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AL HB396
Bill
Status
2/10/2021
Primary Sponsor
Laura Hall
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AI Summary
HB396 Summary
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Absentee election managers may appoint up to two assistants with county commission approval to aid in performing absentee voting duties.
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Mailed absentee ballot applications must be received 10 days before an election; hand-delivered applications must be received 5 days before an election (previously both required 5 days).
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Registered voters may vote by absentee ballot without meeting any excuse requirement, eliminating the need to qualify under specific criteria.
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Absentee ballots must begin delivery to election officials at 7:00 a.m. on election day instead of noon, allowing earlier processing.
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Eliminates the requirement that absentee ballots be postmarked prior to election day; ballots must only be received by mail no later than noon on election day.
Legislative Description
Absentee voting, to allow the absentee election manager to appoint additional assistants, to further provide for absentee ballots applications, to authorize absentee voting without an excuse, to provide further for the process of counting absentee ballots, to eliminate the requirement that an absentee ballot be postmarked as of date prior to election day, Secs. 17-11-2, 17-11-3, 17-11-7, 17-11-10, 17-11-14, 17-11-18 am'd.
Absentee Voting
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
2/10/2021