Absentee Ballot Instructions

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LDF Attorney
- Lani Guinier
Organization
- NAACP Legal and Educational Defense Fund, Inc.
Matter
- Bozeman v. Lambert
Case
- Bozeman v. Lambert
U.S. state
- Alabama
Collection
- Case Files
Creator
- Lani Guinier & Others
Taxonomy
Identifier
- 851408ce-ed92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873

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Case Files, Bozeman & Wilder Working Files. Absentee Ballot Instructions, 1979. 851408ce-ed92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/e32d9ea9-22cc-43ca-b09f-3109115f08f6/absentee-ballot-instructions. Accessed April 06, 2025.

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AtsSEN'IEE BALLOT INSTRUCTIONS

ions for absentee ballors musE' be made not less
days before che elecuion.

ApplicaEionsmustconcaj.nsubsEantialtythesameinfor.
mation as is included on the. sample aPPlicacion which I have

enclosed .

Applications should be sent to:

Ab.sentee ElecEion Manager
County Courchouse
a;";ii Seat, Alabarna (zLP Code)

,the Absentee Election Manager will send the voEer an

absentee baIIoE.

The baIIoC should be marked and placed inside an

envelope.

ldentificacion: on th-e ouEside of Ehe envelope there is
a pf-""" 

- ior ttre signature of a notary or Ewo wignesses of
voEing a*e. i't; i;fi;;., i. ir,"-"oirry' rhe sole way to verifv
che signature of an absentee voEer '

.Ihe absentee ballot must Ehen be returned by U..S.. llaiI or
hand delivered by rhe voter to the Absentee Election Manager'
t[""e are che ofrty-ffio.I"',! yayq Ehat an absentee balloE may

be reEurned ro chE Absentee nrecrion ManageS. .unde5 Alabama

Iaw, no oEher-p"i"o.-i;;ilowed Eo return the absentee balIot'

Through recent amendmenEs Eo Alabama election law, we

were able Eo successfully eliminate the double scandard and

exrra burden ;l;;;;-."-"ia"iit ;; h"lgicapped voEers, which
required them co get a-docioi1. cerEificatL aEtesEing to Eheir

;hy;icar disabiiiEy. In a<ldirion, we were able Eo provde an

alternaEive Eo Che noEary i"q"ii"n".,t (as discussed above) and

provide a p.o"edure for tascitg. ' s-retr balloc ' Prior Eo

chis chang,e in Ehe law, "r"ry 
lbseffioEe7-Eaa Eo actually

;i;; trir 3r frer balloc. Ala6ama was Ehe only sEaEe in the
counEry thaE required " ,otu. to sign the ballot iEself'

lf you would like addicional information regarding
Alabama elections, please write Eo Ine:

Don Siegelman
SecreEary of Stace
tto.,igomeLy, Alabama 361 30

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