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AL Code § 17-8-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 8 - Election Officers.|Section 17-8-12 - Compensation of Election Officials.

Section 17-8-12Compensation of election officials. (a) The inspector and clerks shall each be entitled to base compensation of fifty dollars ($50). The compensation of the election officials shall be paid as preferred claims, out of monies in the county treasury not appropriated, on proper proof of service rendered. In all counties in which the compensation of precinct election officials is prescribed by local law or general law of local application at an amount in excess of the amount prescribed, the compensation of the precinct election officials shall not be decreased under this section and the county commission may increase the compensation so prescribed. In those counties in which compensation of precinct election officials is set at an amount in excess of five dollars ($5) per day, but less than fifty dollars ($50) per day, the provision of the local law or general law of local application relative thereto is superseded and the compensation prescribed herein shall be the total compensation of precinct election officials in the counties. (b) In addition to the compensation provided in subsection (a), each clerk shall be entitled to supplemental compensation paid by the state to ensure that the total compensation paid to each shall be in an amount of at least seventy-five dollars ($75) per day, and each inspector shall be entitled to supplemental compensation paid by the state in an amount that ensures that the total compensation of an inspector is at least one hundred dollars ($100) per day. Upon completion of a local election school or being certified as a qualified precinct election official by the judge of probate, or both, each clerk and inspector shall be entitled to receive an additional twenty-five dollars ($25) per day in compensation from the state. The increase provided for in this subsection shall not increase or decrease any salary supplement paid under a local law which is in effect on October 1, 2005. This subsection shall only apply to those statewide elections for which county expenses are reimbursed by the state as defined in Chapter 16. This subsection shall not apply to special county or other elections held at any time other than at the time of holding statewide elections. (Code 1876, §290; Code 1886, §386; Code 1896, §1643; Code 1907, §419; Code 1923, §509; Code 1940, T. 17, §198; Acts 1943, No. 311, p. 299; Acts 1947, No. 127, p. 38; Acts 1970, Ex. Sess., No. 30, p. 2652; Acts 1981, No. 81-674, p. 1099; Acts 1993, No. 93-639, p. 1095, §1; Act 2000-671, p. 1338, §1; Act 2006-327, p. 705, §1; §17-6-13; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §41; Act 2021-377, §1.)
AL Code § 17-8-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 8 - Election Officers.|Section 17-8-13 - Certain Election Officials Excused From Employment to Perform Election Duties.

Section 17-8-13Certain election officials excused from employment to perform election duties. (a) All laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any precinct election official appointed pursuant to Section 17-8-1 shall be excused from his or her employment without penalty of loss of time for election day only in order to perform the duties of the position to which he or she has been appointed. Proper documentation of the appointment and the dates of the required service shall be furnished to the employer by the appointee at least seven days before the expected absence from his or her employment. (b) This section shall not apply to any employee working for an employer with 25 or fewer employees or require an employer to compensate an employee while performing the duties as prescribed in subsection (a). (Act 2001-1130, 4th Sp. Sess., p. 1210, §§1, 2; Act 2002-412, p. 1038, §§1, 2; §17-6-17; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §41.)
AL Code § 17-8-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 8 - Election Officers.|Section 17-8-14 - Student Interns.

Section 17-8-14Student interns. (a) The judge of probate in each county may appoint not more than two students for each precinct to serve as unpaid student interns during elections. To be appointed a student intern, a student must meet all of the following qualifications: (1) Be recommended by a principal or other school official, or by the individual responsible for the student's home instruction program. (2) Be at least 16 years of age at the time of the election for which the appointment is made. (3) Be a resident of the county or municipality for which the appointment is made. (4) Be enrolled in a public high school, an accredited private high school, or a home instruction program and be classified as a junior or senior or the equivalent, or be enrolled in a two-year or four-year institution of higher education. (b) The duties of the student interns appointed pursuant to this section shall be determined by the officials in charge of the election in the county or municipality; provided, however, the duties may not include either of the following: (1) Determining the qualifications of a voter in the event a voter is challenged. (2) The operation and maintenance of any voting equipment. (c) Student interns shall at all times be under the supervision of the poll managers of the election while performing their duties at precincts. (d) Before performing any duties, student interns shall attend all required training for precinct election officials of the county or municipality and any additional training considered necessary by the officials in charge of the election in the county or municipality. (e) A student intern who works four or more hours in a day during school hours on the day of an election or any day of training shall be entitled to an excused absence from school for purposes of Chapter 28 of Title 16. (Act 2019-476, §1; Act 2021-377, §1.)
AL Code § 17-10-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 10 - Provisional Voting; Challenge of Voters.|Section 17-10-1 - Voter Identification Requirements.

