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AL Code § 17-3-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 1 - Board of Registrars.|Section 17-3-11 - Registration of Voters at Colleges and Universities.

Section 17-3-11Registration of voters at colleges and universities. (a) The board of registrars in each county shall visit each college or university, whether public or private, having an enrollment of 500 or more, which is located therein, at least once during the school year for the purpose of registering voters, and shall remain there for one full working day, weekends and holidays excepted. They shall give at least 12 days' notice of the time and place where they will attend to register applicants for registration, by bills posted at three or more public places and by advertisement once a week for three consecutive weeks in a campus newspaper, if there is one published on the campus. Each college or university receiving state funds that is affected by the provisions of this section shall provide space and accommodations for the board of registrars on their campus. (b) Each member of the board of registrars shall be entitled to receive their usual salary and per diem for attending the meetings of the board of registrars provided for in this section. (Acts 1977, No. 769, p. 1327, §§1, 2, 3, 5; Code 1975, §17-4-49; §17-4-160; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §7.)
AL Code § 17-3-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 1 - Board of Registrars.|Section 17-3-12 - Per Diem for Board Members; Appointments to Fill Board Vacancies.

Section 17-3-12Per diem for board members; appointments to fill board vacancies. Each member of the board of registrars shall receive sixty dollars ($60) per day, for each day's attendance upon the special sessions of the board required under this article; but if such special session is held on the same day a regular session is required to be held under the laws of this state, registrars shall receive only one per diem allowed for performing their regular duties, it being the intent and purpose of this article that registrars shall be entitled to receive only one per diem allowance for one day's service. (Acts 1984, No. 84-389, p. 896, §9; Acts 1988, No. 88-659, p. 1056, §1; §17-4-188; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §7.)
AL Code § 17-3-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 1 - Board of Registrars.|Section 17-3-13 - Compensation Increases.

Section 17-3-13Compensation increases. (a) A county commission, upon the adoption of a resolution, may increase the per diem compensation paid to each member of the county board of registrars without the necessity of enacting a local law of authorization, provided that no state funds shall be used for such additional compensation. (b) As an alternate to subsection (a), beginning October 1, 2006, each member of the county board of registrars may receive the same cost-of-living increases in compensation that are granted to county employees by a county commission at the time of the adoption of the county budget. The increases shall be in the same amount or percentage, as the case may be, as that amount or percentage increase provided to county employees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any percentage increases shall be calculated based upon the salary or compensation provided under general law and shall not include any current or future local supplements granted to a member of the county board of registrars by local law. Any increases granted pursuant to this section shall be terminated upon the appointment of a new member, who shall be entitled to increases to his or her base salary or compensation commencing on the October 1 immediately following his or her appointment. (c) A supplement under this section can only occur one time after which legislative approval must be obtained. (Act 2006-597, p. 1634, §§1-3; §17-4-153.1.)
AL Code § 17-3-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 2 - Qualifications of Electors.|Section 17-3-30 - Qualifications of Electors Generally.

Section 17-3-30Qualifications of electors generally.  Any person possessing the qualifications of an elector set out in Article 8 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as modified by federal law, and not laboring under any disqualification listed therein, shall be an elector, and shall be entitled to register and to vote at any election by the people. (Code 1876, §224; Code 1886, §319; Code 1896, §1556; Code 1907, §290; Acts 1920, No. 5, p. 4; Code 1923, §361; Code 1940, T. 17, §12; Acts 1953, No. 330, p. 385; Code 1975, §17-3-1; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §1; §17-3-9; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §9.)
AL Code § 17-3-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 2 - Qualifications of Electors.|Section 17-3-31 - Restoration of Right to Vote Upon Pardon or Issuance of Certificate of Eligibility.

