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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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