SB31 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Dan RobertsSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Runoff elections, four weeks after municipal and special primary elections, period revised, Secs. 11-46-6, 11-46-21, 11-46-55, 17-13-3 am'd.

Summary

SB31 changes runoff elections for municipalities and certain special primaries to occur four weeks after the preceding election, with additional technical language updates.

What This Bill Does

If enacted, it would set the runoff timing for municipal elections and runoff special primaries to four weeks after the previous election. It updates several parts of the Alabama Code (sections 11-46-6, 11-46-21, 11-46-55, and 17-13-3) to reflect this timing change and to modernize the statutory language. The bill also notes that the changes are largely technical revisions to align the language with current style.

Who It Affects

• Municipal governments and election officials who administer city and special runoff elections, as they would need to schedule runoff elections four weeks after the previous election.
• Voters in municipalities and those involved in municipal and special primaries, who would experience a shift in when runoff elections are held.

Key Provisions

• Runoff municipal elections and runoff special primary elections shall be held four weeks after the previous election.
• Sections 11-46-6, 11-46-21, 11-46-55, and 17-13-3 are amended to implement the new four-week runoff timing, with language updated to current style and other nonsubstantive, technical revisions.

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Subjects

Elections