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17-10-1
Section 17-10-1 Voter identification requirements. (a) Each person who registers to
vote by mail shall provide identification prior to the first time they vote in an election
containing a federal office on the ballot and as otherwise required by Section 17-9-30.
(b) Voters who are voting by absentee ballot shall submit with the absentee ballot application
a copy of one of the forms of identification listed in Section 17-9-30. An absentee
ballot shall not be issued unless the required identification is submitted with the absentee
ballot application except as provided in subsection (c). (c) If an individual required to
present identification in accordance with this section is unable to meet the identification
requirements of this section, the ballot cast is a provisional ballot. (Act 2003-313,
p. 733, §4; §17-10A-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §50; Act 2019-507,
§1.)...
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17-9-30
Section 17-9-30 Identification of electors; Alabama photo voter identification card.
(a) Each elector shall provide valid photo identification to an appropriate election official
prior to voting. A voter required to show valid photo identification when voting in person
shall present to the appropriate election official one of the following forms of valid photo
identification: (1) A valid Alabama driver's license or nondriver identification card which
was properly issued by the appropriate state or county department or agency. (2) A valid Alabama
photo voter identification card issued under subsection (g) or other valid identification
card issued by a branch, department, agency, or entity of the State of Alabama, any other
state, or the United States authorized by law to issue personal identification, provided that
such identification card contains a photograph of the elector. (3) A valid United States passport.
(4) A valid employee identification card containing the photograph of the...
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17-11-42
Section 17-11-42 Rules; requirements; minimum criteria. (a) If the committee determines
a secure electronic means may be established for conducting overseas absentee voting, the
Secretary of State shall promulgate rules proposed by the committee to provide that option
to eligible overseas voters. The Secretary of State may veto any rule proposed by the committee,
may resubmit any vetoed proposed rule to the committee, and may provide an alternative rule
for consideration by the committee. In the event that the Secretary of State and the committee
are unable to jointly recommend a rule, or are unable to agree on a rule, the Secretary of
State shall submit both the proposed rule of the committee and the proposed rule of the Secretary
of State to the Joint Committee on Administrative Regulation Review for comment. The Joint
Committee on Administrative Regulation Review, after review, shall return the proposed rules,
with comments, to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall...
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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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17-10-2
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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17-11-9
Section 17-11-9 Materials furnished with ballot; delivery of ballot to absentee election
manager. Each prospective absentee voter who meets the requirements of this chapter shall
be furnished with the absentee ballot herein provided for, together with two envelopes for
returning his or her marked ballot and instructions for completing and returning the absentee
ballot as well as instructions for correcting mistakes in completing ballots or obtaining
a replacement ballot. One envelope shall be a plain envelope in which the ballot shall be
sealed by the voter after he or she has marked it. The second envelope shall have the voter's
affidavit printed on the back and shall be large enough to seal the plain ballot envelope
inside. The second envelope shall also be a return mail envelope. Such return mail envelope
shall be addressed on the front to the absentee election manager and shall be endorsed on
the left-hand upper corner thereof as follows: "Absent Voter's Ballot. State, County,...
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31-13-28
Section 31-13-28 Voter registration eligibility and requirements. (a) Applications for
voter registration shall contain voter eligibility requirements and such information as is
necessary to prevent duplicative voter registrations and enable the county board of registrars
to assess the eligibility of the applicant and to administer voter registration, identify
the applicant and to determine the qualifications of the applicant as an elector and the facts
authorizing such person to be registered. Applications shall contain a statement that the
applicant shall be required to provide qualifying identification when voting. (b) The Secretary
of State shall create a process for the county board of registrars to check to indicate whether
an applicant has provided with the application the information necessary to assess the eligibility
of the applicant, including the applicant's United States citizenship. This section
shall be interpreted and applied in accordance with federal law. No eligible...
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17-11-49
Section 17-11-49 Witnessing or notarization of absentee ballots. (a) The Secretary of
State is granted authority to adopt requirements related to witnessing or notarization of
absentee ballots, voter identification, candidate qualifying, and ballot access procedures,
ballot printing, and the application process for absentee balloting in elections for federal,
state, county, and municipal offices and constitutional amendments and other referenda to
comply with federal law. (b) The Secretary of State is authorized to extend the deadline for
receiving, processing, and counting absentee ballots if absentee ballots are transmitted to
qualified absentee voters less than the minimum number of days prior to an election as required
by federal law. Absentee election officials utilized for the processing and counting of absentee
ballots pursuant to this section shall be appointed in the manner prescribed in Section
17-11-11, and compensated as provided in Section 17-8-12. (Act 2011-619, p. 1417,...
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17-11-3.1
Section 17-11-3.1 Qualified voter with permanent disability preventing attendance at
polls. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 17-11-3, 17-11-4, and 17-11-5, a qualified voter who has
a permanent disability preventing his or her attendance at the polls may vote by absentee
ballot in accordance with this section. (b) The Secretary of State shall adopt rules
that provide a process for a voter who has a permanent disability to be placed on an absentee
voter list and have a ballot automatically mailed to him or her before each election. The
rules shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) An application procedure
for permanently disabled voters to vote by absentee ballot on an on-going basis. The procedure
shall require that the application form be signed and notarized by the disabled voter's primary
physician. (2) A procedure for verifying the identity of a voter and determining that the
voter has a permanent disability preventing his or her attendance at the polls. (3) A...
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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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