Section 17-3-31Restoration of right to vote upon pardon or issuance of certificate of eligibility. Any person who is disqualified by reason of conviction of any of the offenses mentioned in Article VIII of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, except treason and impeachment, whether the conviction was had in a state or federal court, and who has been pardoned, may be restored to citizenship with the right to vote by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles when specifically expressed in the pardon. If otherwise qualified, such person shall be permitted to register or reregister as an elector upon submission of a copy of the pardon document to the board of registrars of the county of his or her residence. In addition, any person who has been granted a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote by the Board of Pardons and Paroles pursuant to Section 15-22-36.1, shall be permitted to register or reregister as an elector upon submission of a copy of the certificate to the board of registrars of the county of his or her residence. Code 1907, §294; Acts 1920, No. 5, p. 4; Code 1923, §365; Acts 1939, No. 275, p. 426; Code 1940, T. 17, §16; Code 1975, §17-3-5; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §2; Act 2003-415, p. 1205, §3; §17-3-10; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §9.)
AL Code § 17-3-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 2 - Qualifications of Electors.|Section 17-3-32 - Domicile Not Acquired or Lost by Temporary Absence.

Section 17-3-32Domicile not acquired or lost by temporary absence. No person shall lose or acquire a domicile either by temporary absence from his or her domicile without the intention of remaining or by navigating any of the waters of this state, the United States, or the high seas, without having acquired any other lawful domicile, or by being absent from his or her domicile in the civil or military service of the state or the United States. (Code 1876, §226; Code 1886, §321; Code 1896, §1558; Code 1907, §295; Acts 1920, No. 5, p. 4; Code 1940, T. 17, §17; Code 1975, §17-3-6; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §3; §17-3-11; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §9.)
AL Code § 17-3-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 2 - Qualifications of Electors.|Section 17-3-33 - Domicile of Persons Located Partly in Multiple Counties, Districts, or Precincts.

Section 17-3-33Domicile of persons located partly in multiple counties, districts, or precincts. When the dwelling of any person is located partly in two or more counties, districts, or precincts, such persons may select the county, district, or precinct of their domicile, and to that end may file a statement in writing in the office of the judge of probate of the county selected, setting forth the locality of their dwelling and the lines passing through the same, together with the county, district, or precinct selected for domicile, which statement, when filed and recorded, shall establish the domicile of the person filing it in the county, district, or precinct of their selection. (Code 1896, §1559; Code 1907, §296; Acts 1920, No. 5, p. 4; Code 1923, §367; Code 1940, T. 17, §18; Code 1975, §17-3-7; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §4; §17-3-12; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §9.)
AL Code § 17-3-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 2 - Qualifications of Electors.|Section 17-3-34 - Persons Living on Boundary Lines Between Counties, Districts, or Precincts.

Section 17-3-34Persons living on boundary lines between counties, districts, or precincts. Any person who lives on a line between counties, districts, or precincts, and shall have fixed his or her citizenship according to law and that may be hereafter provided in such cases, shall be construed a citizen and elector of the county, district, or precinct in which he or she so fixes his or her citizenship, for all the purposes of this title. (Code 1907, §297; Acts 1920, No. 5, p. 4; Code 1923, §368; Code 1940, T. 17, §19; Code 1975, §17-3-8; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §5; §17-3-13; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §9.)
AL Code § 17-3-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 3 - Registration of Electors.|Section 17-3-50 - Registration Deadline.

Section 17-3-50Registration deadline.  The boards of registrars in the several counties of the state shall not register any person as a qualified elector within 14 days prior to any election; provided, that the boards shall maintain open offices during business days in such 14-day period and on election day during the hours of voting. (Acts 1950, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 6, p. 45; Code 1975, §17-4-4; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §14; §17-4-120; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §11; Act 2014-428, p. 1576, §1.)
AL Code § 17-3-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 3 - Registration of Electors.|Section 17-3-51 - Certificate of Registration.

Section 17-3-51Certificate of registration. The registrars shall issue to each person registered a certificate of registration. When voting precinct boundaries and voting locations are changed, new certificates of registration shall be issued before the date of the election on which the changes are to take effect. (Code 1896, §1565; Code 1907, §§307, 321; Acts 1920, No. 78, p. 124; Code 1923, §§378, 390; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 17, §§29, 42; Code 1975, §17-4-23; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §15; §17-4-121; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §11.)
AL Code § 17-3-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 3 - Registration of Electors.|Section 17-3-52 - Examination and Oath of Applicants; Disclosure of Information.

