Bill Title: 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.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-27 - Introduced and Referred to House County and Municipal Government [HB398 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

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Introduced	2023-04-27	PDF	Link	View

Amendments

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