Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
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HB404 Alabama 2011 Session
Updated Jul 26, 2021
HB404 Alabama 2011 Session
House Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2011
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Charles O. NewtonRepublican - Session
- Regular Session 2011
- 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, procedure for counting write-in votes, Sec. 17-6-28 am'd.
- Description
Under existing law, write-in votes are permitted only in non-municipal general elections.
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.
This bill would 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 and would provide for the procedure for counting write-in votes.
- Subjects
- Elections
Bill Actions
Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections first Substitute Offered
Pending third reading on day 30 Favorable from Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections with 1 substitute
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 704
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Bill Text
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Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature