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FISCAL NOTE
House Bill 101
Committee: Ways and Means General FundSponsor: Adline Clarke
Analyst: Hunter Lapp Date: 02/21/2024
House Bill 101 as reported by the Committee on Ways and Means General Fund 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.