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17-17-28
Section 17-17-28 Failure to require proper identification; voting at multiple or unauthorized
locations; liability of officials. Any polling official who knowingly fails to require proper
identification to verify the name of the prospective voter on the list of qualified voters
at the polling place in violation of this section, or who knowingly allows a person to vote
who he or she knows is not the person he or she claims to be shall be guilty, upon conviction,
of a Class A misdemeanor for each violation. Any person who knowingly presents false identification
in order to vote at a polling place where he or she otherwise would not be qualified to vote,
or who knowingly votes at a polling place where he or she has not been authorized to vote,
or who knowingly votes at more than one polling place in the same election on the same day
shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. Any election or polling official acting
in the good faith exercise of his or her duties pursuant 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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17-11-3
Section 17-11-3 Absentee balloting generally. (a) Any qualified elector of this state may apply
for and vote an absentee ballot by mail, by hand delivery, or by commercial carrier, as determined
by rule by the Secretary of State, as provided in Sections 17-11-5 and 17-11-9, in any primary,
general, special, or municipal election, if he or she makes application in writing therefor
not less than five days prior to the election in which he or she desires to vote and meets
one or more of the following requirements: (1) The person expects to be out of the county
or the state, or the municipality for municipal elections, on election day. (2) The person
has any physical illness or infirmity which prevents his or her attendance at the polls, whether
he or she is within or without the county on the day of the election. (3) The person expects
to work a shift which has at least 10 hours which coincide with the hours the polls are open
at his or her regular polling place. (4) The person is...
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31-13-28
Section 31-13-28 Voter registration eligibility and requirements. (a) Applications for voter
registration shall contain voter eligibility requirements and such information as is necessary
to prevent duplicative voter registrations and enable the county board of registrars to assess
the eligibility of the applicant and to administer voter registration, identify the applicant
and to determine the qualifications of the applicant as an elector and the facts authorizing
such person to be registered. Applications shall contain a statement that the applicant shall
be required to provide qualifying identification when voting. (b) The Secretary of State shall
create a process for the county board of registrars to check to indicate whether an applicant
has provided with the application the information necessary to assess the eligibility of the
applicant, including the applicant's United States citizenship. This section shall be interpreted
and applied in accordance with federal law. No eligible...
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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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45-31-110.05
Section 45-31-110.05 Inspector, chief clerk, and assistant clerks; duties. (a) For each voting
center where only one voting machine is to be used, the election officials shall consist of
an inspector, a chief clerk, and two assistant clerks. For each voting center where more than
one voting machine is to be used there shall be appointed one chief inspector who shall supervise
the conduct of the other officials and the operation of the voting center, one inspector and
one chief clerk, and for each voting machine to be used at such center there shall be appointed
two assistant clerks. For each voting center where more than four voting machines are to be
used there may be appointed two additional assistant clerks for each group of four voting
machines or fraction thereof. (b) The election officers provided for herein shall be appointed
by the same officers that appoint other election officers as provided for in Section 17-13-48.
They shall perform all duties imposed on election officers...
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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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17-8-1
Section 17-8-1 Appointment of election officials; duties. (a) The appointing board, or a majority
of them acting as an appointing board, not more than 20 nor less than 15 days before the holding
of any election in their county, shall appoint from the qualified electors of the respective
precinct, necessary precinct election officials, which shall include at least one inspector,
to act at each voting place in each precinct. The appointing board may appoint the number
of precinct election officials necessary for each precinct, provided that, absent consent
of the county commission, the total number of precinct election officials appointed in a county
shall not exceed the total number of precinct election officials who were paid by the county
for the general election held November 2004. In the event that the number of precincts or
voting places utilized in an election within a county is increased or decreased, the total
number of officials who may be appointed without consent of the...
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11-46-24
Section 11-46-24 Designating and equipping voting places; election officials; canvass returns.
(a) The municipal governing body may, when it orders an election, designate at least one place
of voting in each ward and if the ward has been divided into voting districts then at least
one place of voting in each district or the municipal governing body may establish and designate
one central place (location) within the municipality as the place of voting for all wards.
The number of voting boxes or voting machines as prescribed, shall be placed in a central
place of voting for use by the electors. The municipal governing body shall provide at least
one machine or at least one box for the voters of each ward, provided that this requirement
shall not apply to any municipality which uses electronic vote counters or tabulators or other
devices that are regulated by the Alabama Electronic Voting Committee established in Chapter
24 of Title 17 that are capable of counting the ballots from all...
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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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