Under existing state law, each absentee ballot must be accompanied by an affidavit witnessed by two witnesses or a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths.
Under federal law, individuals voting under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act are no longer required to have their affidavit witnessed by two witnesses or a notary public or other officer authorized to acknowledge oaths.
This bill would eliminate the state law requirement that the affidavit accompanying absentee ballots be witnessed by two witnesses or a notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths for individuals voting under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.
Pending third reading on day 18 Favorable from Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
Source: Alabama Legislature