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AL Code § 17-3-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 3 - Registration of Electors.|Section 17-3-60 - Clerical Assistance for Judge of Probate and Board of Registrars.

Section 17-3-60Clerical assistance for judge of probate and board of registrars. The judge of probate may employ such assistants and clerical help as may be necessary to complete and properly prepare reports from the state voter registration list of the list of qualified electors which the judge of probate is required to furnish a certified copy to the election inspectors. The judge of probate shall receive or such assistants shall be paid out of the county treasury by warrants, drawn by the county commission on certificate of the judge of probate, accompanied by the certificates of the person being paid, showing the amount due under the provisions of this chapter, but the entire amount spent for the preparation of such lists shall not exceed a sum equal to the amount obtained by multiplying the number of names on the list by five cents ($.05) for the preparation of such list. The judge of probate in all counties having a population of not less than 100,000 nor more than 350,000, according to the last or any subsequent federal census, shall employ a clerk to assist the board of registrars of the county. The duties of the clerk shall be to submit to the board of registrars revised election lists of the county by placing all persons in their proper ward or precincts and eliminating therefrom all deceased, nonresident, and fictitious persons named upon the voting roll and those convicted of crime. The clerk shall further attend to all clerical work of the board of registrars. The clerk shall be paid a compensation out of the county treasury, of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per month, to be fixed by the judge of probate. The board of registrars shall be furnished with office space by the county governing body. The chair of the board of registrars is hereby authorized to purchase all necessary office equipment and hire all necessary part time or full time clerical help to perform its prescribed duties. (Acts 1920, No. 78, p. 124; Code 1923, §402; Acts 1927, No. 289, p. 274; Acts 1931, No. 251, p. 293; Code 1940, T. 17, §55; Acts 1951, No. 385, p. 677; Acts 1959, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 54, p. 220; Code 1975, §17-4-25; Acts 1979, No. 79-465, p. 847; Acts 1981, No. 81-640, p. 1057; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-4-138; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §13.)
AL Code § 17-4-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 1 - County Voter Registration Lists.|Section 17-4-1 - Lists of Registered Voters to Be Published.

Section 17-4-1Lists of registered voters to be published. The judge of probate shall publish from the state voter registration list a correct alphabetical list of qualified electors either by county, precinct, district, or subdivision wherein each elector is registered to vote, in some newspaper with general circulation in the county, on or before the twentieth day preceding the regularly scheduled primary election. The list shall be accompanied by a printed certification generated by the state voter registration system verifying that the list contains the names of all qualified electors registered as of the specified time and date when it was printed. The list shall further state that any elector whose name was inadvertently omitted from the list shall have 10 days in which to have his or her name entered upon the list of qualified voters. If within 10 days any voter shall reasonably satisfy the board of registrars by proper proof that any name should be added to the list, the board shall add such name to the list. The supplemental list of registered voters inadvertently omitted from the original list shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county on or before the seventh day preceding the date of the primary election. The lists required to be published pursuant to this section may be published, at the discretion of the county commission, as a preprinted or inserted advertising supplement at a cost no greater than the selected newspaper's lowest applicable national insertion rates. If the list is published as a preprinted supplement in the selected newspaper, the supplement size shall conform to the size requirements set by the selected newspaper and shall be printed on standard newsprint paper. The type size shall be no smaller than nine point standard type. The list shall also be delivered to the newspaper for insertion in a manner required for other advertising supplements. The supplement may not contain any other advertising. Any newspaper accepting a preprinted insertion that is not prepared by the newspaper shall not be responsible for the content of such insertion. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a county commission from publishing the list of voters in more than one newspaper within the county at the county commission's discretion. (Acts 1920, No. 78, p. 124; Code 1923, §387; Acts 1927, No. 289, p. 274; Code 1940, T. 17, §38; Acts 1947, No. 482, p. 331, §1; Code 1975, §17-4-14; Acts 1978, No. 380, p. 343; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §25; Acts 1978, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 5, p. 1601; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; Act 2006-537, p. 1238, §1; §17-4-129; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §16.)
AL Code § 17-4-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 1 - County Voter Registration Lists.|Section 17-4-2 - State Voter Registration Lists.

