The county Board of Registrars shall issue a Domestic Violence Voter Affirmation form upon an individual's request. The individual shall return the completed affidavit form to the Board of Registrars in the county where the individual is registered or intends to register to vote. The Board of Registrars, upon receipt of a completed Domestic Violence Voter Affirmation for, shall mark the registrant in the voter registration system as "protected". Information publicly available for voters in protected status shall include only the name and omit the residential and mailing address of a registered voter pursuant to Code of Ala. 1975, § 17-4-33(b) (2014). Following all primary, special, general, and municipal elections in the state, a copy of the list of registered voters that is a public record while in the possession of the Board of Registrars shall be available for public inspection after the residential and mailing addresses of voters in protected status have been redacted from the list by the Board of Registrars. The original and copies of the list of registered votes shall be returned to the city clerk in municipal elections and the judge of probate in all other elections. Lists without redaction may be made available to federal and state agencies upon request. The Board of Registrars shall provide in writing the identification of protected voters to the Secretary of State, county judge of probate, county absentee election manager, and municipal clerk, to assist in the redaction or omission of the residential and mailing addresses from voter registration and other lists available from those offices.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 820-2-2-.26
Authors: Jean Brown, Brandon Walters, Ed Packard
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 17-4-33 (2014);17-9-15(1) (2014).