HB 239 - Prohibits Poll Watchers from Assisting Individuals with Voting - Alabama Key Vote

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Title: Prohibits Poll Watchers from Assisting Individuals with Voting

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits poll watchers from assisting individuals with voting.

Highlights:

  • Prohibits a voter from receiving voter assistance from the voter’s employer, an agent of the employer, a candidate, a poll watcher, or an officer or agent of the voter’s union (Page 2).

  • Specifies that nothing in the bill will prohibit any individual from receiving or giving assistance to a voter who is an immediate family member (Page 4).

  • Authorizes a poll official to ask any voter if he or she requires assistance if they have remained in a voting station for four minutes or longer (Page 6).

Title: Prohibits Poll Watchers from Assisting Individuals with Voting

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