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2006 Alabama Code - Chapter 4 — REGISTRATION.
Article 1 General Provisions.
Article 2 Boards of Registrars.
Article 3 Purging of Registration Lists.
Article 4 Registration of Absentee Electors.
Article 5 General Provisions.
- Section 17-4-120 — Registration deadline.
- Section 17-4-121 — Certificate of registration.
- Section 17-4-122 — Examination and oath of applicants to register; applications not public records; political parties may obtain voter registration information.
- Section 17-4-123 — Refusal of registration - Authorized; notice required.
- Section 17-4-124 — Refusal of registration - Appeal.
- Section 17-4-125 — Registration required only once; exceptions.
- Section 17-4-126 — Forms and notices.
- Section 17-4-127 — Voting in precinct, etc., where elector's name does not appear on official list.
- Section 17-4-128 — Voters in territory transferred to another county.
- Section 17-4-129 — Lists of registered voters to be published.
- Section 17-4-130 — State voter registration lists.
- Section 17-4-131 — Information of deaths, incompetency and convictions to be furnished to boards of registrars.
- Section 17-4-132 — Purgation of registration lists; transfer of names to precinct to which elector has moved; failure to perform duties.
- Section 17-4-133 — Reason for striking elector's name from registration list required to be recorded.
- Section 17-4-134 — Electors temporarily out of the county may register.
- Section 17-4-135 — Notice of previous registration to be given.
- Section 17-4-136 — Promulgation of rules for registration applications.
- Section 17-4-137 — Secretary of State to furnish forms and supplies to boards of registrars.
- Section 17-4-138 — Clerical assistance for judge of probate and board of registrars.
- Section 17-4-139 — Unlawful registration.
Article 6 Boards of Registrars.
- Section 17-4-150 — Qualifications and appointment of registrars; chairman.
- Section 17-4-151 — Terms of office; removal from office.
- Section 17-4-152 — Filling of vacancies.
- Section 17-4-153 — Compensation and allowances for registrars; treatment as state employees; reduction of county supplement upon implementation of 1994 act barred.
- Section 17-4-154 — Oath of office; registrars designated as judicial officers.
- Section 17-4-155 — Quorum.
- Section 17-4-156 — Sessions of boards; working days of registrars; special registration sessions.
- Section 17-4-157 — Time and place of meeting in counties with two or more courthouses.
- Section 17-4-158 — Deputy registrars.
- Section 17-4-159 — Expenditure of county funds for supplies, office space, etc.; clerical personnel of boards.
- Section 17-4-160 — Duty to visit four-year colleges and universities for purpose of registering voters.
Article 7 Purging of Registration Lists.
- Section 17-4-180 — County board of registrars to purge disqualified electors.
- Section 17-4-181 — Board of registrars to meet in August to purge lists.
- Section 17-4-182 — Electors to reidentify themselves; notice of reidentification; when eligible by mail.
- Section 17-4-183 — Publication of names to be struck from list.
- Section 17-4-184 — Only electors disqualified or not reidentified to be removed.
- Section 17-4-185 — Records to show reason for striking elector from list; removal for failure to reidentify not permanent disqualification.
- Section 17-4-186 — Procedure for having name restored to list of qualified electors; limitation of provisions.
- Section 17-4-187 — Permanent list of qualified electors.
- Section 17-4-188 — Per diem for board members; appointments to fill board vacancies.
- Section 17-4-189 — Appointment of deputy registrars; terms, duties, compensation, etc.
- Section 17-4-190 — County commission to furnish board of registrars with supplies, equipment, etc.
- Section 17-4-191 — Penalties for making false statements to board, etc.
- Section 17-4-200 — County boards of registrars to use process; exceptions; publication of registered voters' names.
- Section 17-4-201 — When maintenance activities to be conducted; notice to registered voters; updating voter list; suspense file; names removed from voter list.
- Section 17-4-202 — State to reimburse county commissions certain costs associated with process.
- Section 17-4-203 — Judge of probate to have access to current list of registered voters; no state entities to pay costs for access to list.
- Section 17-4-204 — Construction with Division 1.
Article 8 Statewide Voter Registration File, Voter Registration Advisory Board, and Director of Voter Registration.
- Section 17-4-210 — Computerized statewide voter registration list; State Voter Registration Advisory Board.
- Section 17-4-211 — Supervisor of Voter Registration.
- Section 17-4-212 — Information to be provided by state departments or agencies.
- Section 17-4-213 — Inactive voter list; voter reidentification.
- Section 17-4-214 — Duties of boards of registrars; voter registration identification number.
- Section 17-4-215 — Applicability of Article 7 to registration, reidentification and purging of voters.
Article 9 Disposition of Records and Forms After Election.
- Section 17-4-230 — Definitions.
- Section 17-4-231 — Disposition of records and forms after close of polls.
Article 10 State Implementation of National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
- Section 17-4-250 — Implementation of federal acts.
- Section 17-4-251 — Additional personnel.
- Section 17-4-252 — Dissemination of information on voter registration.
- Section 17-4-253 — Maintenance of state voter registration list.
- Section 17-4-254 — Voter Registration Fund.
- Section 17-4-255 — Rules. forms, and instructions; inter-agency agreements.
- Section 17-4-256 — Penalties.
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