Under existing law, there is no process for providing secure overseas absentee voting by electronic transmission.
This bill would establish the Alabama Electronic Overseas Voting Advisory Committee to determine whether a secure electronic means may be established for use by the Secretary of State in conducting overseas absentee voting.
This bill would provide a procedure for the adoption of rules by the committee and the Secretary of State for conducting overseas absentee voting.
This bill would provide that the committee and the Secretary of State determine the requirements for a request and the receipt of a request for an overseas absentee ballot, for the return of a voted overseas absentee ballot, for an overseas voter certificate, for the instructions to be included with an overseas absentee ballot, and for the procedures for processing a voted overseas absentee ballot.
This bill would also require the Secretary of State to adopt rules specifying emergency overseas absentee voting powers and situations during which those powers may be exercised.
Delivered to Governor at 2:06 p.m. on June 1, 2011
Assigned Act No. 2011-619.
Signature Requested
Enrolled
Passed Second House
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 985
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
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 156
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 155
Dial Amendment Offered
Dial motion to Reconsider adopted Voice Vote
Motion to Miscellaneous adopted Roll Call 149
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections
Source: Alabama Legislature