Alabama Administrative Code › Title 820 - STATE OF ALABAMA OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE › Chapter 820-2-2 - VOTER REGISTRATION › Section 820-2-2-.12 - Processing Voter Registration Forms

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Voter registration forms submitted at a
			 voter registration agency pursuant to Section
			 17-4-60,
			 paragraphs (b), (d), (e), and (f),
Code of Ala. 1975
,
			 not later than the official close of registration shall be processed by the
			 Boards of Registrars in the same manner as voter registration forms received by
			 the Boards of Registrars not later than the official close of
			 registration.
(2) Voter
			 registration forms received through the mail pursuant to Section
			 17-4-60,
			 paragraph (c),
Code of Ala. 1975
, and postmarked not
			 later than the official close of registration shall be processed by the Boards
			 of Registrars in the same manner as voter registration forms received by the
			 Boards of Registrars not later than the official close of
			 registration.
(3) Voter
			 registration forms received through the mail pursuant to Section
			 17-4-60,
			 paragraph (c),
Code of Ala. 1975
, not later than three
			 (3) days after the official close of registration with no postmark or an
			 unreadable postmark shall be processed in the same manner as voter registration
			 forms received by the Boards of Registrars not later than the official close of
			 registration.
(4)
(a) When a voter registration form is
			 received by the county board of registrars, the registrars shall examine the
			 form to determine whether it has been completed in its entirety. If the form
			 does not contain all of the information needed to complete the voter
			 registration process, the registrars shall attempt to contact the applicant to
			 inform such person that his or her voter registration form is incomplete if the
			 application contains a means of contacting the applicant, such as an address,
			 telephone number, email address, or other contact information.
(b)
1. The
			 minimum age at which a citizen may submit a voter registration form to the
			 board of registrars ("board") is seventeen and one-half (171/2) years. Any
			 applications that are received before the applicant has reached the age of
			 eighteen years shall be placed in the suspense file of the statewide voter
			 registration system by the applicable board until the applicant has reached the
			 age of eighteen years, at which time the applicant shall be placed in the
			 active voter file if he or she meets all other eligibility requirements for
			 voter registration.
2. If a board
			 of registrars ("board") receives a voter registration form from an applicant
			 who is not seventeen and one-half (171/2) years old at the time the application
			 is received, the board shall reject the application, but the board shall keep
			 the application as a permanent record. The board shall not enter the applicant
			 in the suspense file of the statewide voter registration system. The board
			 shall notify the applicant in writing that he or she has not attained the
			 minimum age for processing the application and further notify the applicant
			 that once the applicant has reached the minimum age of seventeen and one-half
			 (171/2) years, he or she may file a new voter registration application with the
			 board. The applicant shall also be notified that after the submission of a new
			 application upon attaining the age of at least 171/2 years, his or her voter
			 registration will become active once he or she has reached the age of eighteen
			 years if he or she meets all other eligibility requirements for voter
			 registration.