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17-17-27
Section 17-17-27 Failure to count legal vote. Except as to provisional absentee ballots that
have not been verified by seven days after the election, any election official who fails to
count a legal vote cast by absentee ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C
felony. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)...
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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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17-11-10
Section 17-11-10 Procedure upon receipt of ballot by absentee election manager; counting of
ballots. (a) Upon receipt of the absentee ballot, the absentee election manager shall record
its receipt thereof on the absentee list as provided in Section 17-11-5 and shall safely keep
the ballot without breaking the seal of the affidavit envelope. (b) For absentee ballots received
by noon on the day of the election, the absentee election manager shall, beginning at noon,
deliver the sealed affidavit envelopes containing absentee ballots to the election officials
provided for in Section 17-11-11. The election officials shall then call the name of each
voter casting an absentee ballot with poll watchers present as may be provided under the laws
of Alabama and shall examine each affidavit envelope to determine if the signature of the
voter has been appropriately witnessed. If the witnessing of the signature and the information
in the affidavit establish that the voter is entitled to vote by...
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17-17-24
Section 17-17-24 Changing ballots, unlawful use of absentee ballots, etc.; investigative assistance;
encouraging voter participation. (a) Any person who willfully changes an absentee voter's
ballot to the extent that it does not reflect the voter's true ballot, any person who willfully
votes more than once by absentee ballot in the same election, any person who willfully votes
for another voter or falsifies absentee ballot applications or verification documents so as
to vote absentee, or any person who solicits, encourages, urges, or otherwise promotes illegal
absentee voting, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. Any person who willfully
aids any person unlawfully to vote an absentee ballot, any person who knowingly and unlawfully
votes an absentee ballot, and any voter who votes both an absentee and a regular ballot at
any election shall be similarly punished. (b) Upon request by the local district attorney
or the Secretary of State, the Attorney General shall...
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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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17-6-28
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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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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17-11-9
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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17-10-1
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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17-13-8.1
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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