HB451 Alabama 2015 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Elections, write-in candidate to file request with Secretary of State, required, Sec. 17-6-28 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, write-in votes are permitted in non-municipal general elections, and election officials are required to count all write-in votes after an election</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require a person who wants to be a candidate for a county, state, or federal office through write-in votes to register with the Secretary of State or judge of probate no later than 60 days before an election</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require a write-in candidate to comply with the provisions of the Fair Campaign Practices Act and the State Ethics Law in order to have his or her vote counted</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require poll officials to count write-in votes only if a candidate is properly registered</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also require the Secretary of State to promulgate rules</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to elections; to amend Section 17-6-28, Code of Alabama 1975; to require a person who wants to be a candidate for a county, state, or federal office through write-in votes to file a written request with the Secretary of State or judge of probate no later than 60 days before an election; to require a write-in candidate to comply with the provisions of the Fair Campaign Practices Act and the State Ethics Law in order to have his or her vote counted; to require poll officials to count write-in votes only if a candidate is properly qualified to have write-in votes cast on his or her behalf counted; and to require the Secretary of State to promulgate rules. </p>

Subjects

Elections