HB131 Alabama 2022 Session

Under existing law, the judge of probate of each county is required to publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county a list of all registered voters in the county prior to each primary election

This bill would amend Section 17-4-1 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to require the list of registered voters to be published prior to each primary election by the judge of probate on a public notice website established by the Secretary of State, unless the county commission opts out of this method of publication. This bill would provide the method by which a county commission may opt out of the public notice website

This bill would require the Secretary of State to establish and operate a public notice website on which voter lists may be published

This bill would authorize the Secretary of State to charge a fee to cover the cost of publication. There would be no fee charged to the public for usage of the public notice website

Also under existing law, the clerk of each municipality is required to create a list of registered voters within the municipality prior to each municipal election

This bill would authorize a municipal clerk to publish the list of qualified voters for each municipal election on the public notice website

Relating to elections and the publication of lists of registered voters prior to elections; to amend Section 17-4-1, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize judges of probate to provide for the electronic publication of lists of registered voters on a public notice website operated by the Secretary of State; to provide for fees for publication and to provide that no fee shall be charged for access to the list on the website by the public; to allow a county commission to opt out of Internet publication of lists of registered voters under certain conditions; and to amend Section 11-46-36, Code of Alabama 1975, to authorize municipalities to electronically publish a list of registered voters prior to a municipal election.