SB180 Alabama 2020 Session

Updated Feb 13, 2020

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Tom Whatley
Republican
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

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs