1. (A) The State Election Commission shall:

   1. (1) ensure that the name of a qualified elector is removed from the official list of eligible voters within seven days of receipt of information confirming:

      1. (a) the request of the qualified elector to be removed;
      2. (b) the elector is adjudicated mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction;
      3. (c) the death of the qualified elector;
      4. (d) the elector is not a citizen of the United States; or
      5. (e) a change in the residence to a place outside the county in which the qualified elector is registered when such confirmation is received from the qualified elector in writing;

   2. (2) inform applicants under Sections 7-5-155, 7-5-310, and 7-5-320 of:

      1. (a) voter eligibility requirements; and
      2. (b) penalties provided by law for submission of a false voter registration application;

   3. (3) complete, no later than ninety days before the date of a statewide primary or general election, a program to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the official list of eligible voters in compliance with the provisions of Section 7-5-330(F); this item may not be construed to preclude:

      1. (a) the removal of names from the official list of eligible voters on a basis described in item (1); or
      2. (b) correction of registration records pursuant to this article.

HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 466, Section 1, eff August 21, 1996; 2022 Act No. 150 (S.108), Section 21, eff May 13, 2022.

Effect of Amendment

2022 Act No. 150, Section 21, rewrote the section.