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17-12-4
Section 17-12-4 Procedures upon malfunction of equipment. If a precinct ballot counter malfunctions,
the polls shall remain open and voters shall deposit their ballots in a ballot box or other
suitable container. The inspector shall notify the custodian, who shall maintain a public
list of all voting places in which equipment failure has occurred. After the polls close,
the ballot box shall be opened and the ballots counted either by hand, as described in Sections
17-12-2 and 17-12-6, or by feeding the ballots into an operable hand precinct ballot counter.
Poll watchers of opposing interests and members of the media, if any are present, shall be
permitted to witness this process. Where precinct counting equipment is programmed to return
ballots containing over-votes, any such ballot returned during a post-election count must
be counted by hand following the rules for ballots. The results of this hand count shall be
added to the certificate of results, and the ballots shall be bound...
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17-12-15
Section 17-12-15 Time and manner of canvassing. On the second Friday next after the election,
at the hour of 12:00 noon, the sheriff, in person or by deputy, and the judge of probate and
the clerk of the circuit court shall assemble at the courthouse; and if there is no such judge
or clerk, or if either of them fails to attend, or if either of them is interested by reason
of having been a candidate at such election, his or her place must be supplied by a respectable
elector of the county, appointed by the board hereinbefore provided for the appointing of
the inspectors in the various voting places for the election, at the time of appointing the
election inspectors, and if the appointing board fails to provide for such member or members,
or if any member or members as herein provided should fail to attend at the time and place
herein mentioned, the sheriff shall supply such deficiency by a respectable elector of the
county; and if all such officers are of the same political party, then...
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17-8-14
Section 17-8-14 Student interns. (a) The judge of probate in each county may appoint not more
than two students for each precinct to serve as unpaid student interns during elections. To
be appointed a student intern, a student must meet all of the following qualifications: (1)
Be recommended by a principal or other school official, or by the individual responsible for
the student's home instruction program. (2) Be at least 16 years of age at the time of the
election for which the appointment is made. (3) Be a resident of the county or municipality
for which the appointment is made. (4) Be enrolled in a public high school, an accredited
private high school, or a home instruction program and be classified as a junior or senior
or the equivalent, or be enrolled in a two-year or four-year institution of higher education.
(b) The duties of the student interns appointed pursuant to this section shall be determined
by the officials in charge of the election in the county or municipality;...
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45-36-20
Section 45-36-20 Charge of classification for incorporated municipalities. (a) Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 2A of Title 28, and pursuant
to authority granted by Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the electors of
an incorporated municipality located in Jackson County with a population of 2,500 or more
inhabitants may change its classification from dry to wet or wet to dry by a municipal option
election as provided by this section. (b)(1) Upon petition of 25 percent of the number of
voters voting in the last general election of the municipality having a population of 2,500
or more inhabitants being filed with the city or town clerk or governing body of the municipality,
the governing body shall call a municipal option election for the municipality to determine
the sentiment of the people as to whether alcoholic beverages may be legally sold or distributed
in the municipality. The petition for the municipal option...
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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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45-18-70.09
Section 45-18-70.09 Identification of unassigned voters. An unassigned voter may identify himself
or herself for assignment in any one of the following ways: (1) He or she may identify himself
or herself for assignment by appearing in person at the office of the board of registrars
or before a deputy registrar, and answering such questions and submitting such proof as may
be reasonably required by the registrars or their deputies to establish the voter's identity
and place of legal residence, and that he or she has not become disqualified from voting in
the county or election district. (2) He or she may identify himself or herself by filling
in and mailing to the board of registrars the completed answers to such questions as may reasonably
be needed and mailed to him or her in a written questionnaire by the board of registrars,
or on a form which the board of registrars shall cause to be printed in all newspapers of
general circulation published in the county, or on forms distributed...
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11-46-53
Section 11-46-53 Voting machines to remain locked during period for filing of contests; when
seals of machines may be broken; disposition of records taken from machines. (a) The voting
machines shall remain locked against voting for the time provided by law for the filing of
contests and then shall have the seal broken only on the order of the municipal governing
body and if, in the opinion of such body, the contest has developed or is likely to develop,
and shall remain locked until such times as ordered by the court hearing the contest or until
a final determination thereof; provided, that on the order of any court of competent jurisdiction
or on the order of the municipal governing body, the seal may be broken for the purpose of
proper investigation. When such investigation is completed, the machine shall again be sealed
and across the envelope containing the keys shall be written the signature of the person or
persons having broken same; provided further, that in the event another...
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11-46-55.1
Section 11-46-55.1 Recount procedures. (a) Any person with standing to contest a municipal
election may petition the canvassing authority for a recount of any or all precinct returns.
The time period for requesting a recount ends 48 hours after the official canvass of returns
by the municipal governing body. The petitioner must be prepared to pay the cost of the recount
and must be required to give security to cover these costs in an amount as determined by the
municipal governing body based upon an estimate of actual costs. The recount must be conducted
under the supervision of a trained and certified poll official. Representatives of opposing
interests shall be given at least 24 hours' notice and shall be invited to participate in
the recount. (b) The recount shall be conducted as simply as the type of equipment and local
conditions permit provided that the following minimum safeguards shall be observed: (1) The
box or envelope holding the ballots shall be delivered unopened to the...
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17-11-4
Section 17-11-4 Form and contents of application; signature of applicant; filing of application.
The application required in Section 17-11-3 shall be filed with the person designated to serve
as the absentee election manager. The application shall be in a form prescribed and designed
by the Secretary of State and shall be used throughout the state. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
handwritten applications can also be accepted at any time prior to the five-day deadline to
receive absentee ballot applications as provided in Section 17-11-3. The application shall
contain sufficient information to identify the applicant and shall include the applicant's
name, residence address, or such other information necessary to verify that the applicant
is a registered voter. The application shall also list all felonies of moral turpitude, as
provided in Section 17-3-30.1. Any applicant may receive assistance in filling out the application
as he or she desires, but each application shall be manually...
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17-4-33
Section 17-4-33 Computerized statewide voter registration list. (a) The State of Alabama shall
provide, through the Secretary of State, a nondiscriminatory, single, uniform, official, centralized,
interactive computerized statewide voter registration list defined, maintained, and administered
by the Secretary of State, with advice from the Voter Registration Advisory Board and the
President of the Alabama Probate Judges Association, which contains the name and registration
information of every legally registered voter in the state. The computerized list shall comply
with the following requirements: (1) It shall serve as the single system for storing and managing
the official list of registered voters throughout the state. (2) It shall contain the name,
address, and voting location, as well as other information deemed necessary by the Voter Registration
Advisory Board or the Secretary of State, of every legally registered voter in the state.
(3) A unique identifier shall be assigned to...
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