Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits any assistance with absentee voting in the state of Alabama.

Highlights:

• Prohibits any individual assistance with absentee voting in the state of Alabama (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that any indvidual found to have violated the aforementioned prohibitions shall be guilty of a Class C felony and any indivdual found to have knowingly pay or provide a gift to another individual for absentee voting assistance guilty of a Class B felony (Sec. 1).

• Exempts voters who are blind, disabled, or otherwise unable to read or write and voters voting by absentee ballot through the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act from the aforementioned prohibitions (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the governor (Sec. 4).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits any assistance with absentee voting in the state of Alabama.

Highlights:

• Prohibits any individual assistance with absentee voting in the state of Alabama (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that any indvidual found to have violated the aforementioned prohibitions shall be guilty of a Class C felony and any indivdual found to have knowingly pay or provide a gift to another individual for absentee voting assistance guilty of a Class B felony (Sec. 1).

• Exempts voters who are blind, disabled, or otherwise unable to read or write and voters voting by absentee ballot through the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act from the aforementioned prohibitions (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the governor (Sec. 4).

Full Bill Text