HB193 Alabama 2022 Session

Under existing law, it is unlawful for a person to pay, or for any elector to accept payment, either to vote or withhold his or her vote

This bill would prohibit any person from paying or offering to pay an individual to obtain, deliver, or assist in completing another voter's absentee ballot

This bill would also prohibit a person from accepting payment from another person for obtaining, delivering, or assisting in completing another voter's absentee ballot

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

Relating to elections; to prohibit a person from paying or offering to pay an individual to obtain, deliver, or assist in completing another voter's absentee ballot; to prohibit a person from accepting payment from a person to obtain, deliver, or assist in completing another voter's absentee ballot; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended by Amendment 890, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.