SB288 Alabama 2012 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Bryan TaylorRepublican- 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
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Source: Alabama Legislature