HB415 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Chris Blackshear Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Municipal elections, mayor to provide earlier notice of elections and print and distribute ballots earlier, to require the city clerk to provide notice of all elections to the Secretary of State in writing, Secs. 11-46-22, 11-46-25, 17-11-12 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, the mayor, except in a Class 1 municipality or a city or town organized under a commission form of government, is required to give notice of all general municipal elections on the first Tuesday in July prior to the election and is required to have ballots printed that display the name of each qualified candidate on the third Tuesday in July prior to the election.

This bill would change the date to the second Tuesday in June preceding a general election for when a mayor, except in a Class 1 municipality or a city or town organized under a commission form of government, must give notice of the election.

This bill would change the deadline for printing municipal ballots to the fourth Tuesday in June prior to the election.

Also under existing law, in a general municipal election, an election official has seven days from the election notice, or 14 days after the general election in the case of a runoff municipal election, to print and distribute to the absentee election manager, or other designee, the official ballots and election supplies.

This bill would also change the deadline for printing and distribution of official ballots and election supplies to 28 days prior to the general municipal election, or 10 days after the election in the case of a runoff municipal election.

This bill would require the city clerk in every municipality to notify the Secretary of State in writing of any special or regularly scheduled municipal election.

This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

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Subjects

Elections