Title 17 — Title 17

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…

Repealed by Act 2013-311, §3, effective August 1, 2013. History: (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

(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. History: (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. History: (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. History: (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. History: (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…

Any person who knowingly provides false information in order to vote or register to vote in violation of Act 2003-313 shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor. History: (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any person who, as a condition for standing for nomination to any office in a primary election, shall assess or cause to be assessed a fee by any committee or other governing body of any political party in this state in excess of that allowed by law shall be guilty, upon convicti…

Any person who assists a voter in preparing his or her ballot to be voted at a primary election, except as authorized under Chapter 13, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. History: (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any precinct returning officer failing to perform the duties of returning ballots and election supplies to the returning officer of the county shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. History: (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

(a) No person in the employment of the State of Alabama, a county, a city, a local school board, or any other governmental agency, whether classified or unclassified, shall use any state, county, city, local school board, or other governmental agency funds, property, or time, for…

Regular Session, Effective January 1, 2023. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) GOVERNMENTAL BODY. Any department, agency, board, commission, or authority of the state or political …

Nominating Candidates or Selecting Delegates to Convention. Any person or persons who shall hold, attend, or participate in the holding of any meeting for the purpose of nominating a candidate or candidates for public office, to be voted for at any general election in Alabama, or…

Any person found drunk or intoxicated about any polling place during any primary election shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation. History: (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any person who makes a false or fraudulent return of the result of any primary election, or who falsely or fraudulently changes the votes, ballots, figures, or results of any election shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor. History: (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88…

Any person who opens any envelope containing the poll list of any voting place, except in case of a contest, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. History: (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Any officer of the state or of any county or municipality whose duty it is by law to prepare and have printed ballots for any election authorized by law to be held, who shall intentionally fail to have printed on the ballots, as required by law or the rules and regulations of the…

Elector Voted. Any person at a primary election who shall mark the ballot of a voter contrary to the voter’s direction or request, or who shall electioneer or attempt to electioneer with a voter or attempt to influence his or her vote by suggestion or otherwise, or who shall afte…

Any person who violates any provision of Chapter 13 for which a penalty is not otherwise provided shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class B misdemeanor. History: (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Unless a penalty is otherwise specified, a knowing violation of Chapter 11 is a Class A misdemeanor. History: (Act 2024-33, §2.)

Any member of the board of registrars who neglects or willfully refuses to perform the duties imposed by Section 17-4-3 shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class B misdemeanor. History: (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §86.)

Any inspector, clerk, watcher, or chair of an executive committee who compares the number on the poll list with the number of the ballot of any voter for the purpose of ascertaining how any voter voted, except in case of contest, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C mis…

Any person who willfully makes a false statement to the board of registrars, or any duly authorized person, in reidentifying himself or herself as a qualified elector in the manner provided in Chapter 4 shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor. History: (Acts 19…

America Vote Act of 2002. Any person who violates Article 3 of Chapter 4 shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. History: (Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-826, p. 158, §10; §17-4-256; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §87.)