Alabama § 17-4-39 Maintenance of State Voter Registration List; Removal of Improperly Registered Individuals; Alabama Voter Integrity Database

Alabama Statutes

§ 17-4-39 — Maintenance of State Voter Registration List; Removal of Improperly Registered Individuals; Alabama Voter Integrity Database

Alabama § 17-4-39

Title 17Elections

Ch. 4Voter Registration Lists

Art. 2Statewide Voter Registration File, Voter Registration Advisory Board, and Director of Voter Registration

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 17-4-39 (2026).

Text

(a)The board of registrars shall be responsible for entering and updating in a timely manner the names and information of the electors who register to vote and vote in each election into the state voter registration list and for conducting regular voter list maintenance activities as directed by the Secretary of State and otherwise provided by law, including processing registered individuals identified by programs conducted pursuant to subsection (b). Removal of any registered individual determined to be improperly registered may be accomplished at any time by a majority vote of the board.

(b)(1) The Secretary of State shall be responsible for directly conducting regular state voter registration list maintenance programs to ensure database integrity. These programs shall be known as the A

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(a) The board of registrars shall be responsible for entering and updating in a timely manner the names and information of the electors who register to vote and vote in each election into the state voter registration list and for conducting regular voter list maintenance activities as directed by the Secretary of State and otherwise provided by law, including processing registered individuals identified by programs conducted pursuant to subsection (b). Removal of any registered individual determined to be improperly registered may be accomplished at any time by a majority vote of the board.
(b)(1) The Secretary of State shall be responsible for directly conducting regular state voter registration list maintenance programs to ensure database integrity. These programs shall be known as the Alabama Voter Integrity Database (AVID). The Alabama Voter Integrity Database shall compare the state voter registration list to:
a. Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency driver license and nondriver identification card data to identify registered voters in Alabama who have moved and obtained a driver license or nondriver identification card in another state or who have registered to vote in Alabama and then applied for a foreign national driver license or nondriver identification card;
b. State-to-state voter list data to identify individuals who are registered to vote in Alabama but who are also registered to vote in another state, including individuals who may have voted in the same or a similar election in both states, with priority given to data from states in close geographical proximity to Alabama;
c. The National Change of Address database to identify individuals who are registered to vote in Alabama but have notified the United States Postal Service that they have relocated to a new county within the state or an address outside of Alabama;
d. Social Security Death Index data to identify deceased individuals who are registered to vote and may have died out of state; and
e. United States Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services data to identify individuals who are registered to vote in Alabama but are ineligible to vote because they are noncitizens.
(2) Individuals identified shall be timely communicated by the Secretary of State to the appropriate board or boards of registrars to process.
(c) Not later than February 1, annually, the Secretary of State shall collect and publish data from each county specifying the number of voters who were removed from the voter registration list during the previous calendar year.

Legislative History

(Acts 1994, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 94-826, p. 158, §6; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-4-253; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §20; Act 2025-424, §1.)