Section 17-10-1Voter identification requirements. (a) Each person who registers to vote by mail shall provide identification prior to the first time they vote in an election containing a federal office on the ballot and as otherwise required by Section 17-9-30.  (b) Voters who are voting by absentee ballot shall submit with the absentee ballot application a copy of one of the forms of identification listed in Section 17-9-30. An absentee ballot shall not be issued unless the required identification is submitted with the absentee ballot application except as provided in subsection (c). (c) If an individual required to present identification in accordance with this section is unable to meet the identification requirements of this section, the ballot cast is a provisional ballot. (Act 2003-313, p. 733, §4; §17-10A-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §50; Act 2019-507, §1.)
AL Code § 17-10-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 10 - Provisional Voting; Challenge of Voters.|Section 17-10-3 - Voting in Precinct, etc., Where Elector's Name Does Not Appear on Official List.

Section 17-10-3Voting in precinct, etc., where elector's name does not appear on official list. It shall be unlawful for any elector to cast his or her ballot during any general election, primary election, municipal election or special election in any precinct, any district, any ward, or any other subdivision where his or her name does not duly appear upon the official list of the precinct, district, ward, or subdivision. All ballots cast in any election contrary to this section are hereby declared illegal and, upon a contest duly instituted, the ballots shall be excluded in determining the final result of any election; provided, that nothing in this section shall prevent any qualified elector residing in the precinct, ward, or voting district from voting after presenting a proper certificate from the board of registrars, or from voting a provisional ballot or a provisional ballot in municipal elections when his or her name does not duly appear upon the official list of the precinct, district, ward, or subdivision. (Acts 1947, No. 482, p. 331, §2; Code 1975, §17-4-18; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §23; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-4-127; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §50.)
AL Code § 17-12-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 12 - Canvassing Returns/declaring Results.|Section 17-12-1 - Conclusion of Voting; Locking of Equipment; Certificates of Result.

Section 17-12-1Conclusion of voting; locking of equipment; certificates of result. When the time arrives for closing the polls, all qualified voters, who are then waiting within the voting room to vote, shall be permitted by the election officers to do so.  After closing the polls and sealing the required records, the precinct election officials shall follow the manufacturer's instructions to lock the equipment against further voting and to obtain a printout of the votes on each office and question. The first printout shall be torn from the equipment so that all printing during the day, from the initial test before the polls opened through the first printout of results, shall be on one continuous sheet or roll of paper. Then, four other printouts of the results shall be produced and torn out. To each certificate shall be added, if it is not automatically printed, the following information: (1) The name of the voting place. (2) The date. (3) The identifying number (serial number) of the tabulating equipment. (4) The value of the public counter (indicating the number of votes cast). (5) The name of each candidate next to the total number of votes cast for that candidate. (6) The number and short title of each proposition next to the number of votes for and against that proposition. (7) In general elections only, the number of write-in votes cast in each race on the ballot. All precinct election officials shall sign each certificate of result. (Acts 1939, No. 292, p. 443; Code 1940, T. 17, §112; Act 2006-281, p. 496, §1; §17-9-33; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §54; Act 2016-450, 1st Sp. Sess., §1.)
AL Code § 17-12-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 12 - Canvassing Returns/declaring Results.|Section 17-12-2 - Statements of Results.

Section 17-12-2Statements of results. The authority charged with the holding of an election or primary election shall cause to be prepared a statement of results on a form to be designated by the Secretary of State. The statement of results shall conform with the type of electronic voting machine to be used, and the designating number and letter, if the construction of the electronic voting machine is such as to require a designating number and letter, of each candidate (or proposition) shall be printed next to the candidate's name on the statement of results. The statements of results shall be preserved by the judge of probate for use in the event of contests.  (Acts 1939, No. 292, p. 443; Code 1940, T. 17, §113; §17-9-34; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §54.)
AL Code § 17-12-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 12 - Canvassing Returns/declaring Results.|Section 17-12-4 - Procedures Upon Malfunction of Equipment.

Section 17-12-4Procedures upon malfunction of equipment.  If a precinct ballot counter malfunctions, the polls shall remain open and voters shall deposit their ballots in a ballot box or other suitable container. The inspector shall notify the custodian, who shall maintain a public list of all voting places in which equipment failure has occurred. After the polls close, the ballot box shall be opened and the ballots counted either by hand, as described in Sections 17-12-2 and 17-12-6, or by feeding the ballots into an operable hand precinct ballot counter. Poll watchers of opposing interests and members of the media, if any are present, shall be permitted to witness this process. Where precinct counting equipment is programmed to return ballots containing over-votes, any such ballot returned during a post-election count must be counted by hand following the rules for ballots. The results of this hand count shall be added to the certificate of results, and the ballots shall be bound separately and returned with the other ballots. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §55.)
AL Code § 17-12-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 12 - Canvassing Returns/declaring Results.|Section 17-12-5 - Retest of Equipment.

