HB318 Alabama 2018 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Randy Davis

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2018

Title

Absentee voting, procedures revised, circumstances when authorized expanded, photo identification for application required, Secs. 17-9-51, 17-11-19 repealed; Secs. 17-9-30, 17-10-1, 17-10-2, 17-11-3, 17-11-4, 17-11-5, 17-11-7, 17-11-18 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, a registered voter may vote by absentee ballot in certain circumstances.

Also under existing law, an absentee ballot must be postmarked no later than the day before the election and received no later than noon on election day.

This bill would provide that an absentee ballot application may not be issued to an applicant without required identification, although a provisional ballot may be issued in certain circumstances without identification.

This bill would allow a person to vote by absentee ballot if the person is a caregiver to a family member in certain circumstances.

This bill would allow a person to vote by emergency absentee ballot if the person is a caregiver of a person who requires emergency medical treatment or if there is a death in the family.

This bill would delete a requirement that an absentee election manager post a list of all absentee ballot applications received, on a daily basis, in a public place prior to an election.

This bill would allow an absentee ballot to be postmarked no later than election day and received by mail no later than noon on the seventh day following an election.

This bill would also make conforming changes.

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Subjects

Absentee Voting