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17-11-3.1
Section 17-11-3.1 Qualified voter with permanent disability preventing attendance at polls.
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 17-11-3, 17-11-4, and 17-11-5, a qualified voter who has a permanent
disability preventing his or her attendance at the polls may vote by absentee ballot in accordance
with this section. (b) The Secretary of State shall adopt rules that provide a process for
a voter who has a permanent disability to be placed on an absentee voter list and have a ballot
automatically mailed to him or her before each election. The rules shall include, but not
be limited to, all of the following: (1) An application procedure for permanently disabled
voters to vote by absentee ballot on an on-going basis. The procedure shall require that the
application form be signed and notarized by the disabled voter's primary physician. (2) A
procedure for verifying the identity of a voter and determining that the voter has a permanent
disability preventing his or her attendance at the polls. (3) A...
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17-11-7
Section 17-11-7 Form of affidavit to be printed on envelope - General, special, or municipal
elections. (a) Each absentee ballot shall be accompanied by an envelope upon which shall be
printed an affidavit. (b) With respect to an absentee ballot cast pursuant to Section 17-11-3,
the affidavit shall read as follows: "State of Alabama County of ___ I, the undersigned,
do swear (or affirm) that: My place of residence in Alabama is: ___ (street) ___, Alabama
___ (city or town) (zip code) My date of birth is: ___ month day year I am entitled to vote
an absentee ballot because: Check at least one: ___ I expect to be out of the county or the
state on election day. ___ I am physically incapacitated and will not be able to vote in person
on election day. ___ I expect to work a required workplace shift which has at least 10 hours
which coincide with the polling hours at my regular polling place. ___ I am a student at an
educational institution...
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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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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used in
this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus which automatically
examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and tabulates the results.
(2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which conforms in layout and
format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card" shall mean a tabulating
card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label" shall mean the cards, papers,
booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of offices and candidates and statements
of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot"
shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting center" shall mean one or
more locations selected and designated by the county commission or the municipal governing
body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots in the election. (7) "Electronic...
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17-11-18
Section 17-11-18 Time requirements for receipt of absentee ballots. (a) No absentee ballot
shall be opened or counted if received by the absentee election manager by mail, unless postmarked
as of the date prior to the day of the election and received by mail no later than noon on
the day of election, or, if received by the absentee election manager by hand delivery, unless
so delivered by the voter or medical emergency designee to the absentee election manager not
later than the close of the last business day next preceding the election or, if delivered
by the medical emergency designee, by noon on the day of the election. (b) The above provision
does not apply in the case of individuals voting absentee pursuant to the federal Uniformed
and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), 42 U.S.C. 1973ff, when those individuals
are voting in a primary, second primary, general, or special election for a federal, state,
or county office or proposed constitutional amendment or other...
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17-11-47
Section 17-11-47 Instructions. The committee and the Secretary of State may draft instructions
to be included when an absentee ballot is sent to an overseas voter, including, but not limited
to, the following instructions: "(1) To ensure that your absentee ballot is counted,
it should be completed and returned to the absentee election manager of the county of registration
as soon as possible, and not later than 12:00 noon on the day of the election. "(2) The
ballot should be marked in secret. "(3) Only the number of candidates or issue choices
indicated on the ballot should be marked. If the ballot instructs a voter to "vote for
one" candidate, and you vote for more than one candidate, your vote in that race will
not be counted. "(4) For your ballot to be counted, you must also complete an overseas
voter certificate, which includes your signature. Failure to include your signature will result
in your ballot not being counted. "(5) An overseas voted absentee ballot may be returned
to...
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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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17-13-8.1
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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17-10-1
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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17-17-24
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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