(a) The Secretary of State is granted authority to adopt requirements related to witnessing or notarization of absentee ballots, voter identification, candidate qualifying, and ballot access procedures, ballot printing, and the application process for absentee balloting in elections for federal, state, county, and municipal offices and constitutional amendments and other referenda to comply with federal law.
(b) The Secretary of State is authorized to extend the deadline for receiving, processing, and counting absentee ballots if absentee ballots are transmitted to qualified absentee voters less than the minimum number of days prior to an election as required by federal law. Absentee election officials utilized for the processing and counting of absentee ballots pursuant to this section shall be appointed in the manner prescribed in Section 17-11-11, and compensated as provided in Section 17-8-12.
Structure Code of Alabama
Article 2 - Overseas Absentee Voting.
Section 17-11-40 - Definitions.
Section 17-11-41 - Alabama Electronic Overseas Voting Advisory Committee.
Section 17-11-42 - Rules; Requirements; Minimum Criteria.
Section 17-11-43 - Request for Overseas Ballot.
Section 17-11-43.1 - Use of Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots by Overseas Voters.
Section 17-11-44 - Receipt of Request.
Section 17-11-45 - Procedudre for Return of Voted Ballot.
Section 17-11-46 - Overseas Voter Certificate.
Section 17-11-47 - Instructions.
Section 17-11-48 - Processing of Voted Absentee Ballots.
Section 17-11-49 - Witnessing or Notarization of Absentee Ballots.