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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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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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17-13-8.1
Section 17-13-8.1 Instant runoff primary elections in certain situations. (a) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 17-6-23 and Section 17-13-18, in a primary election or second primary
election, this section shall apply only to voters who are voting by absentee ballot pursuant
to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act in any county or portion thereof
in which the nomination for a federal office other than the office of President which is contested
by three or more candidates. (b) The judge of probate shall prepare each of the following:
(1) A special federal ballot to be used in a federal instant runoff primary election. The
special federal ballot shall contain a list of all federal offices, other than the office
of President, contested by three or more candidates and the candidates qualifying for the
election for each office. (2) A special state ballot for the primary election shall contain
the office of President in presidential election years, any federal...
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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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11-16-40
Section 11-16-40 Penalties for failure to perform duties required by chapter, etc. Any officer
or person who shall willfully or corruptly fail to perform any duty required of him under
any of the provisions of this chapter; or shall fraudulently alter or change the ballot of
any elector after it has been cast; or shall make any false or fraudulent count of votes;
or shall place in the receptacle for ballots any ballot not actually cast by an elector; or
shall take therefrom any ballot cast by an elector, with the intention of unlawfully changing
or affecting the result of the election; or shall make any false poll list or any false count
of the ballots or any false certificate to a poll list or to the result of the count of the
ballots; or shall wrongfully open the returns from any precinct or ward; or shall change,
secrete, destroy, or mutilate the returns from any precinct or ward or attempt to do so; or
shall prevent or attempt to prevent any such return from being made as required...
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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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11-41-3
Section 11-41-3 Conduct of election generally; provision and form of ballots; qualifications
for voting. The judge of probate shall appoint three qualified electors within the limits
of the proposed city or town as inspectors to manage the election, which shall be conducted
under the same sanction and penalties as are provided by the general election laws, except
that a voter may furnish his own ballot, upon which must be written or printed "corporation"
or "no corporation," and any person who is a qualified elector under the state law
and has resided within the boundaries of the proposed city or town for three months next preceding
may vote at such election. (Code 1907, §1055; Code 1923, §1746; Code 1940, T. 37, §12.)...
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17-13-7
Section 17-13-7 Persons entitled to vote; voter to certify political party preference by signing
poll list. (a) All persons who are qualified electors under the general laws of the State
of Alabama and who are also members of a political party and entitled to participate in such
primary election under the rules of the party shall be entitled to vote therein and shall
receive the official primary ballot of that political party, and no other; but every governing
body of a party shall have the right, power, and authority to fix and prescribe the political
or other qualifications of its own members and shall, in its own way, declare and determine
who shall be entitled and qualified to vote in such primary election or to be candidates therein
or to otherwise participate in such political parties and primaries. The qualifications of
electors entitled to vote in such primary election shall not necessarily be the same as the
qualifications for electors entitled to become candidates therein....
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11-46-25
Section 11-46-25 Ballots; statements of candidacy; withdrawal of candidacy. (a) In all municipal
elections on any subject which may be submitted by law to a vote of the people of the municipality
and for any municipal officers, if paper ballots are used, the voting shall be by official
ballot printed and distributed as provided in subsections (c) and (d), and no ballot shall
be received or counted in any election unless it is provided as prescribed by law. (b) There
shall be but one form of ballot for all the candidates for municipal office and every ballot
provided for use at any polling place in a municipal election shall contain the names of all
candidates who have properly qualified and have not withdrawn, as provided in subsection (g),
together with the title of the office for which they are candidates. (c) All ballots shall
be printed in black ink on clear book paper. At the bottom of each ballot and at a point an
equal distance from the sides thereof there shall be printed a...
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