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AL SB461
Bill
Status
2/23/2010
Primary Sponsor
Rodger Smitherman
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AI Summary
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Changes presidential and vice presidential elector selection in Alabama from the winner-take-all system to a proportional system based on popular vote percentage, beginning with the 2012 presidential election.
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Requires the Governor, within 15 days after election returns are certified, to determine the number of electors for each candidate in direct proportion to the percentage of popular votes that candidate received.
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Requires the Governor to notify electors of their election by proclamation based on the total popular vote count for each presidential and vice presidential candidate.
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Amends Section 17-14-34 of the Alabama Code and becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.
Legislative Description
Presidential and vice presidential electors, elected in direct proportion to popular vote, Sec. 17-14-34 am'd.
Elections
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections
2/23/2010