SB301 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Rodger Smitherman Senator

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

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revised, circumstances when authorized expanded, photo identification for application required, Secs. 17-9-51 repealed; Secs. 17-9-30, 17-10-1, 17-10-2, 17-11-3, 17-11-4, 17-11-5, 17-11-7, 17-11-18, 17-11-19 am'd.

Description

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

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, and unused absentee ballot materials are sent to the Secretary of State.

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 who is incarcerated, but has not been convicted of a crime of moral turpitude.

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 require unused absentee ballot materials to be sent to the sheriff in the respective county.

This bill would also make conforming changes.

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Subjects

Absentee Voting