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AL Code § 17-17-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-14 - Voting Without Registration and Oath.

Section 17-17-14Voting without registration and oath. Any person voting at any county or state election who has not registered and taken and subscribed to the registration oath shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class B misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-15 - Signing Name of Other Person on Poll List.

Section 17-17-15Signing name of other person on poll list. Any person who willfully and intentionally signs on the poll list the name of any person other than himself or herself, including any signing by mark, in violation of Section 17-9-11, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-16 - Unlawful Use of Poll Lists.

Section 17-17-16Unlawful use of poll lists. Any election officer or any other person who makes a copy of the signed voter poll list or any memoranda therefrom or list of the persons voting, or discloses the number of such voter's ballot, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-17 - Loitering About Polling Place; Standing in Line of Voters After Having Voted.

Section 17-17-17Loitering about polling place; standing in line of voters after having voted. Any person who loiters in, around, or about a polling place on election day for the purpose of discouraging qualified electors from entering the voting place, or from voting, or whoever having voted enters or stands in a line or file of voters waiting to vote, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-18 - Disclosing Votes by Inspectors, Clerks, Etc.

Section 17-17-18Disclosing votes by inspectors, clerks, etc.  Any inspector, clerk, or other person who discloses how any elector voted shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-19 - Deceiving Elector in Preparation of Ballot.

Section 17-17-19Deceiving elector in preparation of ballot.  Any inspector, helper, or assistant who willfully deceives any elector in preparing his or her ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-20 - Inspector Refusing to Advise Elector Regarding Assistants, or to Allow Selection Thereof.

Section 17-17-20Inspector refusing to advise elector regarding assistants, or to allow selection thereof.  Any inspector who willfully fails or refuses to advise any elector, entitled thereto, that he or she is entitled to an assistant, or refuses to let the elector select an assistant as required by law, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-21 - Disclosing or Removing Ballot; Interfering With or Influencing Elector; Remaining in Booth, Etc.

Section 17-17-21Disclosing or removing ballot; interfering with or influencing elector; remaining in booth, etc.  Any elector who takes or removes, or attempts to take or remove, any ballot from the polling place before the close of the polls; or any person who interferes with any elector when inside the polling place or when marking the ballot, or unduly influences, or attempts to unduly influence, any elector in the preparation of his or her ballot; or any elector who remains longer than the time allowed by law in the booth or compartment after being notified his or her time has expired, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-22 - Official Refusing Watcher to Exercise Rights.

Section 17-17-22Official refusing watcher to exercise rights.  An official who refuses to allow any poll watcher to exercise his or her rights as a watcher, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-23 - Tampering With, Injuring, etc., Machines; Misuse; Unauthorized Possession of Keys.

Section 17-17-23Tampering with, injuring, etc., machines; misuse; unauthorized possession of keys. Any election officer or other person, who shall tamper with, injure, or attempt to injure any electronic voting machine to be used or being used in an election, or who shall willfully misuse any such machine, or who shall prevent or attempt to prevent the correct operation of such machine, or any unauthorized person who shall make or have in his or her possession a key to a voting machine to be used or being used in an election, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-24 - Changing Ballots, Unlawful Use of Absentee Ballots, etc.; Investigative Assistance; Encouraging Voter Participation.

Section 17-17-24Changing ballots, unlawful use of absentee ballots, etc.; investigative assistance; encouraging voter participation. (a) Any person who willfully changes an absentee voter's ballot to the extent that it does not reflect the voter's true ballot, any person who willfully votes more than once by absentee ballot in the same election, any person who willfully votes for another voter or falsifies absentee ballot applications or verification documents so as to vote absentee, or any person who solicits, encourages, urges, or otherwise promotes illegal absentee voting, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. Any person who willfully aids any person unlawfully to vote an absentee ballot, any person who knowingly and unlawfully votes an absentee ballot, and any voter who votes both an absentee and a regular ballot at any election shall be similarly punished.  (b) Upon request by the local district attorney or the Secretary of State, the Attorney General shall provide investigating assistance in instances of absentee ballot or voting violations.  (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to impede or inhibit organized legal efforts to encourage voter participation in the election process or to discourage a candidate from encouraging electors to lawfully vote by absentee ballot.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-25 - Failure to Perform Duties as to Absentee Voting.

Section 17-17-25Failure to perform duties as to absentee voting. Any person who shall willfully fail or refuse to perform or discharge any duty required by Chapter 11 shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-26 - Preparation of Absentee Ballot of Person in Comatose or Other Noncommunicative State.

