voters for the precinct or polling place
in which the individual seeks to vote, and the individual's registration cannot be verified
while at the polling place by the registrar or the judge of probate. (2) An inspector has
knowledge that the individual is not entitled to vote at that precinct and challenges the
individual. (3) The individual is required to comply with the voter identification provisions
of Section 17-10-1 but is unable to do so. If the voter's ballot becomes a provisional ballot
due to lack of identification, the identification, including the address and telephone number
of the voter, must be provided to the board of registrars no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Friday
following the election. If the voter fails to provide identification to...
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17-6-28
Section 17-6-28 Requirements for write-in votes. (a) Write-in votes shall be permitted only
in non-municipal general elections and shall be counted as provided in this section based
on one of the following: (1) Upon a determination that the number of write-in votes for a
specific office is greater than or equal to the difference in votes between the two candidates
receiving the greatest number of votes for the specific office. (2) Upon a written request
satisfying the requirements in subsection (i). (b) The ballot for a non-municipal general
election must be constructed so that the voter can mark a write-in vote for each office in
the same manner that votes are registered for regular candidates. In order to cast a valid
write-in vote, the voter must (1) write the name on the ballot and (2) register the vote by
a mark in the space designated for that office. A write-in vote that is not registered as
provided above shall not be considered a valid write-in vote and shall not be included...
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17-11-5
Section 17-11-5 Delivery of absentee ballots; maintenance of voter lists. (a) Upon receipt
of an application for an absentee ballot as provided in Section 17-11-3, if the applicant's
name appears on the list of qualified voters produced from the state voter registration list
in the election to be held, or if the applicant qualifies for a provisional absentee ballot,
the absentee election manager shall furnish the absentee ballot to the applicant by: (1) Forwarding
it by United States mail to the applicant's or voter's residence address or, upon written
request of the voter, to the address where the voter regularly receives mail; or (2) by handing
the absentee ballot to the applicant in person or, in the case of emergency voting when the
applicant requires medical treatment, his or her designee in person. If the absentee election
manager has reasonable cause to believe that the applicant has given a fraudulent address
on the application for the absentee ballot, the absentee election...
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17-8-1
Section 17-8-1 Appointment of election officials; duties. (a) The appointing board, or a majority
of them acting as an appointing board, not more than 20 nor less than 15 days before the holding
of any election in their county, shall appoint from the qualified electors of the respective
precinct, necessary precinct election officials, which shall include at least one inspector,
to act at each voting place in each precinct. The appointing board may appoint the number
of precinct election officials necessary for each precinct, provided that, absent consent
of the county commission, the total number of precinct election officials appointed in a county
shall not exceed the total number of precinct election officials who were paid by the county
for the general election held November 2004. In the event that the number of precincts or
voting places utilized in an election within a county is increased or decreased, the total
number of officials who may be appointed without consent of the...
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45-31-110.05
Section 45-31-110.05 Inspector, chief clerk, and assistant clerks; duties. (a) For each voting
center where only one voting machine is to be used, the election officials shall consist of
an inspector, a chief clerk, and two assistant clerks. For each voting center where more than
one voting machine is to be used there shall be appointed one chief inspector who shall supervise
the conduct of the other officials and the operation of the voting center, one inspector and
one chief clerk, and for each voting machine to be used at such center there shall be appointed
two assistant clerks. For each voting center where more than four voting machines are to be
used there may be appointed two additional assistant clerks for each group of four voting
machines or fraction thereof. (b) The election officers provided for herein shall be appointed
by the same officers that appoint other election officers as provided for in Section 17-13-48.
They shall perform all duties imposed on election officers...
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11-46-28
Section 11-46-28 Polling place hours; duties of election officers; challenger; deletion of
absentee voter applicants from voter list; preservation of order. (a) Every polling place
shall open for voting at 7:00 A.M. and shall close at 7:00 P.M. and shall remain open for
voting for not less than 12 consecutive hours. All polling places in areas operating on eastern
time may open and close under this section pursuant to eastern time. The election officers
at voting places shall meet at the respective places of holding elections for which they have
been appointed 30 minutes before the hour established by the municipal governing body to open
the polls and shall at the designated hour open the several polling places as designated and
keep them open without adjournment or recess until the hour established by the municipal governing
body to close the polls and no longer. (b) Any qualified elector entitled to vote at a polling
place who has identified himself or herself with the election...
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