AL SR60

Urges the Alabama Legislature to adopt legislation allowing "no excuse" absentee voting in all elections.

Notes that current Alabama law (Section 17-11-3, Code of Alabama 1975) requires voters to have "any physical illness or infirmity" preventing poll attendance to vote absentee.

Cites the COVID-19 pandemic as justification, arguing vulnerable populations with underlying health conditions should not be required to risk disease exposure to exercise their voting rights.

Points out that requiring citizens to falsely claim physical illness to vote absentee during the pandemic subjects them to potential prosecution for a Class C felony.

References that at least 29 states plus the District of Columbia already allow citizens to cast absentee ballots without an excuse.