Section 17-17-26Preparation of absentee ballot of person in comatose or other noncommunicative state. Any person who knowingly and willfully prepares or assists in preparing the absentee ballot of a person who is comatose or who otherwise cannot communicate his or her voting preferences for an absentee ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-27 - Failure to Count Legal Vote.

Section 17-17-27Failure to count legal vote. Except as to provisional absentee ballots that have not been verified by seven days after the election, any election official who fails to count a legal vote cast by absentee ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-28 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-28 - Failure to Require Proper Identification; Voting at Multiple or Unauthorized Locations; Liability of Officials.

Section 17-17-28Failure to require proper identification; voting at multiple or unauthorized locations; liability of officials. Any polling official who knowingly fails to require proper identification to verify the name of the prospective voter on the list of qualified voters at the polling place in violation of this section, or who knowingly allows a person to vote who he or she knows is not the person he or she claims to be shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor for each violation.  Any person who knowingly presents false identification in order to vote at a polling place where he or she otherwise would not be qualified to vote, or who knowingly votes at a polling place where he or she has not been authorized to vote, or who knowingly votes at more than one polling place in the same election on the same day shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. Any election or polling official acting in the good faith exercise of his or her duties pursuant to this section, and any county officer, agent, or employee of a county acting in the good faith exercise of his or her duties shall not be civilly or criminally liable as a result of acts or omissions in carrying out the duties required by this section. The immunity from liability granted under this section shall be cumulative and is in addition to the line and scope of employment immunity, discretionary function immunity, and any other immunity from liability to which an individual may be entitled. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-29 - Violation of Requirements for Disposition of Election Records.

Section 17-17-29Violation of requirements for disposition of election records. Any person violating any provision of Section 17-12-12 shall be deemed guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-30 - Failure to Provide Notice in Contested Election.

Section 17-17-30Failure to provide notice in contested election. Any sheriff or constable who fails to give the notices necessary to be served in cases of contested elections, within the time and in the mode prescribed, if practicable for him or her to do so, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-31 - Failure to Provide Notice Under Section 17-15-5.

Section 17-17-31Failure to provide notice under Section 17-15-5. Any judge of probate who fails to give notice of a special election ordered by the Governor, as required by Section 17-15-5, is guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-32 - Failure to Provide Notice Under Section 17-15-6.

Section 17-17-32Failure to provide notice under Section 17-15-6. Any judge of probate who fails to notify the sheriff and clerk of the circuit court that any special election is ordered by the Governor, as required by Section 17-15-6, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-33 - Obstruction, Intimidation, etc., of Voting Rights of Others.

Section 17-17-33Obstruction, intimidation, etc., of voting rights of others. It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct, intimidate, threaten, or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he or she may choose, or for the purpose of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for state or local office or any other proposition at any election. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-34 - Paying, etc., or Accepting Payment for Vote.

Section 17-17-34Paying, etc., or accepting payment for vote.  It shall be unlawful for any person to pay or offer to pay, or for any person to accept such payment, either to vote or withhold his or her vote, or to vote for or against any candidate. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-35 - Violations of Fair Campaign Practices Act.

Section 17-17-35Violations of Fair Campaign Practices Act.  Repealed by Act 2013-311, §3, effective August 1, 2013. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-36 - Unlawful or Fraudulent Voting.

Section 17-17-36Unlawful or fraudulent voting. (a) It shall be unlawful for an individual to vote in this state more than once at any election held in this state, or to vote in both this state and another state or territory in the same or equivalent election, or to attempt to vote when he or she has knowledge that he or she is not entitled to vote, or to commit any kind of unlawful or fraudulent voting. (b)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), a violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor. (2) A second or subsequent violation of this section is a Class C felony. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88; Act 2021-448, §1.)
AL Code § 17-17-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-37 - Illegal Voting at Municipal Elections.

Section 17-17-37Illegal voting at municipal elections. Any person who falsely impersonates another and thereby or otherwise fraudulently casts a vote to which he or she is not entitled, or having voted at a municipal election votes a second time at the same election, whether in the same precinct or another, or having once obtained registration in any precinct, shall register a second time, or attempt to obtain a second registration, whether in the same or another name, or whether in the same or another ward, or shall aid or assist another not so entitled, knowing him or her not to be so entitled, to vote or to obtain registration as a voter, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-38 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-38 - Bribing or Attempting to Influence Voter.

Section 17-17-38Bribing or attempting to influence voter.  Any person who, by bribery or offering to bribe, or by any other corrupt means, attempts to influence any elector in giving his or her vote, deter the elector from giving the same, or disturb or hinder the elector in the free exercise of the right of suffrage, at any election, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-39 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-39 - Buying Votes.

