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SB288 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jan 10, 2026

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Bryan Taylor
Republican
Session
Regular Session 2012
Title
Elections, write-in candidates, 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.

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 provide for the procedure for counting write-in votes at a central location in the county.

Subjects
Elections

Bill Actions

Indefinitely Postponed

Taylor motion to Carry Over Temporarily adopted Voice Vote

Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections Amendment Offered

Third Reading Carried Over

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature