SB85 Alabama 2010 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Elections, write-in candidates, registration with judge of probate or Secretary of State prior to election required, compliance with Fair Campaign Practices Act and State Ethics Law required, Sec. 17-6-28 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, write-in votes are permitted only in non-municipal general elections</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require that in order to have a write-in vote counted, the voter must write the name on the ballot and register the vote by a mark in the space designated for that particular office</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also require that a write-in candidate be registered with the Secretary of State or the judge of probate as an official write-in candidate and comply with the provisions of the Fair Campaign Practices Act and the State Ethics Law in order to have his or her vote counted</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Section 17-6-28, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to write-in votes, to require that a write-in candidate be registered with the Secretary of State or the judge of probate as an official candidate and comply with the provisions of the Fair Campaign Practices Act and the State Ethics Law in order for his or her vote to be counted. </p>

Subjects

Elections