Alabama 2024 local ballot measures
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Ballotpedia covered local ballot measures in Alabama on March 5, 2024.
In 2024, Ballotpedia is covering local ballot measures that appear on the ballot for voters within the 100 largest cities in the U.S., within state capitals, and throughout California. You can review the coverage scope of the local ballot measures project here.
Ballotpedia is also covering electoral system-related ballot measures, like ranked-choice voting, and policing-related ballot measures outside of the largest cities.
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Election dates
March 5
Dale County
- See also: Dale County, Alabama ballot measures
A "yes" vote supported this local constitutional amendment to allow mayors in Dale County, Alabama, to participate in the Employees' Retirement System under certain conditions. |
A "no" vote opposed this local constitutional amendment to allow mayors in Dale County, Alabama, to participate in the Employees' Retirement System under certain conditions. |
Montgomery County
• Montgomery County, Alabama, School Property Tax Renewal Amendment (March 2024): ✔
A "yes" vote supported renewing for 30 years a countywide property tax of $350 per $100,000 of a property's assessed value to provide funding for public school purposes. |
A "no" vote opposed renewing for 30 years a countywide property tax of $350 per $100,000 of a property's assessed value to provide funding for public school purposes. |
How to cast a vote
- See also: Voting in Alabama
Click "Show" to learn more about current voter registration rules, identification requirements, and poll times in Alabama.
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Poll timesIn Alabama, polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. According to state law, "All polling places in areas operating on eastern time shall open and close under this section pursuant to eastern time except the county commissions in Chambers County and Lee County may by resolution provide for any polling place to be excluded from this sentence and to be open according to central time."[1] An individual who is in line at the time polls close must be allowed to vote.[2] Registration
Alabama requires that an applicant be a citizen of the United States who resides in Alabama. A voter must be at least 18 years old on or before Election Day. A citizen cannot have been barred from registering due to a felony conviction and cannot have been declared mentally incompetent by a court.[3] Voters cannot register during the 14-day period preceding an election. According to the Alabama Secretary of State's website:[3]
Automatic registrationAlabama does not practice automatic voter registration. Online registration
Alabama has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website. Same-day registrationAlabama does not allow same-day voter registration. Residency requirementsTo register to vote in Alabama, you must be a resident of the state. State law does not specify a length of time for which you must have been a resident to be eligible. Verification of citizenshipAn Alabama state law, passed in 2011, calls for people to provide proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote.[5] However, as of August 2024, the law had not been implemented.[6] In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states cannot require proof of citizenship with federal registration forms. That meant states would need to create a separate registration system for state elections in order to require proof of citizenship. Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill (R) said the following: "That’s an election administration nightmare ... You’d have to have two sets of poll books, one for federal elections and one for state elections, and that just doesn’t make any sense to me."[7] An individual applying to register to vote must attest that they are a U.S. citizen under penalty of perjury. All 49 states with voter registration systems require applicants to declare that they are U.S. citizens in order to register to vote in state and federal elections, under penalty of perjury or other punishment.[8] As of November 2024, five states — Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, and New Hampshire — had passed laws requiring verification of citizenship at the time of voter registration. However, only two of those states' laws were in effect, in Arizona and New Hampshire. In three states — California, Maryland, and Vermont — at least one local jurisdiction allowed noncitizens to vote in some local elections as of November 2024. Noncitizens registering to vote in those elections must complete a voter registration application provided by the local jurisdiction and are not eligible to register as state or federal voters. Verifying your registrationThe Alabama Secretary of State's Voter View website allows residents to check their voter registration status online. Voter ID requirementsAlabama requires voters to present photo identification at the polls. The following list of accepted forms of identification was current as of September 2024. Click here for the most current information, sourced directly from the Office of the Alabama Secretary of State.
A voter can obtain a free identification card from the Alabama Secretary of State, a county registrar's office, or a mobile location. The mobile location schedule can be accessed here. Voters must also provide a copy of valid photo identification when applying for an absentee ballot, with the exception of 1) voters for whom polling locations are inaccessible due to age or disability, and 2) overseas military members.[9][10] | ||||||
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-9-6," accessed July 20, 2024
- ↑ NAACP Legal Defense Fund, "Alabama Voter Information," accessed July 20, 2024
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Alabama Secretary of State, "Voter Registration General Information," accessed July 20, 2024
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Election Laws, Section 31-13-28," accessed March 1, 2023
- ↑ Phone conversation between Amée LaTour and Jeff Elrod, supervisor of voter registration with the Alabama Secretary of State office.
- ↑ Pew Trusts, "'Proof of Citizenship' Voting Laws May Surge Under Trump," November 16, 2017
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-10-1," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Absentee Voting Information," accessed July 22, 2024
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