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11-46-28
Section 11-46-28 Polling place hours; duties of election officers; challenger; deletion of
absentee voter applicants from voter list; preservation of order. (a) Every polling place
shall open for voting at 7:00 A.M. and shall close at 7:00 P.M. and shall remain open for
voting for not less than 12 consecutive hours. All polling places in areas operating on eastern
time may open and close under this section pursuant to eastern time. The election officers
at voting places shall meet at the respective places of holding elections for which they have
been appointed 30 minutes before the hour established by the municipal governing body to open
the polls and shall at the designated hour open the several polling places as designated and
keep them open without adjournment or recess until the hour established by the municipal governing
body to close the polls and no longer. (b) Any qualified elector entitled to vote at a polling
place who has identified himself or herself with the election...
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11-46-39
Section 11-46-39 Oath and identification of voters challenged; voting procedure where paper
ballots used. (a) Where paper ballots are used, the inspector, upon the elector's entering
the polling place, shall examine the list of qualified electors furnished by the clerk pursuant
to subsection (a) of Section 11-46-36, and, if it appears from this examination that the person
is a qualified elector of the state authorized to vote at that box, the inspector shall then
give the person one ballot on the stub of which the inspector shall write or shall have already
written his or her name or initials. If the person's name does not appear on the list of qualified
voters for that ward or box, the person may not vote except by provisional ballot. (b) In
cities of more than 3,000 inhabitants, each elector on receiving a ballot shall forthwith
and without leaving the polling place retire alone to one of the booths or compartments provided
for that purpose and there prepare the ballot in the manner...
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17-11-43
Section 17-11-43 Request for overseas ballot. (a) In determining the requirements for a request
for an overseas absentee ballot, the committee and the Secretary of State shall consider including
the following information: (1) The name of the voter requesting the ballot. (2) The legal
Alabama residence of the voter. (3) The date of birth of the voter. (4) One of the following:
a. An APO/FPO or other deliverable overseas address, if the overseas voter requests that the
ballot be mailed. b. A facsimile machine number where return information shall be received,
if the overseas voter requests that the ballot be faxed. If the voter requests facsimile transmission,
his or her signature is also required. c. An electronic mail address, if the overseas voter
requests that the ballot be transmitted pursuant to electronic mail. d. A signed application
for an electronic ballot if the overseas voter requests that the ballot be transmitted or
accessed by other secure electronic means approved by rule...
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17-6-46
Section 17-6-46 Instructional posters. (a) The judge of probate shall cause to be printed in
large type posters of instructions for the guidance of electors in preparing their ballots.
Instructional information shall not show partiality to any political party or candidate. The
information shall include: (1) A sample version of the ballot that will be used for that election.
(2) Information regarding the date of the election and the hours during which polling places
will be open. (3) Instructions on how to vote, including how to cast a vote and how to cast
a provisional ballot. (4) Instructions for mail-in registrants and first-time voters registering
and voting for the first time after January 1, 2003. (5) General information on voting rights
under applicable federal and state laws, including information on the right of an individual
to cast a provisional ballot and instructions on how to contact the appropriate officials
if these rights are alleged to have been violated. (6) General...
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17-11-43.1
Section 17-11-43.1 Use of federal write-in absentee ballots by overseas voters. A person who
votes by absentee ballot pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act,
42 U.S.C. 1973ff, may use a federal write-in absentee ballot as provided in 42 U.S.C. 1973ff-2
for casting his or her vote in any primary, primary runoff, general, or special election for
federal, state, or county office or proposed constitutional amendment or other referenda.
The Secretary of State may promulgate rules in accordance with the Alabama Administrative
Procedure Act to implement this section. (Act 2014-6, p. 21, §2.)...
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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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17-17-36
Section 17-17-36 Illegal voting or attempting to vote. Any person who votes more than once
at any election held in this state, or deposits more than one ballot for the same office as
his or her vote at such election, or knowingly attempts to vote when not entitled to do so,
or is guilty of any kind of illegal or fraudulent voting, shall be guilty, upon conviction,
of a Class C felony. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)...
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21-4-23
Section 21-4-23 Registration and voting aids. (a) The appropriate election officials in the
several counties of this state shall make available registration and voting aids for handicapped
and elderly individuals in state elections. These aids shall include, but are not limited
to: (1) Instructions, printed in large type, conspicuously displayed at each voter registration
site and polling place, sufficient to provide hearing impaired and seriously visually impaired
individuals with adequate information as to how and where they may register and vote. (2)
Paper ballots, available at each polling place, for the use of voters who would otherwise
be prevented from voting because of their inability to operate a voting machine. (3) Absentee
ballots, available to any handicapped or elderly individual who, because of handicap or age,
is unable to go to the polling facility in a state election. The deadlines for requesting
and submitting an absentee ballot under this subsection shall not be...
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11-46-68
Section 11-46-68 Miscellaneous offenses. (a) Any person who shall willfully fail or refuse
to perform or discharge any duty relating to absent voters required of him by this article
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not more than $100.00.
(b) Any person found drunk or intoxicated at or about any polling place during any municipal
election day is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than
$500.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county
for not more than six months. (c) Any person who, at a municipal election, interferes with
any elector when inside the polling place or when marking the ballot, or unduly influences
or attempts to unduly influence any elector in the preparation of his ballot must, on conviction,
be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00. (d) Any person who, during or before
a municipal election, willfully removes, tears down, destroys, or defaces any...
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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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