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On October 25-27, the Alabama Law
Institute hosts the 2017 Election Conference.
The biennial conference is held each election cycle to ensure that those
public officials on the front line of the election process have an opportunity
to jointly train and discuss the issues they face. The conference, held at the University of
Alabama, is open to all Probate Judges, Sheriffs, Circuit Clerks, and Registrars
and more than 350 registered for this year’s conference. According
to Senator Cam Ward, President of the Law Institute, “the Election Conference
is great opportunity to work with our election officials each cycle to ensure
that they have the information they need to perform their duties. Elections are the cornerstone of our system
of government and it is good to get all of the people performing the various
functions together so they can better work as a team.”
The
training includes a day long joint session on Thursday, October 26th,
including sessions on crossover voting, campaign finance laws, security,
electronic poll books, and liability issues.
The faculty includes seasoned veteran officials and experts in the
fields. The joint session is being held
in Russell Hall at the University of Alabama thanks to the generous cooperation
of the University. The agenda can be found here.
In
conjunction with the Election Conference the Institute published the Eighteenth
Edition of the Alabama Election Handbook. This handbook has long been the go-to
resources for all persons interested in the Alabama election process. The Alabama Election
Handbook, first published by the Institute in 1977, was the successor to
the 1952 Election Officer’s Handbook
by University of Alabama Professor Donald Strong. Beginning with the Sixth Edition, the Alabama Election Handbook also incorporated the Secretary of State’s Election Official's Handbook produced
first by Dr. Robert Montjoy of Auburn University in 1982. Copies of the Handbook can be ordered from the Law Institute and an electronic
version is available on the Institute’s website.
For more information, visit http://lsa.alabama.gov/
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