SB160 Alabama 2010 Session

This bill would further provide for municipal elections. This bill would further provide for the affidavit relating to the statement of candidacy by candidates for municipal offices; would further provide for the appointment of election officers; would delete provisions relating to the voting of challenged ballots and certain offenses related thereto; would provide for the voting of provisional ballots if a person's name is not on the voter list used at an election; would further provide for recount procedures; would further provide for the canvassing of returns; would provide that the municipal clerk would perform duties related to absentee ballots and delete references to registers; would provide that procedures relative to electronic vote counting systems would apply to municipal elections, if practicable; and would delete certain references to municipal elections held separate from primary or general elections

Relating to municipal elections; to amend Sections 11-46-25, 11-46-27, 11-46-39, 11-46-44, 11-46-45, 11-46-46, 11-46-50, 11-46-55.1, 11-46-55, 11-46-57, 11-46-58, and 11-46-67, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide for the affidavit relating to the statement of candidacy by candidates for municipal office; to further provide for the appointment of election officers; to delete the provisions relating to the voting of challenged ballots and certain offenses related to thereto; to provide for the voting of provisional ballots of a person's name is not on the voter list used at an election; to further provide for recount procedures; to provide for the canvassing of returns; to provide that the town or city clerk would perform duties relating to absentee ballots and to delete references to registers; to amend Sections 17-7-25, 17-11-14, and 17-11-15, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to elections, to provide that procedures relating to electronic vote counting systems would apply to municipal elections if practicable and to delete certain references to municipal elections held separate from primary or general elections.