Alabama Statutes

§ 17-17-39 — Buying Votes

Alabama § 17-17-39

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 17Elections

Ch. 17Election Offenses

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Ala. Code § 17-17-39 (2026).

Text

Any person who buys or offers to buy any vote of any qualified elector at any election by the payment of money or the promise to pay the same at any future time, or by the gift of intoxicating liquors or other thing of value, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor.

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Legislative History

(Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)

Nearby Sections

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§ 17-1-1

Applicability of Title to Primary Elections and County or Municipal Elections

§ 17-1-2

§ 17-1-3

Chief Elections Officials

§ 17-1-4

Right of City, County and State Employees to Participate in Political Activities

§ 17-1-5

Employers to Allow Time Off for Voting

§ 17-1-6

Ranked-Choice Voting Prohibited; Exceptions

§ 17-10-1

Voter Identification Requirements

§ 17-10-2

Provisional Ballots; Certification; Tabulation; Identification of Ballots

§ 17-10-3

Voting in Precinct, Etc., Where Elector’s Name Does Not Appear on Official List

§ 17-11-1

“Circuit Clerk” Defined

§ 17-11-10

Procedure Upon Receipt of Ballot by Absentee Election Manager; Counting of Ballots

§ 17-11-11

Officials for Counting of Absentee Ballots; Poll Watchers

§ 17-11-12

Delivery of Ballots, Envelopes, Etc. to Absentee Election Manager

§ 17-11-13

Disqualification of Circuit Clerk from Serving as Absentee Election Manager

§ 17-11-14

Compensation of Absentee Election Manager

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