Section 17-17-39Buying votes. Any person who buys or offers to buy any vote of any qualified elector at any election by the payment of money or the promise to pay the same at any future time, or by the gift of intoxicating liquors or other thing of value, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-40 - Selling Votes.

Section 17-17-40Selling votes. Any qualified elector at any election who takes or receives any money or other valuable thing, upon the condition that the same shall be paid at any future time, in exchange for the vote of such elector for any particular candidate, or the promise to vote for any particular candidate, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. No witness shall be prosecuted for any offense under this section as to which he or she testified before the grand jury. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-41 - Candidate Barred by Bribery.

Section 17-17-41Candidate barred by bribery. Any candidate for office in any election, upon conviction of bribing or attempting to influence a voter under Section 17-17-38, shall, in addition to the fine, be declared ineligible for the office to which elected for that term.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-42 - Altering or Changing Vote of Elector.

Section 17-17-42Altering or changing vote of elector. Any person who fraudulently alters or changes the vote of any elector, by which such elector is prevented from voting as intended, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class B misdemeanor.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-43 - Disturbing Elector on Election Day.

Section 17-17-43Disturbing elector on election day. Any person who, on election day, disturbs or prevents, or attempts to prevent, any elector from freely casting a ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-44 - Intimidation of Employee by Employer.

Section 17-17-44Intimidation of employee by employer. Any employer who attempts by coercion, intimidation, threats to discharge, or to lessen the remuneration of an employee, to influence his or her vote in any election, or who requires or demands an examination or inspection by the employer or another of an employee's ballot, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class B misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-45 - Coercion of Employee by Officer, Agent, etc., of Corporation.

Section 17-17-45Coercion of employee by officer, agent, etc., of corporation. Any officer or agent of a corporation, or other person with authority to discharge employees, who shall attempt by coercion, intimidation, threats to discharge, or to lessen the remuneration of any employee, to influence his or her vote in any election, or who requires or demands an examination or inspection by himself or herself or another of any employee's ballot, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class B misdemeanor.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-46 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-46 - Providing False Information to Register to Vote.

Section 17-17-46Providing false information to register to vote. Any person who knowingly provides false information in order to vote or register to vote in violation of Act 2003-313 shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-47 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-47 - Assessment of Unauthorized Fees Against Candidate.

Section 17-17-47Assessment of unauthorized fees against candidate. Any person who, as a condition for standing for nomination to any office in a primary election, shall assess or cause to be assessed a fee by any committee or other governing body of any political party in this state in excess of that allowed by law shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-48 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-48 - Unauthorized Assistance to Voter in Preparation of Ballot.

Section 17-17-48Unauthorized assistance to voter in preparation of ballot. Any person who assists a voter in preparing his or her ballot to be voted at a primary election, except as authorized under Chapter 13, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-49 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-49 - Failure of Returning Office to Return Ballots and Election Supplies.

Section 17-17-49Failure of returning office to return ballots and election supplies. Any precinct returning officer failing to perform the duties of returning ballots and election supplies to the returning officer of the county shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-50 - Holding, Participating In, etc., Illegal Meetings for Purpose of Nominating Candidates or Selecting Delegates to Convention.

Section 17-17-50Holding, participating in, etc., illegal meetings for purpose of nominating candidates or selecting delegates to convention. Any person or persons who shall hold, attend, or participate in the holding of any meeting for the purpose of nominating a candidate or candidates for public office, to be voted for at any general election in Alabama, or for the purpose of electing delegates or other representatives to any convention which may select such candidates for public office, at any time or place other than as provided for in Chapter 13, or who shall otherwise violate the laws of this state regulating mass meetings or beat meetings, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor.  This section shall not apply where a special election is called for the election of a public officer for which the party has no candidate or where, by death, resignation, or otherwise, a vacancy has occurred in any nomination made by such party. This shall not apply to municipal elections.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-51 - Intoxication at Polling Place.

Section 17-17-51Intoxication at polling place. Any person found drunk or intoxicated about any polling place during any primary election shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-52 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-52 - False or Fraudulent Returns.

Section 17-17-52False or fraudulent returns. Any person who makes a false or fraudulent return of the result of any primary election, or who falsely or fraudulently changes the votes, ballots, figures, or results of any election shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
AL Code § 17-17-53 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.|Section 17-17-53 - Opening Poll List.

Section 17-17-53Opening poll list. Any person who opens any envelope containing the poll list of any voting place, except in case of a contest, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor.  (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)