Article VIII, Alabama Constitution

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Article VIII of the Alabama Constitution is entitled Suffrage and Elections and consists of 20 sections.

Section 177

“ Sec. 177. Suffrage and elections. (a) Only a citizen of the United States who has attained the age of eighteen years and has resided in this state and in a county thereof for the time provided by law, if registered as provided by law, shall have the right to vote in the county of his or her residence. The Legislature may prescribe reasonable and nondiscriminatory requirements as prerequisites to registration for voting. The Legislature shall, by statute, prescribe a procedure by which eligible citizens can register to vote. (b) No person convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude, or who is mentally incompetent, shall be qualified to vote until restoration of civil and political rights or removal of disability. (c) The Legislature shall by law provide for the registration of voters, absentee voting, secrecy in voting, the administration of elections, and the nomination of candidates. ”

Section 178

“ Sec. 178. Reserved. ”

Section 179

“ Sec. 179. Reserved. ”

Section 180

“ Sec. 180. Reserved. ”

Section 181

“ Sec. 181. Reserved. ”

Section 182

“ Sec. 182. Reserved. ”

Section 183

“ Sec. 184. Reserved. ”

Section 185

“ Sec. 185. Reserved. ”

Section 186

“ Sec. 186. Reserved. ”

Section 187

“ Sec. 187. Reserved. ”

Section 188

“ Sec. 188. Reserved. ”

Section 189

“ Sec. 189. Reserved. ”

Section 190

“ Sec. 190. Reserved. ”

Section 191

“ Sec. 191. Reserved. ”

Section 192

“ Sec. 192. Reserved. ”

Section 193

“ Sec. 193. Reserved. ”

Section 194

“ Sec. 194. Reserved. ”

Section 195

“ Sec. 195. Reserved. ”

Section 196

“ Sec. 196. Reserved. ”

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Text of the Constitution
• An Overview of Alabama's Six Constitutions
• Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform
• It's a Thick Book (dead link)

Additional reading

• Connor, George E. Connor, and Christopher W. Hammons (2008). The Constitutionalism of American States. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press.
• McMillan, Malcolm Cook (1955). Constitutional Development in Alabama, 1798-1901: A Study in Politics, the Negro, and Sectionalism. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press.