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Ala. Code § 17-4-3 (2026)

County Board of Registrars to Purge Disqualified Electors.

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(a) Each county board of registrars shall purge the computerized statewide voter registration list on a continuous basis, whenever it receives and confirms information that a person registered to vote in that county has died, become a nonresident of the state or county, been declared mentally incompetent, been convicted of any offense designated pursuant to Section 17-3-30.1 as a felony involving moral turpitude for the purposes of Article VIII of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 since being registered, or otherwise become disqualified as an elector. Except as provided below, a person convicted of a disqualifying criminal offense shall be notified by certified mail sent to the voter’s last known address of the board’s intention to strike his or her name from the list. No person convicted of a disqualifying crime may be stricken from the poll list while an appeal from the conviction is pending.

(b) On the date set in the notice, or at a later date to which the case may have been continued by the board, the board shall proceed to consider the case of the elector whose name it proposes to strike from the registration list and make its determination. Any person whose name is stricken from the list may appeal from the decision of the board without giving security for costs, and the board shall forthwith certify the proceedings to the judge of probate who shall docket the case in the probate court.

(c) An appeal from the judge of probate shall be as appeals set forth in Section 17-3-55.

(d) In the event the Board of Pardons and Paroles is supervising a person convicted of a disqualifying criminal offense on probation or parole, and the person has received face-to-face counseling from the supervising officer regarding voter disqualification and executed documentation explaining the loss and restoration of civil and political rights, upon receipt of the documentation, signed by the disqualified elector, the county board of registrars shall be exempt from providing notice as otherwise required by this section. The document administered by the Board of Pardons and Paroles and to be signed by the disqualified elector shall contain the following statement: “Any person convicted of a disqualifying felony loses his or her civil and political rights, which includes the right to vote. Restoration of these rights may be applied for through the Central Montgomery Office of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, but only upon completion of the requirements of Section 15-22-36.1.”

(e) The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall provide signed documentation to county boards of registrars to indicate those persons under probation or parole supervision with the board who have been convicted of a disqualifying criminal offense and been counseled regarding voter disqualification and the restoration of civil and political rights, and may otherwise share privileged records and files with county boards of registrars for the limited purpose of implementing the requirements of this section.

(f) When the board has sufficient evidence furnished it that any elector has permanently moved from one precinct to another within the county, it shall change the elector’s precinct designation in the voter registration list, and shall give notice by mail to the elector of the precinct in which the elector is registered to vote.

(g) The Secretary of State and the Board of Pardons and Paroles may promulgate rules in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act as necessary to implement this section.

(Acts 1984, No. 84-389, p. 896, §1; §17-4-180; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §16; Act 2017-378, §2.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2012–2022 · leading case: Bearden v. Coker, 121 So. 3d 359 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012).
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Bearden v. Coker, 121 So. 3d 359 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012). · cites it 4× “, motion to dismiss on the grounds that Bearden’s action constituted an unauthorized appeal from the decision changing his voting domicile; that the trial court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction *362 because, the board and the board members said, § 17-4-3, Ala.Code 1975, vested…”
Davis v. Bennett, 154 So. 3d 114 (Ala. 2014). “Code 1975; and purging from the voter list the names of individuals who no longer qualify to vote in the County because of death, incapacity, or a change of address, see § 17-4-3, Ala.Code 1975. In addition to being the chief elections official for the State, the Secretary has…”
Greater Birmingham Ministries v. Merrill, No. 2:22-cv-00205 (M.D. Ala. Oct. 4, 2022). · cites it 2× “Alabama law requires that individuals convicted of a disqualifying felony 10 offense be purged from the statewide voter-registration list on a continuous basis, see Ala. Code § 17-4-3 , and that voter-registration applications from individuals with disqualifying felony…”
Thompson v. Allen, No. 2:16-cv-00783 (M.D. Ala. Dec. 3, 2020). “CODE § 17-4-3(b). The Court has already discussed why the Plaintiffs have not shown that the application of the 2017 law was a violation of the Ex Post Facto Clause.”
Ala. Code § 17-4-3(b): 1 case
Thompson v. Allen, No. 2:16-cv-00783 (M.D. Ala. Dec. 3, 2020). “CODE § 17-4-3(b). The Court has already discussed why the Plaintiffs have not shown that the application of the 2017 law was a violation of the Ex Post Facto Clause.”
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