The Alabama Law Institute, in collaboration with the
Secretary of State’s Office, is pleased to offer the latest edition of the Alabama Election Handbook, a
comprehensive reference resource which explains how the electoral process in
Alabama works, and what the duties of Alabama election officials are in that
process. As with past editions, the Handbook
covers a variety of topics, ranging from candidate requirements and election
preparations to voter registration, absentee voting, and campaign finance
requirements. Building on previous versions, the 18th Edition of the
Handbook includes several new
features that will be of interest to readers. These include:
1.
A chart of
offices up for election in the next three election cycles (Chapter 1)
2.
A section on
special issues for judicial candidates featuring a table of campaign-related
Judicial Inquiry Commission advisory opinions (Chapter 4)
3.
Updated content
on the rules for restoring voting rights to felony offenders (Chapter 6)
4.
A chart of Ethics
Commission advisory opinions addressing campaign finance issues (Chapter 19)
5.
A new appendix
cataloguing the election-related legal authorities that have been issued since
publication of the last edition of the Handbook.
The Handbook
is available online on the Law Institute portion of the LSA website
(www.lsa.alabama.gov). You may also order a copy of this new edition by filling
out the form linked here and returning it to the Law Institute.