HB318 Alabama 2018 Session

Sponsors

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circumstances when authorized expanded, photo identification for application required, Secs. 17-9-51, 17-11-19 repealed; Secs. 17-9-30, 17-10-1, 17-10-2, 17-11-3, 17-11-4, 17-11-5, 17-11-7, 17-11-18 am'd.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

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, a registered voter may vote by absentee ballot in certain circumstances</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would allow a person to vote by absentee ballot if the person is a caregiver to a family member in certain circumstances</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also make conforming changes</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to absentee voting; to amend Sections 17-9-30, 17-10-1, 17-10-2, 17-11-3, 17-11-4, 17-11-5, 17-11-7, and 17-11-18, Code of Alabama 1975; to require an applicant to include with an absentee ballot application photo identification; to provide additional situations under which a registered voter may vote by absentee ballot or emergency absentee ballot; to delete a requirement that an absentee election manager post a list of all absentee ballot applications received in a public place prior to an election; to 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; to make conforming changes; and to repeal Section 17-9-51, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to time requirements for receipt of absentee ballots, and Section 17-11-19, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the maintenance of absentee ballot materials. </p>

Subjects

Absentee Voting