SB155 Alabama 2013 Session

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Bill Summary

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Elections, board of registrars, prohibited time of registering any person as a qualified elector extended from 10 to 17 days prior to election, probate judge required to print voter list within 10 days of an election, Sec. 17-3-50, 17-4-2 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, a board of registrars is prohibited from registering any person as a qualified elector within the 10-day time period before an election.

Under existing law, the judge of probate after registration is closed compiles a list of registered voters.

This bill would extend the prohibition time period from 10 to 17 days.

This bill would require the voter registration list to be printed within the 17-day period prior to an election.

To amend Sections 17-3-50 and 17-4-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to extend the time period during which a board of registrars is prohibited from registering any person as a qualified elector from 10 to 17 days before an election; and to require the voter registration list to be printed within the 10-day period before an election.

Subjects

Elections

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
May 7, 2013	S	Indefinitely Postponed
February 14, 2013	S	Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections first Substitute Offered
February 14, 2013	S	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
February 7, 2013	S	Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections

Bill Text

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