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AL Code § 17-4-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 2 - Statewide Voter Registration File, Voter Registration Advisory Board, and Director of Voter Registration|Section 17-4-32 - Judge of Probate to Have Access to Current List of Registered Voters; No State Entities to Pay Costs for Access to List.

Section 17-4-32Judge of probate to have access to current list of registered voters; no state entities to pay costs for access to list. The judge of probate shall have access to and be provided with the current list of registered voters within his or her county at no cost within seven days after making the request. If computer access to the list of registered voters is available, upon request for access, the judge of probate shall be provided with immediate on-line availability to the list. No agency, department, or office of the State of Alabama shall pay any cost associated with printing or computer access to a list of registered voters available to a judge of probate under this section. (Acts 1995, No. 95-769, p. 1816, §4; §17-4-20; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §18.)
AL Code § 17-4-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 2 - Statewide Voter Registration File, Voter Registration Advisory Board, and Director of Voter Registration|Section 17-4-34 - State Voter Registration Advisory Board.

Section 17-4-34State Voter Registration Advisory Board.  (a) As an oversight board for the system, there is created and established a State Voter Registration Advisory Board composed of nine members, to be appointed as follows: Three members by the Governor, one of whom shall reflect the racial, ethnic, gender, and age diversity of the state. Three members by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, one of whom shall reflect the racial, ethnic, gender, and age diversity of the state. Three members by the State Auditor, one of whom shall reflect the racial, ethnic, gender, and age diversity of the state. Such appointments shall be made no later than September 30, 2003. Persons appointed to the Voter Registration Advisory Board shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority and shall have knowledge of the workings of voter registration and election laws and shall receive no compensation for their services other than reimbursement for traveling and other expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official duties. The expenses shall be paid in the manner and amount as is provided for other state officers and employees and persons traveling on official business for state departments and agencies. The appointees shall meet within 30 days after their appointments to select one of their number as chair who shall serve for two years. Thereafter, the Voter Registration Advisory Board shall elect a new chair every four years. The Voter Registration Advisory Board shall meet regularly at least once during each quarter and at such special meetings as may be called, from time to time, by the chair.  (b) The Voter Registration Advisory Board shall have the following duties: (1) To oversee the statewide voter registration list created in this chapter.  (2) To advise and consult with the Secretary of State concerning the statewide voter registration file maintenance system created in this chapter.  (3) To recommend to the Legislature and the Governor any needed improvements or legislation in regard to the statewide voter registration file. (4) To make studies of conditions and problems pertaining to voter identification and registration in the state. (5) To keep abreast of the latest developments in the field of voter identification and registration. (6) To promote honesty, fairness, and integrity in lists of qualified voters, the voter registration process, and the election process in the State of Alabama. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §19.)
AL Code § 17-4-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 2 - Statewide Voter Registration File, Voter Registration Advisory Board, and Director of Voter Registration|Section 17-4-36 - Duties of Boards of Registrars; Voter Registration Identification Number.

Section 17-4-36Duties of boards of registrars; voter registration identification number. (a) In order to establish the statewide voter file and to ensure its continued accuracy, it shall be the duty of the boards of registrars, on forms or in a rule prescribed by the Secretary of State: (1) To provide the Secretary of State the name, driver's license number or non-driver's identification number, if such number is known, the last four digits of the Social Security number, if such number is known, date of birth, address, race, sex, and political subdivision or voting place of each registered voter in their respective counties within one month after a written request from the Secretary of State. (2) To provide the Secretary of State the name, driver's license number or non-driver's identification number, if such number is known, the last four digits of the Social Security number, if such number is known, date of birth, address, race, sex, political subdivision or voting place, place of previous registration, if applicable, and date of registration of each newly registered voter as such voter is registered. (3) To provide to the Secretary of State the name, driver's license number or non-driver's identification number, if such number is known, the last four digits of the Social Security number, if such number is known, date of birth, address, race, sex, political subdivision or voting place, and date of reidentification of every voter who reidentifies, pursuant to this chapter. (b) Where an applicant for voter registration is unable to produce either a driver's license number, a non-driver's identification number, or the last four digits of the Social Security number, the state voter registration list shall assign a unique number which shall serve as the registrant's voter registration identification number. (Acts 1989, No. 89-649, p. 1279, §5; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-4-214; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §20.)
AL Code § 17-4-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 2 - Statewide Voter Registration File, Voter Registration Advisory Board, and Director of Voter Registration|Section 17-4-37 - Applicability of Chapter.

Section 17-4-37Applicability of chapter. All voter registration, voter reidentification, and the purging of voters from the voter roll shall be done pursuant to this chapter. (Acts 1989, No. 89-649, p. 1279, §6; §17-4-215; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §20.)
AL Code § 17-4-38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 2 - Statewide Voter Registration File, Voter Registration Advisory Board, and Director of Voter Registration|Section 17-4-38 - Dissemination of Information on Voter Registration.

Section 17-4-38Dissemination of information on voter registration. (a) The Secretary of State shall ensure that all applicants obtain requested voter lists in a timely manner. Methods shall be established for the transmission of tapes, discs, or lists to any applicant. Hindrances shall not be created or devised to delay transmission of tapes, discs, or lists to any applicant. (b) Except as provided in this section, there shall be a uniform charge for the production of voter lists. The reproduction costs of the basic electronic copy of the statewide file shall be reasonable as determined by the Secretary of State and a fee schedule shall be conspicuously posted in the office of the Secretary of State. Costs of printed copies of lists are as otherwise provided by law.  (c) Access to the lists and voter history information contained on the central computer in the office of the Secretary of State is accessible to anyone making application, except Social Security numbers which are not to be released. (d) Proceeds from the sale of tapes, discs, lists, labels, or other materials from the Secretary of State shall be retained by the Secretary of State for use in voter registration. (e) The Secretary of State shall provide, without charge, each legislator one copy of the voter list in his or her district within 90 days of his or her assuming office. (f) Upon application and without charge, the Administrative Office of Courts shall be provided with an electronic copy of the statewide voter list no more than once a year for its use in the production of a master jury list or for any other lawful purpose. (g) Upon application and without charge, the chief elections officer of any other state shall be provided with an electronic copy of the statewide voter list no more than once a year for any lawful purpose, on the condition that the chief elections officer of the requesting state agrees to reciprocate and provide a copy of the statewide voter list of that state to the chief elections officer of this state upon request and without charge, to be used for any lawful purpose. The Secretary of State may enter into an agreement with any other state, at any time, regarding the exchange of statewide voter lists. (h) Resale of any portion of the list by the Administrative Office of Courts, or the office of the chief elections officer of any other state, shall be strictly prohibited. (Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-826, p. 158, §5; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-4-252; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §20; Act 2009-726, p. 2175, §1; Act 2015-290, §1; Act 2015-459, §1.)
AL Code § 17-4-38.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 2 - Statewide Voter Registration File, Voter Registration Advisory Board, and Director of Voter Registration|Section 17-4-38.1 - Collecting, Sharing, and Verifying Information; Costs; Rulemaking Authority.

Section 17-4-38.1Collecting, sharing, and verifying information; costs; rulemaking authority. (a) State agencies shall provide to the Secretary of State, on a schedule to be determined by the Secretary of State, any information and data that the Secretary of State considers necessary in order to maintain the statewide voter registration database established pursuant to Section 17-4-33, except where prohibited by federal law or federal regulation. The Secretary of State shall ensure that any information or data provided to the Secretary of State that is confidential in the possession of the entity providing the data remains confidential while in the possession of the Secretary of State. (b) The Secretary of State may enter into agreements to share information or data with other states or group of states, as the Secretary of State considers necessary, in order to maintain the statewide voter registration database. Information or data that the Secretary of State may share pursuant to this subsection includes, but is not limited to, an electronic copy of the statewide voter list and data obtained pursuant to subsection (a). Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary of State shall ensure that any information or data provided to the Secretary of State that is confidential in the possession of the state providing the data remains confidential while in the possession of the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State may provide such otherwise confidential information or data to county boards of registrars for legitimate governmental purposes related to the maintenance of the statewide voter registration database. (c) A county board of registrars shall contact a registered elector by mail to verify the accuracy of the information in the statewide voter registration database regarding that elector if information provided under subsection (a) or (b) identifies a residential address for the elector that lies outside of the county in which the elector is registered to vote, except when the information provided under subsection (a) or (b) indicates that the elector registered to vote in another jurisdiction, within or without the State of Alabama, at a date subsequent to the date the elector registered to vote in the jurisdiction of the county board of registrars. (d) The costs associated with agreements entered into by the Secretary of State as provided for in subsection (b) may be rendered by the Secretary of State to the Department of Finance and paid from the voter registration fund. The cost of production and mailing required in subsection (c) shall be rendered by the Secretary of State to the Department of Finance and paid from the voter registration fund. (e) The Secretary of State may promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement this section. (Act 2015-459, §2.)
AL Code § 17-4-39 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 2 - Statewide Voter Registration File, Voter Registration Advisory Board, and Director of Voter Registration|Section 17-4-39 - Maintenance of State Voter Registration List.

Section 17-4-39Maintenance of state voter registration list. It shall be the responsibility of the board of registrars to enter in a timely manner the names of the electors who vote in each election into the state voter registration list. (Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-826, p. 158, §6; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-4-253; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §20.)
AL Code § 17-4-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 3 - The National Voter Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act of 2002|Section 17-4-60 - Implementation of Federal Acts.

Section 17-4-60Implementation of federal acts. (a) The Secretary of State shall be the primary state official for federal contact for the implementation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and the Help America Vote Act of 2002.  (b) The State Department of Public Safety shall integrate voter registration into driver's license application and renewal or updating procedures and shall coordinate its driver's license database with the state voter registration list and the Social Security Administration's database in accordance with the Help America Vote Act of 2002. (c) The state through the Secretary of State's office shall allow citizens to register to vote by mail. The voter registration application may be designed by the Secretary of State provided it meets the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The Secretary of State may, however, choose to use federally prescribed forms. (d) State agencies which provide food stamps, Medicaid, services related to the Women and Infant Children program (WIC), services related to Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), and agencies providing services to the disabled shall provide voter registration opportunities to their clientele in accordance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. (e) Recruitment offices of the Armed Forces of the United States shall provide voter registration opportunities to their clientele in accordance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. (f) Other public offices and agencies which may provide the voter registration services provided by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 include public libraries, public schools, offices of municipal clerks, probate offices, state and local revenue offices, unemployment compensation offices, offices providing services to the disabled other than those required in subsection (d) to provide voter registration services, and federal and nongovernmental offices which agree to provide the voter registration services. (g) Voter registration, confirmation documents, and any other documents necessary to be prescribed by the Secretary of State to meet the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 shall be prepared and furnished as provided for in Section 17-3-57. (h) The Secretary of State, by rule, may prescribe forms in furtherance of state election laws deemed helpful to disabled voters and voters speaking an alternative language to English who, according to the most recent decennial census, comprise more than five percent of the voting age population for any county in Alabama. (Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-826, p. 158, §2; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-4-250; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §22.)
AL Code § 17-4-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 3 - The National Voter Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act of 2002|Section 17-4-61 - Additional Personnel.

Section 17-4-61Additional personnel. The Secretary of State may hire a computer programmer or other necessary personnel to carry out the additional responsibilities placed on his or her office by state implementation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The programmer and other personnel employed shall be under the state Merit System. (Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-826, p. 158, §3; §17-4-251; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §22.)
AL Code § 17-4-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 3 - The National Voter Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act of 2002|Section 17-4-62 - Voter Registration Fund.

Section 17-4-62Voter Registration Fund. There is established a separate trust fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Voter Registration Fund. All receipts collected under this article by the Secretary of State are to be deposited in this fund. The receipts shall be disbursed only by warrant of the state Comptroller drawn upon the State Treasury supported by itemized vouchers approved by the Secretary of State. No funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted according to Sections 41-4-80 to 41-4-96, inclusive, and 41-19-1 to 41-19-12, inclusive, and only in amounts as stipulated in the general appropriations act, or other appropriations acts. (Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-826, p. 158, §7; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-4-254; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §22.)
AL Code § 17-4-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 3 - The National Voter Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act of 2002|Section 17-4-63 - Rules, Forms, and Instructions; Inter-Agency Agreements.

Section 17-4-63Rules, forms, and instructions; inter-agency agreements. The Secretary of State shall promulgate rules and prescribe forms and instructions as shall be necessary to implement the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 in Alabama or the Help America Vote Act of 2002, including any rules and forms necessary for the administration of the acts by state departments and agencies. The Secretary of State is further authorized to enter into inter-agency agreements with other government agencies for the implementation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and the Help America Vote Act of 2002. (Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-826, p. 158, §8; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-4-255; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §22.)
AL Code § 17-6-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.|Article 1 - Precincts.|Section 17-6-1 - Purpose.

Section 17-6-1Purpose. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for participation by the State of Alabama in programs of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce which provide for furnishing census information to the states for purposes of reapportionment, pursuant to federal laws for that purpose. It is further the purpose of this chapter to reduce voter confusion and facilitate the election process in Alabama. (Acts 1989, No. 89-952, p. 1874, §1; §17-5A-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §27.)
AL Code § 17-6-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.|Article 1 - Precincts.|Section 17-6-2 - Establishment of Precincts; Boundaries; Precinct Map; Reapportionment Coordination.

Section 17-6-2Establishment of precincts; boundaries; precinct map; reapportionment coordination. (a) The governing body of each county shall establish precincts, define the territorial limits for which each precinct is established, prescribe their boundaries using the most recent federal decennial census tract and block map, and designate the precincts. The governing body of each county shall, by resolution, adopt the establishment and boundaries of each precinct in accordance with the timetable as set forth herein. (b) Each precinct shall be a contiguous, compact area having clearly defined and clearly observable boundaries coinciding with visible features readily distinguishable on the ground such as designated highways, roads, streets, or rivers or be coterminous with a county boundary. (c) Each county governing body shall provide and maintain at all times a suitable map showing the current geographical boundaries with designation of precincts and a legal description of the geographical boundaries of each precinct. Each county governing body shall send a copy of each map, with description attached, to the county board of registrars, the judge of probate, and the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment. All features, names, titles, and symbols on the map shall be clearly shown and legible. Each map sheet shall indicate the date of the base map or the date of last revision. (d)(1) In complying with the provisions of this section for the establishment of precincts and the prescription of their boundaries, each county governing body and the board of registrars shall coordinate with the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment or their designees, pursuant to their authority to submit a plan for census data for reapportionment under the provisions of Section 199 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and shall adopt or adjust precinct boundaries as may be necessary to comply with this section. (2) Each county governing body shall by resolution adopt a proposal for the establishment or adjustment of precinct boundaries, in compliance with this section. Any establishment of a precinct or adjustment of a precinct boundary that complies with this section shall be effective for the purpose of establishing block boundaries for the federal decennial census and for all other election purposes. (Acts 1989, No. 89-952, p. 1874, §3; §17-5A-3; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §26.)