Alabama legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Alabama HB97: Absentee ballots; opportunity to correct affidavit envelope of defects provided
Status: In committee, February 4, 2025
What the bill says
An act Relating to voting; to amend Section 17-11-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to require an absentee election manager to allow an elector who has submitted a defective absentee ballot affidavit within a certain time period before the election an opportunity to cure the defect.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to voting; to amend Section 17-11-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to require an absentee election manager to allow an elector who has submitted a defective absentee ballot affidavit within a certain time period before the election an opportunity to cure the defect. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 17-11-10, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: "§17-11-10 (a)(1) Upon receipt of the absentee ballot, the 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 HB97 INTRODUCED Page 2 (a)(1) Upon receipt of the absentee ballot, the absentee election manager shall record itsthe receipt on the absentee list as provided in Section 17-11-5, shall examine the affidavit envelope and determine if it contains a defect that would prohibit a poll worker or other election official from removing or counting the ballot under subdivision (b)(2), and shall safely keep the ballot without breaking the seal of the affidavit envelope. (2) For any absentee ballot received three or more business days preceding an election, the absentee election manager, within two business days of receipt of the absentee ballot, shall notify the elector of each defect with his or …
Sponsors
- Hassell, Kenyatté (D, HD-078) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Third Reading in House of Origin
- : Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 191
- : Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government
- : Pending Committee Action in Second House
- : Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- : Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar
- : Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
- : Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
- : Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections
- : Pending Committee Action in House of Origin
Votes
- House Roll Call #727 (March 3, 2026): 104 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #726 (March 3, 2026): 105 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Roll Call #693 (March 3, 2026): 99 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Elections, Voting, & Campaigns
Common questions
- What is HB97?
- HB97 is a bill in the Alabama Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Absentee ballots; opportunity to correct affidavit envelope of defects provided.
- What does HB97 do?
- In its own words: An act Relating to voting; to amend Section 17-11-10, Code of Alabama 1975, to require an absentee election manager to allow an elector who has submitted a defective absentee ballot affidavit within a certain time period before the election an opportunity to cure the defect.
- What is the status of HB97?
- In committee as of February 4, 2025. Latest action: Third Reading in House of Origin (January 27, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB97?
- Hassell, Kenyatté (D, HD-078).
- Where is the official record for HB97?
- On the Alabama Legislature website: https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/instrument/2025RS/HB97
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