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  6. HB371 Alabama 2021 Session

HB371 Alabama 2021 Session

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Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Andrew Sorrell
Session
Regular Session 2021
Title
Elections, voter lists, judge of probate to place public voter lists on Internet public notice website maintained by Sec. of State, counties authorized to opt out, municipalities authorized to publish municipal voter lists on Sec. of State notice website, Secs. 11-46-36, 17-4-1 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, the judge of probate of each county is required to publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county a list of all registered voters in the county prior to each primary election

This bill would amend Section 17-4-1 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to require the list of registered voters to be published prior to each primary election by the judge of probate on a public notice website established by the Secretary of State, unless the county commission opts out of this method of publication. This bill would provide the method by which a county commission may opt out of the public notice website

This bill would require the Secretary of State to establish and operate a public notice website on which voter lists may be published

This bill would authorize the Secretary of State to charge a fee to cover the cost of publication. There would be no fee charged to the public for usage of the public notice website

Also under existing law, the clerk of each municipality is required to create a list of registered voters with in the municipality prior to each municipal election

This bill would amend Section 11-46-36, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize a municipal clerk to publish the list of qualified voters for each municipal election on the public notice website

Relating to elections and the publication of lists of registered voters prior to elections; to amend Section 17-4-1, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the judge of probate of the several counties to provide for the electronic publication of voter lists on a public notice website operated by the Secretary of State; to provide for fees for publication and to provide that no fee shall be charged for access to the list by the public; to allow a county commission to opt out of internet publication of voter lists under certain conditions; and to amend Section 11-46-36, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize municipalities to electronically publish a list of registered voters prior to a municipal election.

Subjects
Public Notices

Bill Actions

Action DateChamberAction
February 9, 2021HRead for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on County and Municipal Government

Bill Calendar

TypeDateLocationDescription
HearingFebruary 23, 2021Room 200 at 11:00House C&MG Hearing

Bill Text

Download HB371 Alabama 2021 Session PDF

Bill Documents

TypeLink
Bill Text HB371 Alabama 2021 Session - Introduced
Fiscal Note Fiscal Note - HB371 for County and Municipal Government
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