Alabama legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Alabama HB541: Primary Elections; require political party registration to vote in primary or primary runoff elections
Status: In committee, April 8, 2026
What the bill says
An act Relating to primary elections; to establish the Safeguard Alabama Voter Engagement (SAVE) Act; to require electors to register their party affiliation in order to vote in primary elections and to provide for deadlines to register party affiliation; to amend Sections 17-13-1 and 17-13-7, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit electors registered with a political party from voting a different political party ballot at a primary election or primary runoff election; to require the Secretary of State to retain certain voter history information as a public record…
From the engrossed text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to primary elections; to establish the Safeguard Alabama Voter Engagement (SAVE) Act; to require electors to register their party affiliation in order to vote in primary elections and to provide for deadlines to register party affiliation; to amend Sections 17-13-1 and 17-13-7, Code of Alabama 1975, to prohibit electors registered with a political party from voting a different political party ballot at a primary election or primary runoff election; to require the Secretary of State to retain certain voter history information as a public record; to amend Section 17-3-52, Code of Alabama 1975, to require the Secretary of State to revise the voter application form to allow for party registration; to repeal Section 17-13-7.1, Code of Alabama 1975, which prohibits crossover voting between a primary election and subsequent primary runoff election; to amend Section 17-13-47, Code of Alabama 1975, to require political parties to publish qualifications for candidates on the websites of the political parties; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style. Page style. HB541 Engrossed BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Safeguard Alabama Voter Engagement (SAVE) Act. (b)(1) On and after January 1, 2027, a qualified elector …