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HB533 Alabama 2021 Session

Updated May 7, 2021
HB533 Alabama 2021 Session
House Bill
In Committee
Current Status
Regular Session 2021
Session
6
Sponsors

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2021
Title
Absentee elections, revise time period post election when unused materials must be preserved, Sec. 17-11-19 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, in nonfederal elections, sheriffs must preserve cast ballots for a period of six months following an election, unless an election is contested, in which case the ballots must be preserved until the contest is resolved.

Also under existing law, sheriffs must preserve unused absentee election material for a period of 18 months following a nonfederal election.

This bill would provide that unused absentee election material must be preserved for a period of six months following a nonfederal election, unless an election is contested.

Subjects
Absentee Elections

Bill Actions

H

Indefinitely Postponed

H

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature