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AL HB308
Bill
Status
2/18/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jim Carns
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 17-4-1, Code of Alabama 1975, to add an exception to the requirement that judges of probate publish registered voter lists before primary elections.
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Publication of the voter list is no longer required if the cost of publication would exceed $40,000.
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Maintains existing requirements for voter list certification by the state voter registration system and allows voters 10 days to request additions of inadvertently omitted names.
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Allows county commissions to publish voter lists as preprinted advertising supplements at the newspaper's lowest national insertion rates, with minimum nine-point type size on standard newsprint paper.
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Becomes effective October 1, 2025.
Legislative Description
Elections, required publication of registered voters, exception provided
Elections, Voting, & Campaigns
Last Action
Pending House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
2/18/2025