HB12 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Adline ClarkeRepresentative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Absentee voting; to allow a disabled voter to designate an individual to deliver the voter's application for an absentee ballot to the absentee election manager; to allow a disabled voter to designate an individual to deliver the voter's absentee ballot to the absentee election manager.

Summary

HB12 would let disabled voters designate someone to deliver their absentee ballot application and their absentee ballot to the election manager.

What This Bill Does

HB12 changes who can handle absentee voting tasks for disabled voters by allowing a designated individual to deliver both the application and the completed ballot to the absentee election manager. Designees may hand-deliver or send materials by mail or carrier, with special rules for emergency treatment. The bill updates the return-envelope process (including a third envelope for identification or reidentification), notes provisional ballot handling, and specifies penalties and effective date.

Who It Affects

• Disabled voters who are temporarily or permanently physically incapacitated and unable to apply for or vote absentee without assistance, who can designate a designee to deliver their materials.
• Designated individuals (designees) who act on behalf of disabled voters to deliver absentee ballot applications and ballots to the absentee election manager.

Key Provisions

• Provision 1: Allows a disabled voter to designate an individual to deliver the voter's absentee ballot application and the voter's absentee ballot to the absentee election manager; amends Sections 17-11-4 and 17-11-9 accordingly.
• Provision 2: Updates delivery and identification processes (hand-delivery or mail/carrier), adds a third envelope for identification/reidentification where required, clarifies provisional ballot handling, imposes penalties related to the process, and sets the effective date of October 1, 2024.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Elections, Voting, & Campaigns