Section 17-4-2State voter registration lists. The board of registrars, when registration is closed before a primary, general, or special election, shall certify to the Secretary of State any additions, deletions, corrections, or changes to the state voter registration list. Except as provided in Section 17-4-2.1, after registration has closed and within the 10-day period before an election, the judge of probate and municipal election officials shall prepare and print a report from the state voter registration list of the correct alphabetical lists of the qualified electors registered by precincts, districts, or subdivisions of a precinct where the precinct has been divided or subdivided, if not within a city or incorporated town, and by wards and other subdivisions, if within a city or incorporated town, and no others. An electronic archive in the database for the state voter registration list shall be recorded simultaneously with the printing of each county's list of qualified voters. Each printed list of qualified voters shall contain a printed certification generated by the state voter registration system establishing that the contents of the list are true and correct as of the specified time and date when it was printed. The judge of probate shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the inspectors in each precinct, each district, each ward, or each other subdivision one copy of the list of qualified electors printed for such box or voting place immediately preceding every general, primary, or special election, and the delivered list shall contain only the names of persons qualified to vote at such box or voting place; except, that for purposes of information only, there may be delivered to the inspectors lists prepared for other boxes or voting places. The list published in the newspaper before each primary election shall not be used as the poll list. Notwithstanding the foregoing, electronic access to the state voter registration list may be utilized in lieu of a printed list in accordance with administrative rules promulgated and implemented by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall send any proposed new rule or amendment to an existing rule by certified mail to each county canvassing board at least 30 days prior to certification of the proposed rule or amendment pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act. Both the board of registrars and the judge of probate shall keep a current copy of the qualified elector list for the county open and subject to public inspection. (Code 1896, §1567; Code 1907, §319; Acts 1920, No. 78, p. 124; Code 1923, §388; Code 1940, T. 17, §40; Acts 1947, No. 482, p. 331, §3; Code 1975, §17-4-15; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §26; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-4-130; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §16; Act 2014-428, p. 1576, §1; Act 2016-317, §1.)
AL Code § 17-4-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 1 - County Voter Registration Lists.|Section 17-4-4 - Information of Deaths, Incompetency, and Convictions to Be Furnished to Boards of Registrars; Rulemaking Authority.

Section 17-4-4Information of deaths, incompetency, and convictions to be furnished to boards of registrars; rulemaking authority. (a) In addition to all other duties now required by law, the Office of Vital Statistics of the State Department of Public Health shall furnish to the board of registrars of the county in which such district is located, once each month, a report of the death of all persons over 18 years of age who resided in such registration district. (b) In addition to all other duties now required by law, the judges of probate of the several counties of this state shall furnish to the board of registrars of their respective counties, once each month, a list of all residents of the county, 18 years of age or over, who have been declared mentally incompetent. (c) In addition to all other duties required by law, the clerks of the circuit and district courts of this state shall furnish to the board of registrars of each county, once each month, a list of all residents of that county who have been convicted of any offense designated pursuant to Section 17-3-30.1 as a felony involving moral turpitude for the purposes of Article VIII of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. Any person who willfully fails to perform such duties shall forfeit the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) for each such failure. Such sum may be recovered in an action by law by any citizen of the county in which the officer acts, one half to his or her own use and one half to the use of the state. (d) The Secretary of State and the Board of Pardons and Paroles may promulgate rules in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act as necessary to implement this section. (Acts 1935, No. 434, p. 914; Code 1940, T. 17, §45; Code 1975, §17-4-61; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §27; §17-4-131; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §16; Act 2017-378, §2.)
AL Code § 17-4-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 1 - County Voter Registration Lists.|Section 17-4-5 - Notice of Previous Registration to Be Given.

Section 17-4-5Notice of previous registration to be given. When a person makes application for registration before a county board of registrars, it shall be the duty of that board, if the elector has been previously registered before in any other county or state, to notify the registrar of voters in the county or state of the previous registration that such elector has applied for and been registered as an elector in the county where such application for registration is made. In addition to asking an elector whether he or she has been previously registered before in any other county or state, the board of registrars shall ascertain if an elector has been previously registered before in any other county of this state by conducting a computerized search of the statewide voter registration list, using the elector's name along with any other identifying information provided by the elector. When the notice required in this section is received by the board of registrars of any county where such person had been previously registered, it shall be the duty of the board of registrars receiving such notice to remove forthwith the name of such person from the list of qualified electors of the county of previous registration, and such person shall thereafter be disqualified to vote in any election held in any county of previous registration unless the person is duly reregistered. (Acts 1949, No. 27, p. 39, §§1, 2; Code 1975, §17-4-22; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §33; §17-4-135; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §16.)
AL Code § 17-4-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 1 - County Voter Registration Lists.|Section 17-4-6 - Information to Be Provided by State Departments or Agencies.

Section 17-4-6Information to be provided by state departments or agencies. (a) To continuously and automatically identify the names of persons to be purged from the voters' list, the appropriate state departments or agencies shall provide to the Secretary of State, as such information is recorded by the departments, the names and identifying information set out below of any person age 18 or older who: (1) Has died, with date of birth and Social Security number (if such number is known), last known address with county of residence, and date of death, as provided by the Office of Vital Statistics of the State Department of Public Health. (2) Has been convicted of a felony, with date of birth and Social Security number (if such number is known), last known address with county of residence, and date of conviction, as provided by the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Systems. (b) The Secretary of State, upon the receipt of the information pursuant to subsection (a), shall disseminate the information to the appropriate board of registrars to facilitate the continuous purgation of the statewide voter registration list. (Acts 1989, No. 89-649, p. 1279, §3; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-4-212; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §16.)
AL Code § 17-4-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 1 - County Voter Registration Lists.|Section 17-4-7 - Meeting of Board of Registrars for Voter List Maintenance.

Section 17-4-7Meeting of board of registrars for voter list maintenance. In addition to the duty of the board of registrars to update the voter registration list on a continuous basis, the board of registrars shall meet during the month of January for the purpose of conducting the voter list maintenance activities prescribed herein, including the purging of the registration lists. (Acts 1984, No. 84-389, p. 896, §2; §17-4-181; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §16.)
AL Code § 17-4-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 1 - County Voter Registration Lists.|Section 17-4-8 - Electors to Reidentify Themselves; Notice of Reidentification; When Eligible by Mail.

Section 17-4-8Electors to reidentify themselves; notice of reidentification; when eligible by mail. Each voter whose name is to be removed shall reidentify himself or herself by appearing in person before a registrar, or by appearing before the judge of probate, or either of the clerks in the office of the judge of probate, or through his or her representative before the board of registrars in regular session except that the following persons shall be entitled to reidentify by mail if they possess the qualifications of an elector and are not disqualified from voting under the constitution and laws of Alabama: Members of the Armed Forces of the United States, persons employed outside the United States, persons absent because of attendance at an institution of higher learning, and the spouses and children of such persons. The board of registrars shall notify such persons who are eligible for reidentification by mail as to how they can reidentify themselves. Electors eligible to reidentify by mail shall have their eligibility verified before a commissioned officer of the Armed Forces of the United States, or any person authorized to administer oaths and take affidavits, or before two witnesses who are 18 years old or older. (Acts 1984, No. 84-389, p. 896, §3; §17-4-182; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §16.)
AL Code § 17-4-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 1 - County Voter Registration Lists.|Section 17-4-9 - Inactive Voter List; Voter Reidentification.

Section 17-4-9Inactive voter list; voter reidentification. Any voter who fails to vote for four years in his or her county shall have his or her name placed on an inactive voter list by the local board of registrars. Once on the inactive list, the voter shall reidentify with the local board of registrars in order to again have his or her name placed on the active voter registration list. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a voter on the inactive list goes to his or her polling place to vote on an election day and identifies himself or herself to the election official responsible for the voter registration list update, such voter shall be permitted to vote provided the voter completes a voter reidentification form. (Acts 1989, No. 89-649, p. 1279, §4; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-4-213; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §16.)
AL Code § 17-4-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 1 - County Voter Registration Lists.|Section 17-4-10 - Publication of Names to Be Struck From List.

Section 17-4-10Publication of names to be struck from list. The names of persons in the county to be struck from the list of registered voters shall be listed by precinct and in alphabetical order and published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once a week for two consecutive weeks in November or December of each year in which the statewide voter file maintenance is conducted. (Acts 1984, No. 84-389, p. 896, §4; §17-4-183; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §16.)
AL Code § 17-4-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 1 - County Voter Registration Lists.|Section 17-4-11 - Only Electors Disqualified or Not Reidentified to Be Removed.

Section 17-4-11Only electors disqualified or not reidentified to be removed. The board shall not remove the name of any elector, known by any member of the board, or made known to the board by another qualified elector, or duly representative of the elector whose name is to be stricken, to be a legal resident of the county not known to be suffering from any disqualification. In purging the list of qualified electors, the board of registrars shall remove only the names of those persons who have not reidentified in the manner prescribed herein. (Acts 1984, No. 84-389, p. 896, §5; §17-4-184; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §16.)
AL Code § 17-4-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 1 - County Voter Registration Lists.|Section 17-4-12 - Records to Show Reason for Striking Elector From List; Removal for Failure to Reidentify Not Permanent Disqualification.

Section 17-4-12Records to show reason for striking elector from list; removal for failure to reidentify not permanent disqualification. When the name of any elector is struck from the registration list, the records maintained by the board of registrars must show the reason for striking the elector from the list. No such person whose name is removed from the list of qualified electors for failure to reidentify shall cease permanently to be a qualified elector nor be subject to reregistration, but shall be subject only to the requirement that he or she reidentify as prescribed herein. (Acts 1984, No. 84-389, p. 896, §6; §17-4-185; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §16.)
AL Code § 17-4-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 1 - County Voter Registration Lists.|Section 17-4-13 - Procedure for Having Name Restored to List of Qualified Electors; Limitation of Provisions.

Section 17-4-13Procedure for having name restored to list of qualified electors; limitation of provisions. Any qualified elector of the county whose name is omitted or removed from the list of qualified electors for failure to appear and reidentify himself or herself and who has not otherwise been reidentified as herein provided shall be entitled to have his or her name restored to the list of qualified electors by written affidavit or appearing in person before a registrar, at the office of the board of registrars, or at the office of the judge of probate, certifying that he or she is in fact a bona fide registered voter of that county; provided, however, that any qualified elector can be reidentified on election day; provided further, however, that this article shall not be construed or applied to impair or deny the right to vote in person or by absentee ballot of any person or of the spouse or child of any person who is in active duty of any of the Armed Forces of the United States of America and stationed, and as to the spouse or child, who is living with her or his husband or wife, mother or father, as the case may be, outside of the county, or who is living outside the county while attending a college or university or other institution of higher education or who is employed outside of the United States during the period of time from May 21, 1984; and provided further that the provisions of this article shall not restrict the board of registrars from purging the registration lists as provided in this article. (Acts 1984, No. 84-389, p. 896, §7; §17-4-186; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §16.)
AL Code § 17-4-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.|Article 1 - County Voter Registration Lists.|Section 17-4-14 - Permanent List of Qualified Electors.

Section 17-4-14Permanent list of qualified electors. The Secretary of State shall maintain a permanent list of all qualified electors which shall include the electors' county, precinct, voting history, race, and other information required in Sections 17-4-33 and 17-4-36. (Acts 1984, No. 84-389, p. 896, §8; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-4-187; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §15.)
AL Code § 17-4-31 (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 17-4-31 - State to Reimburse County Commissions Certain Costs Associated With Process.

Section 17-4-31State to reimburse county commissions certain costs associated with process. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-534 IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 26, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. The state shall reimburse each county commission for all the postage costs associated with voter lists maintenance activities provided for in Section 17-4-30 and one-half of the cost of the publication of the names of individuals to be removed from the list of registered voters as required in Section 17-4-10. The reimbursement shall be made from the Election Expenses Account in the State Treasury upon approval by the Secretary of State on warrants drawn by the state Comptroller. (Acts 1995, No. 95-769, p. 1816, §3; §17-4-202; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §18; Act 2021-534, §1.)