Title 17

There is created the Alabama Electronic Voting Committee which shall consist of five members. The committee shall consist of a representative appointed by the Secretary of State, a representative appointed by the Attorney General, and one judge of probate who shall be recommended…

(a) The committee shall ensure the examination and certification of electronic vote counting systems by publicly examining all makes of electronic vote counting systems submitted and certifying whether the systems comply with the requirements of this section. (b) The committee sh…

Examinations shall be conducted and a report of certification or rejection issued within 90 days following request by vendor or company. (Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-200, p. 374, §6; §17-24-6; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §39.)

(a) It shall be the duty of the committee to recommend procedures to be implemented by the Secretary of State under the Administrative Procedure Act where appropriate to achieve and maintain the maximum degree of correctness and impartiality of voting, counting, tabulating, and r…

The authority of the Alabama Electronic Voting Committee relative to voting equipment shall be limited to the electronic vote counting equipment authorized under the provisions of this article and such committee shall have no authority to examine, approve, disapprove, or otherwis…

The Secretary of State may implement a uniform system of electronic voting in any county participating in the pilot project for establishing a uniform system of electronic voting provided for in Act 91-562. The Secretary of State may provide through the pilot project for the admi…

Any county participating in the pilot project may be eligible to receive funding from the state for 50 percent of the costs to lease purchase an electronic voting system for a period of not to exceed eight years from funds appropriated for election purposes which may accrue from …

After the establishment of the uniform system of electronic voting through the implementation of the pilot project, the Secretary of State may provide for the orderly acceptance of counties requesting to participate in the state uniform system. The Secretary of State may establis…

All warrants and certificates issued pursuant to this article shall evidence general obligation indebtedness of the county by which they are issued, and the full faith and credit of the county shall be irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal thereof and interest ther…

The county commission of the county issuing any warrants or certificates pursuant to this article may pledge and use or cause to be used, for the payment of the principal of and interest on such warrants and certificates, so much as may be necessary for such purpose of the genera…

Each such county may in like manner from time to time issue refunding warrants and certificates, either by sale or by exchange, for the purpose of refunding a like or greater principal amount of warrants and certificates then outstanding which were issued under the provisions of …

Insofar as the provisions of this section and Sections 17-7-2 through 17-7-5 and Section 17-7-7 may be inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this section and Sections 17-7-2 through 17-7-5 and Section 17-7-7 shall control, it being hereby specifical…

The provisions of this section and Sections 17-7-2 through 17-7-6 shall apply to each county in this state in which electronic voting machines may now or hereafter be authorized or required to be used in the conduct of elections in such county. (Acts 1959, No. 603, p. 1492, §1; §…