(a) Each person who registers to vote by mail shall provide identification prior to the first time they vote in an election containing a federal office on the ballot and as otherwise required by Section 17-9-30.
(b) Voters who are voting by absentee ballot shall submit with the absentee ballot application a copy of one of the forms of identification listed in Section 17-9-30. An absentee ballot shall not be issued unless the required identification is submitted with the absentee ballot application except as provided in subsection (c).
(c) If an individual required to present identification in accordance with this section is unable to meet the identification requirements of this section, the ballot cast is a provisional ballot.
(Act 2003-313, p. 733, §4; §17-10A-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §50; Act 2019-507, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1993–2014 · leading case:
Eubanks v. Hale, 752 So. 2d 1113 (Ala. 1999).
Eubanks v. Hale, 752 So. 2d 1113 (Ala. 1999).
· cites it 4× “Justice Jones, writing for the Court, stated: "Alabama courts have not yet addressed the construction of the statute that authorizes absentee voting and sets out the manner in which that voting must be done (Ala.Code 1975, § 17-10-1 et seq.). Our research, however, has revealed…”
Williams v. Lide, 628 So. 2d 531 (Ala. 1993).
· cites it 2× “1989), for determining whether an absentee vote complies with Ala.Code 1975, § 17-10-1 et seq. (the statutory authority for absentee voting, which sets forth the manner for such voting).”
Roe v. Mobile Cnty. Appointment Bd., 676 So. 2d 1206 (Ala. 1995).
· cites it 2× “Ala.Code 1975, § 17-10-1 et seq. Section 17-10-7, which requires an affidavit substantially in the form supplied by the statute, provides as part of the form a "note" stating that the absentee voter's signature "must be witnessed by either: A notary public or other officer…”
Davis v. Bennett, 154 So. 3d 114 (Ala. 2014).
“"(3) The individual is required to comply with the voter identification provisions of Section 17-10-1 but is unable to do so...”
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