SB86 Summary

• Requires voters to present valid photo identification before voting in person, with acceptable forms including Alabama driver's licenses, nondriver identification cards, passports, military IDs, and various government-issued documents.

• Mandates the Secretary of State issue Alabama photo voter identification cards at no cost to registered electors who lack valid photo identification, with cards containing the applicant's photo, full legal name, address, date of birth, and physical descriptors.

• Establishes that falsification or fraud in applications for the state photo voter identification card constitutes a Class C felony.

• Authorizes the Secretary of State to contract with private vendors for card production and directs that expenses be paid from state General Fund appropriations for voter registration.

• Makes photo identification requirements effective beginning with the first statewide primary election in 2014, allowing the previous identification requirements to continue until that date.