|
17-4-30
Section 17-4-30 Notice to registered voters; updating voter lists; suspense file; publication
of names to be struck from list. (a) Beginning in January 1997, and in January of every fourth
year thereafter, the boards of registrars shall mail a nonforwardable notice to all registered
voters in the county. The notice shall be designed and provided for the boards of registrars
by the Secretary of State. The notice shall be sent on a postcard providing general information
on elections. The notice shall be mailed to the last known address of the voter appearing
on the voter registration list. If the notice is returned to the boards of registrars indicating
that the voter may have relocated, the board shall send a forwardable notice to the registered
voter on which the voter may confirm his or her current address. The forwardable notice shall
be mailed no later than 90 days after receipt of the returned nonforwardable notice. The boards
of registrars shall record and maintain the dates on...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/17-4-30.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
17-4-6
Section 17-4-6 Information to be provided by state departments or agencies. (a) To continuously
and automatically identify the names of persons to be purged from the voters' list, the appropriate
state departments or agencies shall provide to the Secretary of State, as such information
is recorded by the departments, the names and identifying information set out below of any
person age 18 or older who: (1) Has died, with date of birth and Social Security number (if
such number is known), last known address with county of residence, and date of death, as
provided by the Office of Vital Statistics of the State Department of Public Health. (2) Has
been convicted of a felony, with date of birth and Social Security number (if such number
is known), last known address with county of residence, and date of conviction, as provided
by the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Systems. (b) The Secretary of State, upon the
receipt of the information pursuant to subsection (a), shall disseminate...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/17-4-6.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/17-17-28.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
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.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/17-11-44.htm - 885 bytes - Match Info - Similar pages
17-16-42
Section 17-16-42 Voter must answer as to qualifications. Any person examined as a witness may
be required to answer if he or she voted at the election contested and to answer touching
his or her qualifications; and if he or she was not at such election a qualified voter, he
or she may be required to answer for whom he or she voted. If he or she makes full, true answers
which may tend to incriminate him or her, he or she shall not be prosecuted for voting at
such election. (Code 1896, §1669; Code 1907, §457; Code 1923, §547; Code 1940, T. 17, §233;
§17-15-3; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §83.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/17-16-42.htm - 951 bytes - Match Info - Similar pages
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...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/17-11-47.htm - 3K - Match Info - Similar pages
17-9-15
Section 17-9-15 Disposition of records and forms after close of polls. After the close of the
polls in all primary, special, general, and municipal elections held in the state, the records
and forms produced at the polling places shall be returned as follows: (1) The list of registered
voters, the affirmations of provisional voters, the statements of election officials challenging
provisional voters, and the voter reidentification forms shall be sealed in an envelope addressed
to the board of registrars and the inspectors and any poll watchers present shall sign across
the seal. The board of registrars shall hold the list of registered voters while using it
to update their voter histories in accordance with Article 2 of Chapter 4. A copy of the list
of registered voters shall be made a public record after the information specified in subdivision
(1) of subsection (b) of Section 17-4-33 has been redacted by the board of registrars. The
original and copies of the list shall then be...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/17-9-15.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
17-4-31
Section 17-4-31 State to reimburse county commissions certain costs associated with process.
The state shall reimburse each county commission for all the postage costs associated with
voter lists maintenance activities provided for in Section 17-4-30 and one-fourth of the cost
of the publication of the names of persons to be removed from the list of registered voters
as required in Section 17-4-10. The reimbursement shall be made from the Election Expenses
Account in the State Treasury upon approval by the Secretary of State on warrants drawn by
the state Comptroller. (Acts 1995, No. 95-769, p. 1816, §3; §17-4-202; amended and renumbered
by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §18.)...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/17-4-31.htm - 993 bytes - Match Info - Similar pages
17-6-22
Section 17-6-22 Political parties not included on ballot unless requirements met. (a) No political
party, except those qualified as a political party under Chapter 13, shall be included on
any general election ballot unless: (1) The party shall have filed with the Secretary of State
or other appropriate official on the date of the first primary election a list of the signatures
of at least three percent of the qualified electors who cast ballots for the office of Governor
in the last general election for the state, county, city, district, or other political subdivision
in which the political party seeks to qualify candidates for office; and unless (2) The party
shall have fulfilled all other applicable requirements of federal, state, or local laws. (b)
The provisions of this section are supplemental to the provisions of Chapter 13, and other
laws regarding the conduct of elections in Alabama, and shall repeal only those laws or parts
of laws in direct conflict herewith. (Acts 1982, No....
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/17-6-22.htm - 1K - Match Info - Similar pages
21-4-22
Section 21-4-22 Promulgation of guidelines. (a) The Attorney General of this state, in consultation
with the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, and in accordance with Section
553 of Title 5, United States Code, shall promulgate, within six months of April 8, 1985,
guidelines to assure that registration and polling place facilities used for state elections
are readily accessible to and usable by handicapped and elderly individuals. Such guidelines
at a minimum shall require: (1) That all polling places shall be located a. In any building
or other facility which is or can be made accessible, by temporary ramp or otherwise, to individuals
in wheelchairs on election days for all hours during which said polling places are used for
the purpose of a state election; and b. On the ground level of the building or other facility
or at a location within such building or facility as is accessible by elevator; and (2) That
all places of registration shall be located a. In any...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/21-4-22.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
|