Title 17

Each party shall have the right to be present at the taking of any evidence, in person or by agent or attorney. (Code 1896, §1681; Code 1907, §487; Code 1923, §577; Code 1940, T. 17, §263; §17-15-59; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §83.)

It shall be the duty of the commission to examine the evidence adduced upon the contest, and shall report its conclusions to the joint convention of the two houses, and all evidence taken under the provisions of this article shall be returned by the commission to the Speaker of t…

The witnesses shall be allowed for their attendance one dollar ($1) a day and three cents ($.03) a mile coming and going by the route most usually traveled, from their place of residence to where such depositions are taken. (Code 1896, §1683; Code 1907, §489; Code 1923, §579; Cod…

The sheriffs of Alabama in their respective counties are required to serve subpoenas and such other writs as the commission may have authority to issue, and shall be allowed the same compensation as is now allowed by law for similar services performed at the command of the courts…

After the determination of the contest, the Clerk of the House of Representatives must tax the costs accrued and certify the amount of each separate item, the name of the person entitled thereto, and the result of such contest and the names of the sureties on the bond for contest…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Post-Election Audit Act. (b)(1) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the judge of probate of each county shall order a post-election audit after each countywide and statewide general election of all ballots…

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Voter Confidence Act. (b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Secretary of State may conduct a limited post-election audit of the November 8, 2022, statewide general election, as provided in this subse…

An elector must not be arrested during attendance at elections, or while going to or returning therefrom, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace or for a violation on that day of any of the provisions of the election law. For such breach of the peace the sheriff or th…

Any judge of probate who shall fail to certify to the clerk of the circuit court the fact of the candidacy of the judge of probate, the clerk of the circuit court, or the sheriff, thus rendering them ineligible to serve as members of the appointing board of election managers, in …

Any inspector or clerk appointed by the county appointing board who fails to attend an election without a lawful excuse shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any election official or watcher who drinks any intoxicating liquor while any election is being held, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any person who suppresses any nomination which has been duly filed pursuant to Section 17-9-3, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any person voting at any county or state election who has not registered and taken and subscribed to the registration oath shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class B misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any person who willfully and intentionally signs on the poll list the name of any person other than himself or herself, including any signing by mark, in violation of Section 17-9-11, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any election officer or any other person who makes a copy of the signed voter poll list or any memoranda therefrom or list of the persons voting, or discloses the number of such voter’s ballot, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §8…

Any person who loiters in, around, or about a polling place on election day for the purpose of discouraging qualified electors from entering the voting place, or from voting, or whoever having voted enters or stands in a line or file of voters waiting to vote, shall be guilty, up…

Any inspector, clerk, or other person who discloses how any elector voted shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any inspector, helper, or assistant who willfully deceives any elector in preparing his or her ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any sheriff or deputy who wilfully or corruptly fails to perform any duty imposed by Section 17-9-1 shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony, and, upon conviction, the office of such sheriff is thereby vacated. (Code 1876, §§281, 4282; Code 1886, §§377, 4181; Code 18…

Any inspector who willfully fails or refuses to advise any elector, entitled thereto, that he or she is entitled to an assistant, or refuses to let the elector select an assistant as required by law, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 13…

Any elector who takes or removes, or attempts to take or remove, any ballot from the polling place before the close of the polls; or any person who interferes with any elector when inside the polling place or when marking the ballot, or unduly influences, or attempts to unduly in…

An official who refuses to allow any poll watcher to exercise his or her rights as a watcher, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any election officer or other person, who shall tamper with, injure, or attempt to injure any electronic voting machine to be used or being used in an election, or who shall willfully misuse any such machine, or who shall prevent or attempt to prevent the correct operation of suc…

(a) Any person who willfully changes an absentee voter’s ballot to the extent that it does not reflect the voter’s true ballot, any person who willfully votes more than once by absentee ballot in the same election, any person who willfully votes for another voter or falsifies abs…

Any person who shall willfully fail or refuse to perform or discharge any duty required by Chapter 11 shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any person who knowingly and willfully prepares or assists in preparing the absentee ballot of a person who is comatose or who otherwise cannot communicate his or her voting preferences for an absentee ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. (Act 2006-570, p…

Except as to provisional absentee ballots that have not been verified by seven days after the election, any election official who fails to count a legal vote cast by absentee ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any polling official who knowingly fails to require proper identification to verify the name of the prospective voter on the list of qualified voters at the polling place in violation of this section, or who knowingly allows a person to vote who he or she knows is not the person …

Any person violating any provision of Section 17-12-12 shall be deemed guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any election official who wilfully and knowingly neglects, fails, or refuses to perform any of the duties prescribed in this title, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. No person shall be deemed an election official until the person takes an oath to well an…

Any sheriff or constable who fails to give the notices necessary to be served in cases of contested elections, within the time and in the mode prescribed, if practicable for him or her to do so, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any judge of probate who fails to give notice of a special election ordered by the Governor, as required by Section 17-15-5, is guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any judge of probate who fails to notify the sheriff and clerk of the circuit court that any special election is ordered by the Governor, as required by Section 17-15-6, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct, intimidate, threaten, or coerce any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he or she may choose, or for the purpose of causing such other person to vote for, or not to …

It shall be unlawful for any person to pay or offer to pay, or for any person to accept such payment, either to vote or withhold his or her vote, or to vote for or against any candidate. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemean…

(a) It shall be unlawful for an individual to vote in this state more than once at any election held in this state, or to vote in both this state and another state or territory in the same or equivalent election, or to attempt to vote when he or she has knowledge that he or she i…

Any person who falsely impersonates another and thereby or otherwise fraudulently casts a vote to which he or she is not entitled, or having voted at a municipal election votes a second time at the same election, whether in the same precinct or another, or having once obtained re…

Any person who, by bribery or offering to bribe, or by any other corrupt means, attempts to influence any elector in giving his or her vote, deter the elector from giving the same, or disturb or hinder the elector in the free exercise of the right of suffrage, at any election, sh…

Any person who buys or offers to buy any vote of any qualified elector at any election by the payment of money or the promise to pay the same at any future time, or by the gift of intoxicating liquors or other thing of value, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdeme…

Any person who attempts to use his or her official authority or position for the purpose of influencing the vote or political action of any person shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §86.)

Any qualified elector at any election who takes or receives any money or other valuable thing, upon the condition that the same shall be paid at any future time, in exchange for the vote of such elector for any particular candidate, or the promise to vote for any particular candi…

Any candidate for office in any election, upon conviction of bribing or attempting to influence a voter under Section 17-17-38, shall, in addition to the fine, be declared ineligible for the office to which elected for that term. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any person who fraudulently alters or changes the vote of any elector, by which such elector is prevented from voting as intended, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class B misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any person who, on election day, disturbs or prevents, or attempts to prevent, any elector from freely casting a ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any employer who attempts by coercion, intimidation, threats to discharge, or to lessen the remuneration of an employee, to influence his or her vote in any election, or who requires or demands an examination or inspection by the employer or another of an employee’s ballot, shall…

Any officer or agent of a corporation, or other person with authority to discharge employees, who shall attempt by coercion, intimidation, threats to discharge, or to lessen the remuneration of any employee, to influence his or her vote in any election, or who requires or demands…