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17-1-2
Section 17-1-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this title, the following terms shall have
the definitions ascribed to them: (1) APPOINTING BOARD. In all elections the appointing board
consists of the judge of probate, circuit clerk, and sheriff of the county. (2) BALLOT. The
term includes paper ballots and electronic ballots. (3) BALLOT CONFIGURATION. The particular
combination and arrangement of offices, candidates, and questions for a precinct or subdivision
thereof. (4) BEAT. Has the same meaning as precinct. (5) BOX. The voting place in a precinct
or subdivision of a precinct for voting purposes. (6) CANVASSING BOARD. In all elections except
primary elections, the canvassing board consists of the judge of probate, circuit clerk, and
sheriff of the county. In primary elections, the county executive committee of the party is
the canvassing board for the primary of the party. (7) CENSUS BUREAU. The Bureau of the Census
of the United States Department of Commerce, or any successor...
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17-6-3
Section 17-6-3 Voting districts; naming of precincts. (a) Except as may be provided further
by local election laws or by the electronic vote counting statutes, the counties in this state,
as divided pursuant to this chapter into election precincts, and the boundaries of such precincts
shall so remain until changed by order of the county governing body, but the county governing
body, at its first regular meeting in March in each even-numbered year, shall subdivide any
election precinct in which there are more than 2,400 qualified voters and electronic voting
machines are used into voting districts or shall divide alphabetically the list of qualified
voters in such precincts into groups and assign each qualified voter a designated voting place
so as to provide an electronic voting machine for every person legally entitled to vote at
a polling place at which not more than 2,400 votes on a single electronic voting machine will
be cast. (b) Except as may be provided further by local...
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11-46-51
Section 11-46-51 Instruction of voters in use of machines; oath, etc., of disabled voters;
assistance of voters. (a) The election officers shall, with the aid of the diagrams authorized
by this article and the mechanically operated model, instruct each voter before he enters
the voting machine booth regarding the operation of the machine and shall give the voter opportunity
personally to operate the model. No voter shall be permitted to receive any assistance in
voting at any election, unless he shall first state in writing upon printed forms supplied
for that purpose and under oath or affirmation, which shall be administered to him by the
inspector, that he is blind or that he cannot read the names on the voting machines or that,
by reason of physical disability, he is unable to see the machine or prepare it for voting
or to enter the voting machine booth without assistance. The voter shall state the specific
physical disability which requires him to receive assistance. Thereupon the...
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17-11-44
Section 17-11-44 Receipt of request. In determining the requirements for receipt of a request
for an overseas absentee ballot, the committee and the Secretary of State shall consider verification
by the absentee election manager of the information provided, a determination that the overseas
voter is qualified and registered to vote in the election, and the provision of: (1) An absentee
ballot. (2) Instructions for voting. (3) Instructions for returning the voted ballot. (4)
An overseas voter certificate. (Act 2011-619, p. 1417, §5.)...
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17-4-33
Section 17-4-33 Computerized statewide voter registration list. (a) The State of Alabama shall
provide, through the Secretary of State, a nondiscriminatory, single, uniform, official, centralized,
interactive computerized statewide voter registration list defined, maintained, and administered
by the Secretary of State, with advice from the Voter Registration Advisory Board and the
President of the Alabama Probate Judges Association, which contains the name and registration
information of every legally registered voter in the state. The computerized list shall comply
with the following requirements: (1) It shall serve as the single system for storing and managing
the official list of registered voters throughout the state. (2) It shall contain the name,
address, and voting location, as well as other information deemed necessary by the Voter Registration
Advisory Board or the Secretary of State, of every legally registered voter in the state.
(3) A unique identifier shall be assigned to...
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17-4-38
Section 17-4-38 Dissemination of information on voter registration. (a) The Secretary of State
shall ensure that all applicants obtain requested voter lists in a timely manner. Methods
shall be established for the transmission of tapes, discs, or lists to any applicant. Hindrances
shall not be created or devised to delay transmission of tapes, discs, or lists to any applicant.
(b) Except as provided in this section, there shall be a uniform charge for the production
of voter lists. The reproduction costs of the basic electronic copy of the statewide file
shall be reasonable as determined by the Secretary of State and a fee schedule shall be conspicuously
posted in the office of the Secretary of State. Costs of printed copies of lists are as otherwise
provided by law. (c) Access to the lists and voter history information contained on the central
computer in the office of the Secretary of State is accessible to anyone making application,
except Social Security numbers which are not to be...
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17-9-13
Section 17-9-13 Voting assistance; time allowed to finish voting. (a) Any person who wishes
assistance in voting may receive assistance from any person the voter chooses except the voter's
employer, an agent of the employer, or an officer or agent of the voter's union. The voter
is not required to state a reason for requesting assistance. To obtain assistance, the voter
must specifically request assistance by naming the person from whom assistance is sought and
by signing in the appropriate column of the voters' poll list. The person providing assistance
shall legibly sign in the adjacent column on the same line as the assisted voter's name. By
signing the poll list, the assistant shall certify that he or she is not the voter's employer,
an agent of the employer, or an officer or agent of the voter's union. If the voter is unable
to sign the poll list, the person giving assistance shall write the voter's name in the appropriate
column and then sign his or her own name in the third...
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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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17-13-8
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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17-9-10
Section 17-9-10 Elector must vote in county and voting place of domicile. At all elections
held within this state, the elector shall vote in the county and voting place of his or her
domicile and nowhere else and shall have registered as provided in this title. If any elector
attempts to vote in any voting place other than that of his or her domicile, his or her vote
shall be rejected, except when casting a provisional ballot, as provided by law. (Code 1876,
§273; Code 1886, §368; Code 1896, §1620; Code 1907, §398; Code 1923, §488; Code 1940,
T. 17, §174; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-7-13; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570,
p. 1331, §44.)...
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