Ala. Admin. Code r. 820-2-10-.04

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 820-2-10-.04 - Return Of Absentee Ballots

(1) After the voter marks his or her choices on the ballot, the voter shall:

(a) complete the "UOCAVA Affidavit", including the section for two witnesses as required by § 17-11-7, Code of Ala. 1975;

(b) when the voter has requested electronic transmission of the blank absentee ballot, insert and seal the ballot in a blank envelope for secrecy and not write any personally identifying information on the envelope and then insert and seal the blank envelope (which contains the voted ballot) and the completed UOCAVA Affidavit into a second envelope to be used for returning the absentee ballot to the appropriate absentee election manager by hand-delivery, U.S. mail, or commercial air or ground carrier;

(c) when the voter has requested that the absentee ballot be delivered by U.S. Mail or hand-delivery, insert and seal the voted ballot into the secrecy envelope and then insert and seal the secrecy envelope into the envelope on which is printed the "UOCAVA Affidavit" and which is used as the return envelope for delivering the ballot to the absentee election manager by hand-delivery, U.S. mail, or commercial air or ground carrier; and

(d) return the absentee ballot by hand-delivery, U.S. mail, or commercial air or ground carrier, to the appropriate absentee election manager using the address information provided by the absentee election manager.

(2) In the event a voter does not place the absentee ballot inside a secrecy envelope, the absentee election manager shall immediately upon discovery insert and seal the voter's ballot into a secrecy envelope and place inside an envelope of sufficient size the secrecy envelope, the UOCAVA Affidavit, and the envelope used by the voter to deliver the ballot.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 820-2-10-.04

New Rule: Filed March 28, 2014; effective May 2, 2014.

Author: Edward Packard; Jean Brown; William Sutton

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 17-11-40 et seq., 17-1-3(a), 17-11-4, 17-11-5(d), 17-11-9.