Alabama § 17-17-55 - Unauthorized Marking of Ballot, Electioneering, or Divulging How Elector Voted.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 17-17-55 — Unauthorized Marking of Ballot, Electioneering, or Divulging How Elector Voted., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17-17-55. Unauthorized Marking of Ballot, Electioneering, or Divulging How Elector Voted.
Any person at a primary election who shall mark the ballot of a voter contrary to the voter’s direction or request, or who shall electioneer or attempt to electioneer with a voter or attempt to influence his or her vote by suggestion or otherwise, or who shall afterwards divulge how such elector voted in any race on the ballot, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 17-17-55 ("Unauthorized Marking of Ballot, Electioneering, or Divulging How Elector Voted.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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