SB423 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Bryan Taylor
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Absentee ballots, duplicated language deleted, Sec. 17-9-51 repealed
Summary: SB423 repeals a duplicative section (17-9-51) about when absentee ballots must be received and keeps the deadline rules in the absentee voting chapter.
What This Bill Does
It removes Section 17-9-51 from the Code of Alabama, eliminating duplicate language about absentee ballot receipt deadlines. The time requirements for receiving absentee ballots remain governed by Section 17-11-18 in the absentee voting chapter. This simplifies the law without changing the actual deadlines, and the repeal takes effect immediately after the Governor signs it.

Who It Affects
Voters who cast absentee ballots, by reducing potential confusion about deadlines
Election officials and election administrators who manage absentee voting, by consolidating timing rules in the absentee voting chapter

Key Provisions
Repeals Section 17-9-51, Code of Alabama 1975
Keeps time requirements for receipt of absentee ballots in Section 17-11-18, within the absentee voting chapter
Effective immediately following the Governor's approval

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Subjects: Voting

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