HB464 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Kenyatte Hassell Representative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to voting; to amend Section 17-11-7, Code of Alabama 1975, to remove from the affidavit that accompanies an absentee ballot certain information that was collected from the voter when the voter applied to vote by absentee ballot.

Description

Under existing law, in order to vote by absentee ballot, an elector must complete an absentee ballot application, which includes checking off the reason he or she wishes to vote by absentee ballot from a specified list of reasons. When the elector submits the absentee ballot to cast his or her vote, the elector must again check off the reason for voting absentee on the affidavit submitted with the absentee ballot.

This bill would remove from the affidavit form the list of reasons for voting by absentee ballot.

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Subjects

Absentee ballot affidavit, reason for voting absentee removed