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Section 17-3-9
Section 17-3-9Qualifications of electors generally.
Any person possessing the qualifications of an elector set out in Article 8 of the Constitution of Alabama, as modified by federal law, and not laboring under any disqualification listed therein, shall be an elector, and shall be entitled to register and to vote at any election by the people.
(Code 1876, §224; Code 1886, §319; Code 1896, §1556; Code 1907, §290; Acts 1920, No. 5, p. 4; Code 1923, §361; Code 1940, T. 17, §12; Acts 1953, No. 330, p. 385; Code 1975, §17-3-1; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §1.)Section 17-3-10
Section 17-3-10Restoration of right to vote upon pardon or issuance of certificate of eligibility.
Any person who is disqualified by reason of conviction of any of the offenses mentioned in Article VIII of the Constitution of Alabama, except treason and impeachment, whether the conviction was had in a state or federal court, and who has been pardoned, may be restored to his citizenship with right to vote by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles when specifically expressed in the pardon. If otherwise qualified, such person shall be permitted to register or reregister as an elector upon submission of a copy of the pardon document to the board of registrars or deputy registrars of the county of his residence. In addition, any person who has been granted a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote by the Board of Pardons and Paroles pursuant to § 15-22-36.1, shall be permitted to register or reregister as an elector upon submission of a copy of the certificate to the board of registrars or deputy registrars of the county of his or her residence.
(Code 1907, §294; Acts 1920, No. 5, p. 4; Code 1923, §365; Acts 1939, No. 275, p. 426; Code 1940, T. 17, §16; Code 1975, §17-3-5; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §2; Act 2003-415, .p. 1205, §3.)Section 17-3-11
Section 17-3-11Residence not acquired or lost by temporary absence.
No person shall lose or acquire a residence either by temporary absence from his or her place of residence without the intention of remaining or by navigating any of the waters of this state, the United States or the high seas, without having acquired any other lawful residence, or by being absent from his place of residence in the civil or military service of the state or the United States.
(Code 1876, §226; Code 1886, §321; Code 1896, §1558; Code 1907, §295; Acts 1920, No. 5, p. 4; Code 1940, T. 17, §17; Code 1975, §17-3-6; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §3.)Section 17-3-12
Section 17-3-12Selection of precinct of residence when place of residence located partly in two or more counties, districts or precincts.
When the place of residence of any person is located partly in two or more counties, districts or precincts, such persons may select the county, district or precinct of their residence, and to that end may file a statement in writing in the office of the judge of probate of the county selected, setting forth the locality of their residence and the lines passing through the same, together with the county, district or precinct selected for residence, which statement, when filed and recorded, shall establish the residence of the person filing it in the county, district or precinct of their selection.
(Code 1896, §1559; Code 1907, §296; Acts 1920, No. 5, p. 4; Code 1923, §367; Code 1940, T. 17, §18; Code 1975, §17-3-7; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §4.)Section 17-3-13
Section 17-3-13Liners between counties, districts and precincts.
Any person who may be declared to be a liner between counties, districts or precincts, and shall have fixed his or her citizenship according to law and that may be hereafter provided in such cases, shall be construed a citizen and elector of the county, district or precinct in which he or she so fixes his or her citizenship, for all the purposes of this title.
(Code 1907, §297; Acts 1920, No. 5, p. 4; Code 1923, §368; Code 1940, T. 17, §19; Code 1975, §17-3-8; Acts 1978, No. 584, p. 667, §5.)
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