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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17-11-5
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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17-9-13
Section 17-9-13 Voting assistance; time allowed to finish voting. (a) Any person who wishes
assistance in voting may receive assistance from any person the voter chooses except the voter's
employer, an agent of the employer, or an officer or agent of the voter's union. The voter
is not required to state a reason for requesting assistance. To obtain assistance, the voter
must specifically request assistance by naming the person from whom assistance is sought and
by signing in the appropriate column of the voters' poll list. The person providing assistance
shall legibly sign in the adjacent column on the same line as the assisted voter's name. By
signing the poll list, the assistant shall certify that he or she is not the voter's employer,
an agent of the employer, or an officer or agent of the voter's union. If the voter is unable
to sign the poll list, the person giving assistance shall write the voter's name in the appropriate
column and then sign his or her own name in the third...
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45-41-141.13
Section 45-41-141.13 Conduct of special elections. (a) The managers, inspectors, or other officers
of any special election authorized to be held under and pursuant to this part shall be appointed,
and such special election shall be held, in the same manner and by the same officers as a
regular election for county officers, under the general election laws of the state; provided,
that if such special election is held at the time for holding such regular election in the
county, then the election officers of such regular election shall conduct such special election
at the same time as such regular election, and for such services they shall receive no compensation
other than that allowed them for the holding of such regular election. If such special election
is held at some other time than that of holding such regular election in the county, then
the aforesaid election officers shall receive the same pay as that for holding such regular
election. All expenses for holding any such special...
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17-6-26
Section 17-6-26 Order of arrangement; content requirements; secrecy envelopes or folders. (a)
Ballots, so far as practicable, shall be in the same order of arrangement as required by Section
17-6-24, except that they shall be of the size and design required by the precinct ballot
counters and may be printed upon one or more separate pages or cards. Ballots for precinct
ballot counters shall be manufactured with one detachable stub and numbered sequentially within
each county with the sequence number printed on the stub but not on the ballot itself. There
shall be printed on each absentee ballot and ballot for precinct ballot counters the ballot
style number. This ballot style number shall represent the political race makeup of the ballot.
(b) In primary elections, constitutional amendments may be printed on party ballots, provided
that sufficient ballots containing only the constitutional amendments are available for those
voters who do not wish to sign the pledge for a party ballot....
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17-16-1
Section 17-16-1 Preservation of voted ballot containers and records of election containers;
electronic voting specialists. (a) The voted ballot containers and records of election containers
shall remain sealed for the time provided by law for the filing of contests and then shall
have the seal broken only on the order of that body which, under the general provisions of
law, now has charge of and control over voted ballot containers and records of election containers
in that county, municipality, or other political subdivision. If, in the opinion of such body,
a contest has developed or is likely to develop, the containers shall remain sealed until
such time as ordered opened by the court hearing the contest, or until a final determination
of the contest. On the order of any court of competent jurisdiction or on the order of any
legislative body or governing body having jurisdiction over such election, the seal may be
broken for the purpose of proper investigation and when such...
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45-2-112
Section 45-2-112 Designation of fire stations as polling places. In addition to the authority
granted in Chapter 46 of Title 11 and Article 1, commencing with Section 17-6-1, of Chapter
6 of Title 17, the Baldwin County Commission or any Baldwin County municipal governing body
may designate any fire station whose fire department receives any portion of the tax proceeds
derived from Section 45-2-242, as a voting place for any voting precinct, district, center,
or ward for elections held in Baldwin County, whether primary, general, or special or federal,
state, district, county, or municipal. When so designated by the Baldwin County Commission
or any Baldwin County municipal governing body, no fire department shall deny access to a
fire station for an election pursuant to this section and the access shall be free of charge.
(Act 2013-324, p. 1139, §1.)...
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17-4-2.1
Section 17-4-2.1 Electronic poll books. (a) The Secretary of State may allow the use of electronic
poll books in lieu of the printed lists of qualified voters provided for in Section 17-4-2
and the poll lists provided for in Sections 17-9-11 and 17-13-7. A county, with consent of
the county commission and judge of probate, may use electronic poll books in lieu of the printed
lists of qualified voters. In addition, the Secretary of State and municipal governing bodies
may allow the use of electronic poll books in lieu of the printed lists of qualified voters
provided for in Section 11-46-36 or any local law governing a municipal election. (b) A participating
county or municipality may adopt the use of any electronic poll book that has been certified
by the Secretary of State for use in this state. (c) To be certified for use by the Secretary
of State, an electronic poll book shall do all of the following: (1) Be secure. (2) Be compatible
with the statewide voter registration system. (3)...
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17-8-7
Section 17-8-7 Poll watchers. (a) Except in the case of municipal elections, each political
party or organization having candidates nominated, by a writing submitted to the inspector
by the chair of the county executive committee or nominees for office or beat committeeman,
may appoint a watcher for each voting place. In the event of an election in which there are
no candidates, each political party, through a writing submitted to the inspector by the chair
of the county executive committee, may appoint a watcher for each voting place. (b) Watchers
shall have the right to: (1) Observe the conduct of the election. (2) Monitor the preliminaries
of opening the polls. (3) Remain at the polling place throughout the election until the results
of the election have been posted and the voting machines sealed, as provided by law. (4) Observe
the ballots as they are counted. (5) Observe absentee ballots and affidavits when they are
called during the count. (6) See all oaths administered and...
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