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SB525 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jul 25, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Cam Ward
Republican
Session
Regular Session 2012
Title
Elections, party registration required in primary elections, Secretary of State maintain voters affiliation on voter registration form
Description

Under existing law, an elector may choose which party's primary to vote in.

This bill would require an elector to register a party affiliation in order to receive the party's ballot in the primary election.

This bill would allow an elector who remains unaffiliated to vote only in non-partisan races in a primary.

Subjects
Elections

Bill Actions

Indefinitely Postponed

Beason Carry Over to the Call of the Chair Granted.

Singleton motion to Carry Over Tabled Roll Call 1055.

Singleton motion to Carry Over Temporarily

Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair

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

Bill Text

Votes

Singleton motion to Carry Over Tabled Roll Call 1055.

May 5, 2012 Senate Passed
Yes 20
No 9
Absent 6

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature