HB247 Alabama 2019 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Rhett MarquesRepresentative
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2019
Title: Elections, judge of probate, required notice to give prior to each election reduced, time frames for delivery of ballots in runoff elections revised, Secs. 17-9-5, 17-11-12, 17-13-3, 17-13-17, 17-13-18 am'd.
Description: Under existing law, a judge of probate is required to give at least 30 days' notice before each election by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
This bill would reduce the required notice from 30 days to 14 days.
Under existing law, certain time frames are established for the delivery of ballots in runoff elections, the time and place for holding primary runoff elections, and the canvassing, tabulation, and declaration of results in primary and runoff elections.
This bill would revise those time frames for primary and runoff elections.
Subjects: Elections