With a statement to eliminate “funny business in Alabama elections,” Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation Wednesday that will ban ballot harvesting. The legislation will make it a crime to pay people to go door to door collecting ballots.
There are exceptions for people to help their family members or for the blind, disabled, or illiterate to get assistance in voting.
The bill, known as Senate Bill 1, was sponsored by state Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) and carried in the House by Rep. Jamie Kyle (R-Russellville). The legislation was originally carried in the House by then-Rep. Wes Allen (R-Troy). But, he could not get the legislation through the Alabama Senate at that time.