HB396 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Laura Hall Representative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Absentee voting, to allow the absentee election manager to appoint additional assistants, to further provide for absentee ballots applications, to authorize absentee voting without an excuse, to provide further for the process of counting absentee ballots, to eliminate the requirement that an absentee ballot be postmarked as of date prior to election day, Secs. 17-11-2, 17-11-3, 17-11-7, 17-11-10, 17-11-14, 17-11-18 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, an application for an absentee ballot must be received not less than five days before an election.

Under existing law, a registered voter may only vote by absentee ballot if he or she meets one of the criteria prescribed by law for voting absentee.

Under existing law, the absentee manager must begin delivering sealed affidavit envelopes containing absentee ballots to elections officials by noon on election day.

Also, under existing law, an absentee ballot may not be counted unless it is postmarked as of the date prior to the day of the election.

This bill would allow the absentee election manager to appoint additional assistants.

This bill would require mailed absentee ballot applications to be received 10 days before an election and hand delivered applications to be received five days before an election.

This bill would also allow a registered voter to vote by absentee ballot without an excuse.

This bill would require the absentee election manager to begin delivering sealed affidavit envelopes containing absentee ballots to elections officials at an earlier time on election day.

This bill would eliminate the requirement that an absentee ballot be postmarked as of the date prior to the day of the election.

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Subjects

Absentee Voting