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17-4-60
Section 17-4-60 Implementation of federal acts. (a) The Secretary of State shall be the primary
state official for federal contact for the implementation of the National Voter Registration
Act of 1993 and the Help America Vote Act of 2002. (b) The State Department of Public Safety
shall integrate voter registration into driver's license application and renewal or updating
procedures and shall coordinate its driver's license database with the state voter registration
list and the Social Security Administration's database in accordance with the Help America
Vote Act of 2002. (c) The state through the Secretary of State's office shall allow citizens
to register to vote by mail. The voter registration application may be designed by the Secretary
of State provided it meets the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
The Secretary of State may, however, choose to use federally prescribed forms. (d) State agencies
which provide food stamps, Medicaid, services related 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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11-46-27
Section 11-46-27 Appointment, compensation, etc., of election officers. (a) The municipal governing
body or a majority of them must, not less than 15 days before the holding of any municipal
election, appoint from the qualified electors of the respective wards or voting districts
officers to hold the election as follows: Where paper ballots are used, one returning officer
for each ward and three inspectors and two clerks for each box at each voting place and, where
voting machines are used, an inspector, a chief clerk, and a first and second assistant clerk
for each voting machine; except that in the event voting centers or voting places are established,
then the requirements of Section 11-46-24 shall control the number of election officials.
In any Class 6, Class 7, or Class 8 municipality, election officials must reside within the
municipality and may serve at any polling place within the municipality. An election official
appointed to serve in a polling place other than where he or...
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17-11-46
Section 17-11-46 Overseas voter certificate. In determining the requirements for an overseas
voter certificate, the committee and the Secretary of State shall consider including information
including the following: "OVERSEAS VOTER CERTIFICATE "I, ___ (print name), swear
or affirm, under penalty of perjury, that: "1. I am a member of the uniformed services
or Merchant Marine on active duty temporarily residing outside the United States; or the eligible
spouse or dependent of such a member temporarily residing outside the United States; or a
United States citizen temporarily residing outside the United States; and "2. I am a
United States citizen, at least 18 years of age, as of the date of the applicable election,
and eligible to vote in the requested jurisdiction; and "3. I have not been convicted
of a disqualifying felony or been adjudicated mentally incompetent or, if I have, my voting
rights have been reinstated; and "4. I am not registering, requesting a ballot, or...
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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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17-13-8
Section 17-13-8 Ballots, stationery, and supplies; pledge printed on ballot; spoiling of ballot.
Separate official ballots and other election stationery and supplies for each political party
shall be printed and furnished for use at each election district or precinct and shall be
of a different color for each of the political parties participating in such primary election.
All ballots for the same political party shall be alike, except as herein otherwise provided,
printed in plain type and upon paper so thick that the printing cannot be distinguished from
the back. Across the top of the ballot shall be printed the party's emblem, if any, and the
words, "Official Primary Election Ballot." Beneath this heading shall be printed
the year in which the election is held and the words "Democratic Party" or "Republican
Party" or other proper party designation. Each group of candidates to be voted on shall
be preceded by the designation of the office for which the candidates seek nomination,...
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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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17-7-21
Section 17-7-21 Requirements for approval of system. (a) The governing body of any county or
municipality or other political subdivision of the state by adoption of an appropriate resolution,
may authorize, adopt, and direct the use of electronic vote counting systems for use in all
elections held in such county or municipality or other political subdivision or any portion
thereof; and such resolution, a copy of which shall be filed with the Secretary of State,
shall specify the particular type of equipment to be used and a procedure for implementation.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), no electronic vote counting system shall be used unless
it has been constructed so that it: (1) Permits and requires voting in secrecy. (2) Permits
each elector to vote at any election for all persons and offices for whom and for which he
or she is lawfully entitled to vote; to vote for as many persons for an office as he or she
is entitled to vote for; and to vote for or against any question upon...
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17-7-23
Section 17-7-23 Examination and certification of equipment. It shall be the duty of the committee
to ensure the examination and certification of electronic vote counting systems in the following
manner: (1) By publicly examining all makes of electronic vote counting systems submitted
and certifying whether such systems comply with the requirements of this section. (2) By inviting
any vendor or company interested in selling an electronic vote counting system in Alabama
to submit such equipment for examination. The vote counting system shall be certified after
a satisfactory evaluation and testing has been performed to determine that the equipment meets
the requirements of this article and performance and test standards for electronic voting
systems issued by the Federal Election Commission. The committee may use certification of
the equipment by an authorized independent testing authority, or successor entity, as evidence
that the equipment meets the requirements of Section 17-7-21 and...
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17-6-21
Section 17-6-21 Contents; amendments; withdrawal of name. (a) The official ballots shall contain
the names of all candidates nominated by caucus, convention, mass meeting, primary election,
or other assembly of any political party or faction, or by petition of electors and certified
as provided in Section 17-9-3, but no person's name shall be printed upon the ballots who,
within the time period set forth in subsection (c), notifies the judge of probate in writing,
acknowledged before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments, that he or she will
not accept the nomination specified in the certificate of nomination or petition of electors.
The name of each candidate shall appear but one time on the ballot and under only one emblem.
(b) A nomination for a candidate in a primary or general election shall be finalized by the
respective state executive committees not later than 76 days before the primary or general
election. Any amendment to a certification of a candidate by a...
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