Title 2, Elections

Registration of voters under this title is permanent. When a voter has once been registered under this title or under any previous permanent registration law if the voter would be eligible under this title, it is unnecessary for such voter to register again unless the voter's reg…

(a) The registration of a person shall be purged:(1) At the request of the voter;(2) Ninety (90) days after a change of name for any reason, except by marriage or divorce;(3) If the voter dies;(4) Upon receiving information that a person has been convicted of an infamous crime as…

(a) (1) A person shall be registered as a voter of the precinct in which the person is a resident, and, if provided for by municipal charter or general law, may also be registered in a municipality in which the person owns real property in order to participate in that municipalit…

(a) (1) Each commission shall have an office in the county courthouse or another public building and such other locations as the commission may designate for registering voters and performing other functions required or authorized by law. The main office shall be open at least fr…

(a) A qualified voter may register or have the voter's registration altered at the commission office at any time the office is open, except that applications for registration shall not be processed for twenty-nine (29) days before an election, except as provided in subsection (b)…

The commission may provide for the registration of persons who cannot appear in person due to illness or other good cause by sending the administrator of elections to their homes or other place where they are within the county to register such persons.

(a) The commission in any county may hold such supplemental registrations as it deems necessary before any election in locations other than the commission office. (b) In addition to any supplemental voter registration otherwise required by this chapter, the county election commis…

(a) Beginning as soon as practicable but no later than September 1, 2017, an applicant may submit an online voter registration application using the procedures set forth in this section. (b) The coordinator of elections shall establish a website which permits an applicant to:(1) …

(a) Lists of registered voters may be provided to federal courts for purposes of selecting jurors on the condition that the jury coordinator provides notice pursuant to subsection (b) regarding ineligible or potentially ineligible voters. (b) The jury coordinator shall prepare or…

(a) Not less than forty-five (45) days before any election, the commission shall publish, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, a notice of the exact location and telephone number of its office or offices and the hours and days it is open. (b) Whenever a county has…

(a) Qualified voters may register by mail by use of postal card forms in such a manner as provided for in this section. (b) (1) The coordinator of elections shall prepare voter registration forms in accordance with this section and shall provide for the printing of an ample quant…

1. The permanent registration record shall be substantially as follows, shall contain all the information required before being signed by the registrant, and shall be witnessed as indicated on the form.PERMANENT REGISTRATION RECORD 1. Last Name First Name Middle Name Sex 2. Legal…

(a) On the back of each registration form (or on a separate form if an alternate electronic registration system is used), there shall be printed a ten-year voting record form substantially as follows:VOTING RECORDName of VoterYEAR PARTY General Primary Other Election Election Ele…

(a) A person who registers to vote in the county election commission office shall present evidence of identification or verification of residential address, as those terms are defined in § 2-7-112. (b) When any person changes one's registration from postcard to in-person, the rec…

If a registrant's disability prevents the registrant from writing a signature or making a mark, the person who assists the registrant shall write the name for the registrant. Such person shall indicate this action by signing such person's name immediately after the space for the …

(a) The administrator of elections shall determine, from the registrant's answers to the questions on the permanent registration record and other questions, if necessary, whether the registrant is entitled to register. If the administrator determines that the registrant is entitl…

(a) The determination of whether a person is a resident or where the person resides or has residence for purposes of the election code shall be made in the light of the following principles:(1) The residence of a person is that place in which the person's habitation is fixed, and…

If a registrant was previously registered in any other place, the registrant's application to register shall serve as a cancellation of registration for the last place of registration. Upon registration of the voter, the administrator of elections shall mail a copy of the new reg…

(a) After determining that the registrant is entitled to register, the administrator of elections shall give or mail to each voter who is registered permanently a registration card which shall certify that the voter is registered. The voter shall sign the card in the presence of …

(a) If the administrator of elections determines that the registrant is not entitled to be registered, the administrator shall tell the registrant the reason, record the reason, and file the rejected registration. (b) The administrator shall provide written notice to the registra…

(a) Once the person is registered, the administrator of elections shall file the original permanent registration record alphabetically or by date in the master file of all the registered voters in the county. (b) The coordinator of elections shall devise a method to be followed f…

(a) Permanent registration records as public records shall be kept in a safe place by the commission, shall be available for public inspection, and may not be removed from the office of the commission except as required for the performance of duties under this title or in complia…

Permanent registration record forms and registration card forms may not be removed from the commission office except for the performance of duties under this title.

(a) A voter may transfer registration when such voter moves outside the precinct in which such voter is registered as follows:(1) (A) If a voter has moved within the same county, the voter may transfer the registration either in person, by mail, or electronic transmission with an…

The administrator of elections, after transferring a registration, shall immediately give or mail to the voter a new registration card unless the transfer is accomplished through § 2-7-140. If the registration is transferred as a result of § 2-7-140, the administrator shall not p…

(a) If a voter states in writing that the voter has lost the registration card, the commission shall replace the registration card. A card issued to replace another shall be marked “Replacement Registration Card.” The permanent registration records shall show that the replacement…

The commission shall purge the permanent registration records of those persons whose registrations are required to be purged under § 2-2-106, unless otherwise prohibited by federal law.

(a) (1) The state office of vital records of the department of health shall furnish the coordinator of elections a monthly, or more frequent, report, as required for compliance with this section, of all persons eighteen (18) years of age or over who have died in the state. The re…

(a) When a voter registration is required to be purged, the administrator shall place the permanent registration records of the voter in a file of purged registration records, which is a public record. The county election commission shall retain the file of purged registration re…

(a) The coordinator of elections, at the expense of the state, shall provide the county election commissions with all forms necessary to carry out this chapter. The commissions shall be the custodians of the forms. (b) A county election commission may use a form generated by the …

(a) Notwithstanding this chapter to the contrary, a county election commission may adopt a supplemental system for maintaining registration records utilizing electronic, electromechanical or microfilm equipment. If the election commission exercises its option to scan or microfilm…

(a) In counties of this state having a population in excess of one hundred eighty thousand (180,000), according to the United States census of 1970 or any subsequent United States census, or in any computerized county, it is the duty of the county election commission to prepare o…

(a) Any person who has forfeited the right of suffrage because of conviction of an infamous crime may register to vote and vote at any election for which the person is eligible by submitting sufficient proof to the administrator of elections in the county in which the person is s…

(a) (1) The state coordinator of elections is encouraged to make every reasonable effort to enter into agreements with other states for the purpose of comparing data to identify duplicate voter registrations. If agreements are entered into with other states, upon finding any dupl…

(a) The coordinator of elections shall compare the statewide voter registration database with the department of safety database to ensure non-United States citizens are not registered to vote in this state. The coordinator of elections is further authorized to compare the statewi…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “voter registration drive” means to collect voter registration applications from another person and submit the collected application to the county or state election commission for the purposes of registering that person to vote, but …

(1) In addition to any other voter registration procedure provided for by law, the department of safety and each county election commission shall provide for voter registration procedures as follows:(1) The department of safety shall include a voter registration application as pa…

(1) In addition to any other voter registration procedure provided by law and by § 2-2-201:(1) All offices in the state that provide public assistance;(2) All offices in the state that provide state-funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to persons with disabilit…

(a) A person who provides service described in § 2-2-202 shall not:(1) Seek to influence an applicant's political preference or party registration;(2) Display any such political preference or party allegiance; or(3) Make any statement to an applicant or take any action, the purpo…

(a) A voter registration agency that is an office described in § 2-2-202(1) and (2) shall:(1) Distribute with each application for such service or assistance, and with each recertification, renewal, or change of address form relating to such service or assistance, the voter regis…

(a) To the extent that a voter registration agency is an office, public library or high school described in § 2-2-202(3) and does not require or provide applications for its services, that office, public library or high school shall:(1) Distribute or otherwise make available the …

(a) The form by which a person may decline to register to vote that is required by § 2-2-204(a)(2) shall include the following:(1) The question: “If you are not registered to vote where you live now, would you like to apply to register to vote here today?”;(2) If the agency provi…

The commissioner of safety in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, and the coordinator of elections in accordance with § 2-11-201(c), may promulgate rules to effectuate this part and § 2-2-106.

The purpose of this part is to establish a statewide voter registration database maintained by the state coordinator of elections to comply with the Help America Vote Act.

As of January 1, 2006, the Automated Electoral System (AES) shall be the official list of registered voters in the state.

Data from county election commission offices shall be transferred to the state coordinator of elections via the Automated Electoral System (AES) not less than once daily.