HB256 Alabama 2020 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
Randy WoodRepresentativeRepublican- Session
- Regular Session 2020
- Title
- Absentee voting, eliminating requirement that affidavit accompanying absentee ballot be witnessed or notarized, Sec. 17-11-7 am'd.
- Description
Under existing law, each absentee ballot must be accompanied by an affidavit witnessed by two witnesses or a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths.
This bill would eliminate the requirement that the affidavit accompanying absentee ballots be witnessed by two witnesses or a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths for individuals voting under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.
- Subjects
- Absentee Voting
Bill Actions
Pending third reading on day 9 Favorable from Constitution, Campaigns and Elections with 1 amendment
Constitution, Campaigns and Elections first Amendment Offered
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Bill Text
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Source: Alabama Legislature