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AL HB398
Bill
Status
4/27/2023
Primary Sponsor
Arnold Mooney
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AI Summary
HB398 Summary
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Moves photo identification requirement from absentee ballot application to submission with the actual absentee ballot itself.
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Prohibits absentee election managers and circuit clerks from extending their hours of operation outside normal business hours during an election year.
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Requires absentee election managers to submit reports to the Secretary of State and Attorney General listing voters requesting ballots mailed to addresses where multiple ballots were requested and voters requesting ballots in counties other than their registration county.
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Mandates daily posting of absentee ballot application lists on public courthouse bulletin boards and requires each absentee ballot to have an individually identifying tracking number.
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Changes poll watcher provisions to allow one watcher for every 10,000 absentee ballots present and designates absentee ballots received by mail after noon on election day up to six calendar days after the election as provisional ballots.
Legislative Description
Relating to absentee voting; to amend Sections 17-9-30, 17-11-2, 17-11-4, 17-11-5, 17-11-11, and Section 17-11-18, Code of Alabama 1975; to require photo identification to be submitted with the absentee ballot rather than the absentee ballot application; to prohibit the absentee election manager and circuit clerk from extending hours of operation outside of its normal business hours during an election year; to require the absentee election manager to submit a report to the Secretary of State and Attorney General relating to certain absentee ballot requests; to require the absentee election manager to record certain activities relating to each absentee ballot and to post a copy of the list of voters who have requested an absentee ballot each day on the regular bulletin board or other public place in the county courthouse; to require that each absentee ballot have an identifying tracking number; to increase the number of poll watchers; to observe counting of absentee ballots in certain circumstances; and to provide that any absentee ballot received by mail a certain number of calendar days after the election shall be deemed a provisional ballot.
Last Action
Introduced and Referred to House County and Municipal Government
4/27/2023