Section 17-12-5Retest of equipment. The judge of probate may order a post-election retest of any precinct ballot counter or memory pack tabulator using the same procedures prescribed for the pre-election test. If the retest shows a malfunction or error in the equipment or its program, the judge of probate shall order a recount at county expense. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §55.)
AL Code § 17-12-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 12 - Canvassing Returns/declaring Results.|Section 17-12-6 - Counting Upon Close of Polls.

Section 17-12-6Counting upon close of polls. Inspectors of elections in the voting places shall, immediately on the closing of the polls, count the votes polled, and no votes shall be counted until the polls are closed. (Code 1876, §285; Code 1886, §381; Code 1896, §1637; Code 1907, §413; Code 1923, §503; Code 1940, T. 17, §192; §17-13-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §56.)
AL Code § 17-12-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 12 - Canvassing Returns/declaring Results.|Section 17-12-7 - Preservation of Ballots by Sheriff.

Section 17-12-7Preservation of ballots by sheriff. When no federal elections are on the ballot, the sheriff shall keep the ballots six months in the voted ballot box, without opening or unsealing the voted ballot box, and thereafter destroy the ballots unless within six months the sheriff having them in custody is notified that the election of some officer for which the election was held will be contested, in which case the sheriff must preserve the box containing the ballots cast for such contestant until such contest is finally determined or until such box is demanded by some legally constituted custodian during such contest. (Code 1907, §417; Code 1923, §507; Code 1940, T. 17, §196; §17-13-5; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §56.)
AL Code § 17-12-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 12 - Canvassing Returns/declaring Results.|Section 17-12-8 - Count of Votes to Be Sealed, Certified, and Delivered to Sheriff; Public Inspection of Results.

Section 17-12-8Count of votes to be sealed, certified, and delivered to sheriff; public inspection of results. As soon as the ballots are counted, the inspectors shall ascertain the number of votes received for each person and for what office and shall make a statement of the same in writing, which statement shall be signed by them. They shall also certify in writing on both the clerk's poll list and the voters' poll list, that the poll list is the poll list of the voting places at which they were inspectors, the day and year on which the election was held, and for what offices, which certificates shall be signed by them. The clerk's poll list, as sealed and certified, shall be placed in the records of election containers to be furnished for each voting place. The record of election containers shall be securely sealed and delivered by the precinct returning officer to the sheriff as county returning officer. No later than two hours after the polls are closed, the voting place election results as tabulated by the inspectors shall be posted by the inspectors for public inspection at a place in the county courthouse designated by the judge of probate. The statement of votes and the poll list delivered to the returning officer of the precinct shall be delivered to the returning officer of the county within two hours of departing the precinct. (Code 1876, §§287, 289, 4283; Code 1886, §§383, 385, 4182; Code 1896, §§1639, 1641, 4689; Code 1907, §§415, 418, 6786; Code 1923, §§505, 508, 3904; Code 1940, T. 17, §§194, 197, 300; Acts 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 96-880, p. 1694, §1; Act 2003-339, p. 846, §2; §17-13-6; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §56.)
AL Code § 17-12-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 12 - Canvassing Returns/declaring Results.|Section 17-12-9 - Delivery of Certificates to Judge of Probate; Forwarding to Secretary of State.

Section 17-12-9Delivery of certificates to judge of probate; forwarding to Secretary of State. The canvassing board must, as soon as they have ascertained the result of an election, make on forms furnished by the Secretary of State certificates stating the exact number of votes cast in the county by voting place for each person voted for and the office for which such person was voted for, and file the certificates with the judge of probate who must immediately forward such certificate to the Secretary of State. (Code 1876, §292; Code 1886, §389; Code 1896, §1646; Code 1907, §435; Code 1923, §525; Code 1949, T. 17, §209; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-908, p. 482, §1; §17-13-7; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, §56.)
AL Code § 17-12-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 12 - Canvassing Returns/declaring Results.|Section 17-12-10 - Posting of Certificate of Result.

Section 17-12-10Posting of certificate of result. Immediately after the election the inspectors shall post in front of the polling place a copy of their certificate of the result of the election. (Code 1907, §355; Code 1923, §445; Code 1940, T. 17, §128; §17-13-8; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §56.)
AL Code § 17-12-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 12 - Canvassing Returns/declaring Results.|Section 17-12-11 - Returns of Election - How Made; Duty of Judge of Probate.