Section 17-3-52Examination and oath of applicants; disclosure of information.  The board of registrars shall have power to examine, under oath or affirmation, all applicants for registration, and to take testimony touching the qualifications of such applicants, but no applicant shall be required to answer any question, written or oral, not related to his or her qualifications to register. In order to aid the registrars to judicially determine if applicants to register have the qualifications to register to vote, each applicant shall be furnished by the board a written application, which shall be uniform in all cases with no discrimination as between applicants, the form and contents of which application shall be promulgated by rule by the Secretary of State of the State of Alabama. The application shall be so worded that there will be placed before the registrars information necessary or proper to aid them to pass upon the qualifications of each applicant. The application shall be completed in writing. There shall be incorporated in such application an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Alabama of 1901 and a statement in such oath by the applicant disavowing belief in or affiliation with any group or party which advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States or the State of Alabama by unlawful means. The application and oath shall be duly signed by the applicant. If the applicant is unable to read or write, then the applicant shall be exempt from the above stated requirements which the applicant is unable to meet and in such cases a witness shall read to the applicant the application and oath herein provided for and the applicant's answers thereto shall be written down by the witness, and the applicant shall be registered as a voter if he or she meets all other requirements herein set out. Each member of the board is authorized to administer the oaths to be taken by applicants and witnesses. Except as provided in Section 17-3-53, the applications of persons applying for registration shall not become public records as public records are defined under the laws of the State of Alabama, nor shall the board disclose the information contained in such applications and written answers, except with the written consent of the person who filed the answer or pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction in a proper proceeding. (Code 1907, §311; Acts 1920, No. 78, p. 124; Code 1923, §380; Code 1940, T. 17, §31; Acts 1953, No. 754, p. 1016, §1; Acts 1959, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 54, p. 98; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 320, p. 2380, §§9, 10; Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 288, p. 396, §1; Code 1975, §17-4-7; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §17; Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-929, p. 228; §17-4-122; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §11.)
AL Code § 17-3-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 3 - Registration of Electors.|Section 17-3-53 - Access by Political Parties to Voter Registration Information.

Section 17-3-53Access by political parties to voter registration information. Political parties, as defined in Section 17-13-40, may obtain all voter registration information, except for voters' Social Security numbers and month and day of birth, in the possession of boards of registrars or judges of probate concerning registered voters in their jurisdictions and to access statewide voter registration information pursuant to Section 17-4-33. The boards of registrars or judges of probate may collect the actual cost, if any, of providing the information. Nothing herein shall prohibit acts pertaining to individual counties which further provide for the availability of such voter information. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §12.)
AL Code § 17-3-54 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 3 - Registration of Electors.|Section 17-3-54 - Refusal of Registration - Authorized; Notice Required.

Section 17-3-54Refusal of registration - Authorized; notice required. Any person making application to the board of registrars for registration who fails to establish by evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the board of registrars that he or she is qualified to register, may be refused registration. The board shall give written notice to each applicant deemed unqualified, within 10 days of its refusal to register, stating the specific reason for such refusal. (Code 1907, §313; Acts 1920, No. 78, p. 124; Code 1923, §382; Code 1940, T. 17, §33; Code 1975, §17-4-10; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §18; §17-4-123; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §13.)
AL Code § 17-3-55 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 3 - Registration of Electors.|Section 17-3-55 - Refusal of Registration - Appeal.

