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17-10-3
Section 17-10-3 Voting in precinct, etc., where elector's name does not appear on official
list. It shall be unlawful for any elector to cast his or her ballot during any general election,
primary election, municipal election or special election in any precinct, any district, any
ward, or any other subdivision where his or her name does not duly appear upon the official
list of the precinct, district, ward, or subdivision. All ballots cast in any election contrary
to this section are hereby declared illegal and, upon a contest duly instituted, the ballots
shall be excluded in determining the final result of any election; provided, that nothing
in this section shall prevent any qualified elector residing in the precinct, ward, or voting
district from voting after presenting a proper certificate from the board of registrars, or
from voting a provisional ballot or a provisional ballot in municipal elections when his or
her name does not duly appear upon the official list of the precinct,...
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17-9-9
Section 17-9-9 Proclaiming polls open. The inspectors, before they commence receiving ballots,
must cause it to be proclaimed at the place of voting that the election is opened. (Code 1876,
§272; Code 1886, §367; Code 1896, §1619; Code 1907, §397; Code 1923, §487; Code 1940,
T. 17, §173; §17-7-11; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §44.)...
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11-16-37
Section 11-16-37 Qualifications and appointment of election managers and returning officers;
laws governing elections. The probate judge, the circuit clerk, and the sheriff of said county,
within 10 days after notice in writing to them of the calling of such election, shall appoint
three managers and one returning officer to conduct the election in each beat or polling place
in the county, and said managers shall all reside in the beats, wards, or precincts where
they are appointed to serve and shall be qualified electors at said elections. In all other
respects the laws relating to the holding of elections in counties to determine whether county
bonds may be issued shall govern and apply to elections held under this chapter. (Acts 1927,
No. 399, p. 467; Code 1940, T. 12, §266.)...
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17-13-25
Section 17-13-25 Changing or altering returns of primary elections. Any person who shall change
or in any wise alter the returns of any primary election, or remove the copy of the returns
posted at any polling place before the result of the election is announced by the committee
or governing authority, shall be punished in the same form and manner as provided by the general
law for the punishment of any person who changes or in any wise alters the returns of the
regular state elections. (Code 1907, §6824; Code 1923, §3947; Code 1940, T. 17, §401; §17-16-52;
amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §59.)...
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17-8-5
Section 17-8-5 Political parties furnish lists from which appointments are made. Each political
party or organization having made nominations, by the chair of its state or county executive
committee or nominees for office, may furnish the appointing board a list of names of recommended
poll workers from qualified electors for each voting place not later than 45 days before the
election. From the lists provided, one inspector and at least three clerks shall be appointed
for each voting place from members of opposing political parties, if practicable. If there
are more than two lists filed, the appointments shall be made from the lists presented by
the two political parties having received the highest number of votes in the state in the
next preceding regular election, if each of the parties presents a list. If no lists are furnished,
the appointing board shall appoint an inspector and at least three clerks for each voting
place from the qualified electors of the precinct from members of...
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21-4-21
Section 21-4-21 Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context clearly indicates
a different meaning, the following terms shall have meanings ascribed to them as follows:
(1) ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL. An individual 65 years of age or older; (2) ELECTION FOR STATE OFFICE.
A general, special primary, or runoff election for an executive, legislative, or judicial
state office that is contested on a statewide basis; (3) HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUAL. An individual
qualified to vote, who, by reason of illness, injury, age, congenital malfunction, or other
permanent or temporary incapacity or disability, is unable without accessible facilities or
registration and voting aids to have access to registration and voting equal to that available
to persons who are not so affected; (4) STATE. State of Alabama; (5) VOTING PRECINCT. The
area inhabited by all individuals assigned to one polling place for a state election. (Acts
1985, No. 85-234, p. 133, §2.)...
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45-31-110.03
Section 45-31-110.03 Voting lists. (a) The voting list of any territory which is furnished
the election officers serving at the voting center designated for such territory shall contain
the names of all qualified electors of the territory on a single roll; however, when the roll
contains more than 2,400 names the list of qualified electors or roll shall be divided into
alphabetical sections of not more than 2,400 names per section. Except as herein otherwise
provided, the laws applicable to the preparation, distribution, publication, and checking
of qualified lists shall apply to the poll list of a territory for which a voting center has
been established by the county governing body pursuant to authority hereby conferred. (b)
No elector shall vote at any voting center other than the voting center of the territory of
which he or she is a qualified elector, but any elector eligible to vote at a voting center
may vote on any voting machine maintained at such voting center, upon...
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11-46-40
Section 11-46-40 Assistance of disabled electors generally. When paper ballots are used, any
elector applying to vote who shall state under oath to any of the inspectors (which oath may
be administered by any one of the inspectors) that by reason of his inability to write the
English language, or by reason of blindness or the loss of the use of his hand or hands he
is unable to prepare his ballot may have the assistance of any person he may select. In such
case, said elector must remain within the polling place, and the inspector shall send for
the person selected. If the person first selected cannot be found, then such elector may select
another person to assist him. The person so selected shall render said elector all such assistance
in the preparation of his ballot as he may require so that the ballot may be voted for the
candidate of his choice in the manner provided in this article. In cities of more than 3,000
inhabitants, the elector and the person selected to assist him shall...
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11-46-43
Section 11-46-43 Right of secret ballot; write-in voting prohibited. (a) Every voter in a municipal
election shall have the right to vote a secret ballot which shall be kept secret and inviolate.
(b) Electors shall not be entitled to vote for any person whose name does not appear on the
ballot, and no elector shall write in the name of any person on the ballot. (Acts 1961, No.
663, p. 827, §23; Acts 1976, No. 358, p. 403, §13.)...
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17-17-23
Section 17-17-23 Tampering with, injuring, etc., machines; misuse; unauthorized possession
of keys. Any election officer or other person, who shall tamper with, injure, or attempt to
injure any electronic voting machine to be used or being used in an election, or who shall
willfully misuse any such machine, or who shall prevent or attempt to prevent the correct
operation of such machine, or any unauthorized person who shall make or have in his or her
possession a key to a voting machine to be used or being used in an election, shall be guilty,
upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)...
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