Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass
Yes
93
Absent
11
HB198 Alabama 2014 Session
Updated Jul 24, 2021
HB198 Alabama 2014 Session
House Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2014
Session
1
Sponsor
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
-
Charles O. NewtonRepublican - Session
- Regular Session 2014
- Title
- Elections, write-in votes, procedures to count, duties to judge of probate in co. elections, Secretary of State for state election, Secs. 17-6-28, 17-12-1 am'd.
- Description
Under existing law, write-in votes are permitted only in non-municipal general elections and all write-in votes are counted if the voter properly writes the name on the ballot and registers the vote by a mark in the space designated for that particular office.
This bill would amend the current law to provide that write-in votes for a specific office would be counted at the same time as provisional ballots are counted if the number of write-in votes for that office is greater than or equal to the difference in votes between the candidates receiving the greatest number of votes for that office.
- Subjects
- Elections
Bill Actions
S
Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections first Amendment Offered
S
Pending third reading on day 16 Favorable from Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections with 1 amendment
S
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
S
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections
H
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 164
H
Third Reading Passed
H
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
H
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Bill Text
Votes
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature