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Ala. Code § 17-17-24

Changing Ballots, Unlawful Use of Absentee Ballots, Etc.; Investigative Assistance; Encouraging Voter Participation

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Section 17-17-24

Changing Ballots, Unlawful Use of Absentee Ballots, Etc.; Investigative Assistance; Encouraging Voter Participation.

(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 absentee ballot applications or verification documents so as to vote absentee, or any person who solicits, encourages, urges, or otherwise promotes illegal absentee voting, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. Any person who willfully aids any person unlawfully to vote an absentee ballot, any person who knowingly and unlawfully votes an absentee ballot, and any voter who votes both an absentee and a regular ballot at any election shall be similarly punished.

(b) Upon request by the local district attorney or the Secretary of State, the Attorney General shall provide investigating assistance in instances of absentee ballot or voting violations.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to impede or inhibit organized legal efforts to encourage voter participation in the election process or to discourage a candidate from encouraging electors to lawfully vote by absentee ballot.

(Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

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Cited in 1 case, 2009–2009 · leading case: Democratic National Committee v. Republican National Committee
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Democratic National Committee v. Republican National Committee (2009) njd “, Ala.Code § 17-17-24(a) (1975) (categorizing absentee ballot fraud as a “class C felony”); Conn.”
— Ala. Code § 17-17-24(a) — 1 case
Democratic National Committee v. Republican National Committee (2009) njd “, Ala.Code § 17-17-24(a) (1975) (categorizing absentee ballot fraud as a “class C felony”); Conn.”
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