Section 17-3-55Refusal of registration - Appeal. Any person to whom registration is denied shall have the right of appeal, without giving security for costs, within 30 days after such denial, by filing a petition in the probate court in the county in which he or she seeks to register, alleging that he or she is a citizen of the United States over the age of 18 years having the qualifications as to residence prescribed by law and entitled to register to vote under the provisions of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. Upon the filing of the petition, the clerk of the probate court shall give notice thereof to the district attorney authorized to represent the state in the county, who shall appear and defend against the petition on behalf of the state. The registrars shall not be made parties and shall not be liable for costs. An appeal will lie to the circuit court in favor of the petitioner if taken within 30 days from the date of the judgment pursuant to Section 12-22-20. The issues shall be tried in the same manner and under the same rules that other cases are tried in such court and by a jury, if the petitioner demands it. Final judgment in favor of the petitioner shall entitle him or her to registration as of the date of his or her application to the registrars. An appeal from the circuit court will lie to the Alabama Supreme Court. (Code 1907, §315; Acts 1920, No. 78, p. 124; Code 1923, §384; Code 1940, T. 17, §35; Acts 1953, No. 754, p. 1016, §3; Code 1975, §17-4-11; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §19; §17-4-124; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §13.)
AL Code § 17-3-56 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 3 - Registration of Electors.|Section 17-3-56 - Registration Required Only Once; Exceptions.

Section 17-3-56Registration required only once; exceptions. No person heretofore registered and no person hereafter registered shall again be required to register unless he or she has changed the county of his or her domicile, or was convicted of a disqualifying criminal offense and was subsequently pardoned with restoration of the right to vote expressed in the pardon, or was declared incompetent, but has subsequently had those disabilities removed. (Code 1907, §316; Acts 1920, No. 78, p. 124; Code 1923, §385; Code 1940, T. 17, §36; Code 1975, §17-4-12; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §21; §17-4-125; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §13.)
AL Code § 17-3-57 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 3 - Registration of Electors.|Section 17-3-57 - Forms and Supplies; Publication of Notices; Expenses.

Section 17-3-57Forms and supplies; publication of notices; expenses. The Secretary of State shall furnish to each board of registrars the necessary forms and supplies for effectuating the purposes of this chapter, and the expense incurred thereby shall be paid by the state. The cost of the publication of the notices required to be given by the registrars shall be paid by the state. The bills shall be rendered to the Department of Finance and approved by the Department of Finance. The several counties shall pay all other reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the boards in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. (Code 1896, §1568; Code 1907, §317; Acts 1920, No. 78, p. 124; Code 1923, §386; Code 1940, T. 17, §37; Code 1975, §17-4-13; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §22; §17-4-126; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §13.)
AL Code § 17-3-58 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 3 - Registration of Electors.|Section 17-3-58 - Voters in Territory Transferred to Another County.

Section 17-3-58Voters in territory transferred to another county. Every qualified elector of the State of Alabama whose domicile is in territory which has been detached from one county and added to an adjoining county of the State of Alabama shall be entitled to have his or her name added to the list of the qualified electors of the county to which the territory that contains his or her domicile has been added. (Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 172, p. 199; Code 1940, T. 17, §39; Code 1975, §17-4-19; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §24; §17-4-128; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §13.)
AL Code § 17-3-59 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.|Article 3 - Registration of Electors.|Section 17-3-59 - Electors Temporarily Out of the County May Register.

Section 17-3-59Electors temporarily out of the county may register. The following persons shall be entitled to register to vote 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 institutions of higher learning and the spouses and children of such persons. Such persons shall be entitled to register by mail only in the counties where they were residents prior to entering the status which makes them eligible for such registration. An application for absentee registration shall be in writing and shall be filed with the board of registrars of the county in which the elector resides. The board shall furnish the applicant a written application in the same form as that provided other applicants and any additional application deemed necessary to determine eligibility to register, which application shall be answered by the applicant without assistance and shall be verified before a commissioned officer of the Armed Forces of the United States or any person authorized to administer oaths and take affidavits. Such application shall be filed with the records of the board. The board may take other testimony respecting the applicant and the truthfulness of any information furnished by the applicant. Any additional testimony so taken shall be reduced to writing and shall be sworn to by the witness before a member or clerk of the board or anyone authorized to administer oaths. (Acts 1969, No. 604, p. 1092, §§1, 2; Acts 1971, No. 2426, p. 3868, §§1, 2; Code 1975, §§17-4-80, 17-4-81, 17-4-100, 17-4-101; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §32; §17-4-134; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §13.)