Military voting bill advances in Sentate
A bill to expand military and overseas voting for Alabamians has just one legislative hurdle left.
The bill, HB711, was unanimously reported out of the Senate's Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections committee today.
Secretary of State Beth Chapman said the bill will be placed on the calendar for a floor vote as early as Tuesday.
Chapman has headed Gov. Bob Riley's task force on military and overseas voting, which has been meeting for the last year to develop this legislation. The committee includes election officials, court clerks, military members, lawmakers and others.
The bill would establish five methods of requesting ballots -- mail, e-mail, fax, secure transmission (kiosks) and commercial carriers. Ballots could be returned in four ways -- mail, fax, secure electronic transmission and commercial carriers.
Chapman said it's good to know that, "when everybody's on the same page, that our process still works and good legislation with good causes to help good people still happen in Alabama."
The bill, HB711, was unanimously reported out of the Senate's Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections committee today.
Secretary of State Beth Chapman said the bill will be placed on the calendar for a floor vote as early as Tuesday.
Chapman has headed Gov. Bob Riley's task force on military and overseas voting, which has been meeting for the last year to develop this legislation. The committee includes election officials, court clerks, military members, lawmakers and others.
If the bill passes the Senate, as Chapman expects to happen, the bill would create one of the nation's first electronic voting programs.
Chapman said it's good to know that, "when everybody's on the same page, that our process still works and good legislation with good causes to help good people still happen in Alabama."
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