Under existing law, a list of registered voters is required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county prior to each regular primary election. Additionally, a list of the registered voters to be removed from the voters list is required to be published when statewide voter file maintenance is conducted. Also under existing law, notice of all elections and a list of inspectors and clerks for an election are required to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
This bill would eliminate the requirement to publish these lists and notices, except the lists of voters to be removed, and have this information posted on the county website, or if there is no website maintained by the county, on the website of the Association of County Commissions of Alabama.
This bill would also require that this information would be available for review upon request at no cost and that the county place a display advertisement at least one-half page in size in some newspaper of general circulation in the county providing information about where the lists and notices are available.
This bill would limit payment to one list per election.
County and Municipal Government first Amendment Offered
Pending third reading on day 30 Favorable from Governmental Affairs
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs
Engrossed
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 991
Sanderford motion to Table adopted Roll Call 990
Hubbard (J) Amendment Offered
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 989
County and Municipal Government Amendment Offered
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government
Source: Alabama Legislature