Absentee Ballot Instructions
Working File
January 1, 1979 - January 1, 1979
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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 November 23, 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