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FISCAL NOTE
House Bill 101
Committee: Ways and Means General FundSponsor: Representative Adline Clarke
Analyst: Hunter Lapp Date: 02/20/2024
House Bill 101 as introduced would, beginning in fiscal year 2025, expand the list of additional
items that constitute election expenses that would be reimbursable to counties which would
increase the obligations of the State General Fund by an estimated total of $2,265,594 per
election cycle, or half this amount if the election includes both state and county offices, based on
the cost of the following election expenses incurred by counties, as provided by the Association
of County Commissions of Alabama: (1) $1,175,020 for the maintenance and software updates
of electronic poll books; (2) $650,000 for the maintenance and software updates of electronic
voting machines; (3) $396,000 for the renting of facilities used as polling places; (4) $32,849 for
the training of election officials; and (5) an undetermined amount dependent on the travel
expenses incurred by appointed absentee election managers.