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AL SB228
Bill
Status
1/25/2018
Primary Sponsor
Rodger Smitherman
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AI Summary
SB228 Summary
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Requires applicants to submit photo identification with absentee ballot applications, with limited exceptions for provisional ballots issued within eight days of an election.
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Expands absentee voting eligibility to include caregivers for family members confined to home and individuals facing emergency medical treatment or family death within five days of election.
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Extends absentee ballot receipt deadlines from noon election day to noon on the seventh day following an election, with postmark deadline extended to election day.
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Eliminates the requirement for absentee election managers to post daily lists of absentee ballot applications in public places prior to elections.
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Effective August 1, 2018, following passage and gubernatorial approval.
Legislative Description
Absentee voting, procedures revised, circumstances when authorized expanded, photo identification for application required, Secs. 17-9-51, 17-11-19 repealed; Secs. 17-9-30, 17-10-1, 17-10-2, 17-11-3, 17-11-4, 17-11-5, 17-11-7, 17-11-18 am'd.
Absentee Voting
Last Action
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass lost Roll Call 1020
3/21/2018