Under existing law, the boards of registrars are charged with overseeing the registration of voters in the counties of Alabama and are subject to certain qualifications. This bill would require candidates for appointment to a board of registrars to submit to a criminal background check and report the findings to the board that appoints registrars. Under existing law, each board is allocated a certain number of days that it may meet. This bill would require that the state pay registrars when a scheduled working day is affected by a declared county, state, or federal emergency or similar order. Under existing law, a member of a board of registrars is considered an employee for purposes of Social Security. This bill would require that registrars be considered state employees for purposes of receiving natural disaster, pandemic, or other emergency relief funding. Under existing law, certain public officials are entitled to omit all required information except their name from the generally available voter registration list. This bill would allow registrars to omit all information about themselves except their name from the generally available voter registration list.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 17-4-33, 17-3-2, 17-3-5, 17-3-8, 17-4-33