HB507 Alabama 2021 Session

Under existing law, the circuit clerk is designated as the absentee election manager unless the circuit clerk declines the duties. The county commission of a county designates the place or office where the absentee voting duties are performed

The bill would authorize the county commission to designate additional places or offices where the absentee voting duties are performed. The additional places or offices would be under the control of the county and the absentee election manager would be required to be physically present when the place or office is open for absentee voting purposes. Any additional places or offices would be designated by the county commission in advance and the dates and times they would be open would be publicized in advance

Relating to absentee voting; to amend Section 17-11-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize the county commission of a county to designate additional places or offices where the duties of the absentee election manager may be performed for the purpose of absentee voting; to require the places or offices designated to be under the control of the county commission; to require the absentee election manger to be present when the places or offices are open for absentee voting purposes; and to require the places or offices to be designated in advance and to be made widely known to the qualified electors of the county.