| 1 | 1 | | 1 HB356 |
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| 2 | 2 | | 2 217418-1 |
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| 3 | 3 | | 3 By Representative Mooney |
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| 4 | 4 | | 4 RFD: Constitution, Campaigns and Elections |
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| 5 | 5 | | 5 First Read: 15-FEB-22 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Page 0 1 217418-1:n:02/09/2022:ANS/cr LSA2022-632 |
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| 14 | 14 | | 8 SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, no person may campaign |
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| 15 | 15 | | 9 within 30 feet of the door of the building of a |
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| 16 | 16 | | 10 polling place. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 11 This bill would clarify the point from which |
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| 18 | 18 | | 12 the 30 feet should be measured. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 13 |
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| 20 | 20 | | 14 A BILL |
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| 21 | 21 | | 15 TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 22 | 22 | | 16 AN ACT |
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| 23 | 23 | | 17 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 18 Relating to voting; to amend Section 17-9-50, Code |
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| 25 | 25 | | 19 of Alabama 1975, to clarify the point from which the 30 feet |
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| 26 | 26 | | 20 should be measured. |
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| 27 | 27 | | 21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 22 Section 1. Section 17-9-50, Code of Alabama 1975, is |
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| 29 | 29 | | 23 amended to read as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 24 "ยง17-9-50. |
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| 31 | 31 | | 25 "Except as electors and individuals to assist them |
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| 32 | 32 | | 26 are admitted to vote and persons to assist them as herein |
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| 33 | 33 | | 27 provided, and except for the judge of probate, the sheriff, or |
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| 34 | 34 | | Page 1 1 his or her deputy, the precinct election officials, and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2 watchers, no person individual shall be permitted within 30 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 3 feet of the door of the building of the polling place. For |
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| 37 | 37 | | 4 purposes of this section, 30 feet shall be measured from the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 5 exterior door or doors of the building in which voting |
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| 39 | 39 | | 6 machines are located and which voters are allowed to use as |
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| 40 | 40 | | 7 the ingress and egress to the voting area." |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8 Section 2. This act shall become effective on the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 9 first day of the third month following its passage and |
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| 43 | 43 | | 10 approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law. |
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