Section 17-12-11Returns of election - How made; duty of judge of probate. One copy of the certificate of the result of the election shall be signed by the inspector and enclosed in an envelope, which shall then be securely sealed, and the inspector shall write his or her name across every fold at which the envelope, if unfastened, could be opened. The envelope, with certificate enclosed, shall be at once delivered to the judge of probate in the condition received. The judge of probate shall keep and preserve the same unopened until the canvassing board meets to ascertain the result of the election. In case of loss, mutilation, or absence of the original certificate of the result of the election by the inspectors of any voting place, the envelope shall be opened, and the copy therein shall be accepted as a certificate of the result of the election for that voting place. The judge of probate shall preserve a copy of the sealed election returns as a public record at least one year from the date of the election. (Code 1907, §366; Code 1923, §456; Code 1940, T. 17, §139; §17-13-10; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §56.)
AL Code § 17-12-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 12 - Canvassing Returns/declaring Results.|Section 17-12-12 - Returns of Election - Sealing, Delivery, and Disposition of Records.

Section 17-12-12Returns of election - Sealing, delivery, and disposition of records. After completing and signing the certificate of result, the election officials shall seal the ballots, certificates, and other records as follows: (1) Where precinct ballot counters are used: a. The list of registered voters shall be delivered to the judge of probate for transmittal to the board of registrars for use by the board of registrars in updating their records. b. The ballot accounting certificate and the first copy of the certificates of result shall be placed in an envelope addressed to the judge of probate who shall keep them for public inspection or election contest, or both. c. All voted ballots shall be placed in a voted ballot box and sealed. All spoiled ballots, unused ballots, and ballot stubs, one copy of the certificate of results, and the clerk's poll list (already sealed in a separate envelope) shall be placed in the records of election container which shall be sealed and signed by all election officials. The inspector shall deliver the sealed memory pack to the judge of probate. d. Each envelope or container shall be sealed and signed across the seal by the inspectors. On the outside of each envelope the inspectors shall record the voting place and date of the election. The envelopes or containers shall remain unopened and be returned by the inspector immediately in the manner provided by law. e. The State Records Commission shall develop and keep current a schedule for the retention and disposition of election records for the guidance of the officials to whom these records are sent. (2) In primary elections, the ballots, certificates, and other records shall be distributed as required in general elections except there shall be one canvassing envelope for each party participating in the primary, and the voters' poll list of each party shall be delivered to the county executive committee of that party to be retained unopened for use in the event of a contest. (Acts 1971, No. 1725, p. 2887, §§1, 2; §17-13-11; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §56.)
AL Code § 17-12-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 12 - Canvassing Returns/declaring Results.|Section 17-12-13 - Procedure; Improperly Marked Ballots.

Section 17-12-13Procedure; improperly marked ballots. Except where precinct ballot counters are used in counting the ballots, the inspector must take the ballots, one by one, from the box in which they have been deposited, at the same time reading aloud the names of the persons voted for and the office for which such persons are voted for; the inspector must separately keep a calculation of the number of votes each person receives and for what office he or she receives them; if the elector has marked more names than there are persons to be elected to an office, or if for any reason it is impossible to determine the elector's choice for any office to be filled, the ballot shall not be counted for such office, but this shall not vitiate the ballot so far as properly marked, nor shall any ballot be rejected for any technical error which does not make it impossible to determine the elector's choice, and nothing in the election law shall be construed so as to prevent any elector from voting for any qualified person other than those whose names are printed on the ballot. (Code 1852, §222; Code 1867, §264; Code 1876, §286; Code 1886, §382; Code 1896, §1638; Code 1907, §414; Code 1923, §504; Code 1940, T. 17, §193; §17-13-2; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §56.)
AL Code § 17-12-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 12 - Canvassing Returns/declaring Results.|Section 17-12-14 - Ballots to Be Counted, Labeled, Sealed, and Delivered to Returning Officer.

Section 17-12-14Ballots to be counted, labeled, sealed, and delivered to returning officer. Except where precinct ballot counters are used, the inspectors must count the ballots deposited in the box, and as soon as all the ballots contained in the box are counted, the inspectors shall roll up the ballots so counted and label the same so as to show for what officer or officers the ballots contained therein were received, and, when so rolled up and labeled, shall be securely sealed; the rejected ballots, if any, shall also be rolled up and labeled as rejected ballots and sealed up as the other parcels; and the packages so sealed up and labeled, together with one poll list, shall also be securely sealed up, shall be returned to and securely fastened up in the box from which such ballots were taken and counted and which shall also be securely sealed and labeled so as to show the nature of its contents and shall be delivered to the sheriff. (Code 1876, §288; Code 1886, §384; Code 1896, §1640; Code 1907, §416; Code 1923, §506; Code 1940, T. 17, §195; §17-13-4; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §56.)