HB150 Alabama 2017 Session

Under existing law, voter registration is conducted in each county by a Board of Registrars consisting of three qualified electors and residents of the county, who are compensated for their services.

This bill would specify that appointees to the Board of Registrars serve at the pleasure of the appointing authorities and would also revise the process and content of registrar guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of State.

This bill would provide that a registrar removed for cause would be ineligible for reappointment as a registrar for a specified time frame and would allow the Secretary of State to fill vacancies under certain conditions.

This bill would also clarify the compensation received by registrars, would require the board to be open during the same hours as the county courthouse, and would require the tracking and reporting of hours worked by registrars.

Relating to the Board of Registrars; to amend Sections 17-3-2, 17-3-3, 17-3-4, 17-3-5, as last amended by Act 2016-311, 2016 Regular Session, and 17-3-8, Code of Alabama 1975, to specify that appointees to the Board of Registrars serve at the pleasure of the appointing authorities; to revise the process and content of registrar guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of State; to provide that a registrar removed for cause would be ineligible for reappointment as a registrar for a specified time frame; to allow the Secretary of State to fill vacancies under certain conditions; to clarify the compensation received by registrars; to require the board to be open during the same hours as the county courthouse; and to require the tracking and reporting of hours worked by registrars.