(a) Where paper ballots are used, the inspector, upon the elector's entering the polling place, shall examine the list of qualified electors furnished by the clerk pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 11-46-36, and, if it appears from this examination that the person is a qualified elector of the state authorized to vote at that box, the inspector shall then give the person one ballot on the stub of which the inspector shall write or shall have already written his or her name or initials. If the person's name does not appear on the list of qualified voters for that ward or box, the person may not vote except by provisional ballot.
(b) In cities of more than 3,000 inhabitants, each elector on receiving a ballot shall forthwith and without leaving the polling place retire alone to one of the booths or compartments provided for that purpose and there prepare the ballot in the manner provided in this article. In all other cities or towns the elector may prepare the ballot at any point within the polling place.
(c) Any elector who shall by accident or mistake spoil a ballot so that the elector cannot conveniently or safely vote the same may return it to the inspectors and receive another in lieu thereof which must be voted or returned by such elector.
(d) After preparing the ballot the elector shall fold the same so as to conceal the face thereof and show the stub thereto attached with the name or initial of the inspector and hand it to the receiving inspector, who must receive the folded ballot and call the name of the elector audibly and distinctly.
(e) One of the clerks shall immediately enter on one of the lists headed names of voters and called poll lists the name of such elector opposite the number indicating the order in which electors vote, the first elector voting being numbered one, the second two, and so on to the last elector voting, and at the same time the other clerk shall see that the elector whose name was called shall immediately sign his or her own name on another poll list on a line bearing the same number appearing opposite such elector's name on the above-mentioned poll list, unless such elector because of physical handicap or illiteracy is unable to write his or her own name on such list. If the voter is physically handicapped, an election official shall write the name of such voter on the list together with the cause of assistance and shall sign his or her own name on the poll list on the same line with the voter's name. If the voter is unable to sign his or her name because of illiteracy, the name shall be written for the voter and the voter shall, in the presence of one of the election officials, make his or her mark upon the poll list. The election official witnessing the act shall record his or her name as witness on the same line with the name of the voter.
(f) The receiving inspector shall then write the number of the ballot in the square provided therefor and forthwith, in the presence of the voter, shall place one of the black seals furnished along with the other election supplies over the square in such manner as to make it impossible to see the number placed therein without removing the seal, yet so that the seal may be removed without obliterating the number placed in the square. After numbering the ballot the inspector shall detach the stub and pass the ballot to each of the other inspectors, and it must then, without being opened or examined, be deposited in the proper ballot box.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.
Section 11-46-21 - Time of Elections; Notice; Assumption of Duties by Elected Officers.
Section 11-46-22 - Notice of Elections.
Section 11-46-24 - Designating and Equipping Voting Places; Election Officials; Canvass Returns.
Section 11-46-25 - Ballots; Statements of Candidacy; Withdrawal of Candidacy.
Section 11-46-26 - Proceedings Where Only One Candidate or Nominee for Office.
Section 11-46-27 - Appointment, Compensation, etc., of Election Officers.
Section 11-46-29 - Appointment of Election Officers Upon Failure of Others to Attend Polls.
Section 11-46-32 - Election Supplies.
Section 11-46-33 - Duties of Clerk as to Voting Machines.
Section 11-46-34 - Voting Booths.
Section 11-46-40 - Assistance of Disabled Electors Generally.
Section 11-46-43 - Right of Secret Ballot; Write-in Voting Prohibited.
Section 11-46-49 - Election Officers for Voting Machines; Duties.
Section 11-46-56 - Absentee Ballots - Eligibility.
Section 11-46-58 - Absentee Ballots - Marking, Posting, etc., of Lists of Applicants.
Section 11-46-59 - Offenses of Mayor and Other Executive Officers.
Section 11-46-60 - Offenses of Clerks.
Section 11-46-61 - Offenses of Election Officers Generally.
Section 11-46-62 - Offenses of Inspectors.
Section 11-46-63 - Failure of Returning Officer to Deliver Statement of Votes and Poll List.
Section 11-46-64 - Deception of Disabled Voters by Marker, Etc.
Section 11-46-65 - Drinking of Intoxicating Liquors by Watcher.
Section 11-46-67 - Offenses of Electors.
Section 11-46-68 - Miscellaneous Offenses.
Section 11-46-69 - Contest of Elections - Grounds; Commencement of Action.
Section 11-46-70 - Contest of Elections - Trial; Entry of Judgment.
Section 11-46-71 - Annulment of Elections.
Section 11-46-72 - Procedure Where Election Not Held on Day Appointed.
Section 11-46-73 - Provisions of Article as to Offenses Cumulative.
Section 11-46-74 - Use of Election Dates Established by Classification Act or Local Act.