Here’s a useful post from Left in Alabama. I thought some of these rules might be nice to know:
1 – Campaigning is not allowed with 30 feet of a polling place – This includes handing out literature and/or urging someone to vote for a particular candidate, this includes campaign workers and candidates.
2 – You may wear buttons, tee shirts etc espousing a candidate into the polls unless you are a poll worker or poll watcher. you can not linger in the polling place however, vote and exit.
3 – You may request assistance in voting and you may request whoever you choose including a candidate or campaign worker – you do not have to accept a poll worker as an assistant
4 – You may carry a sample ballot into the polls
5 – If you are a registered voter and your name does not appear on the poll workers list you may ask to vote a provisional ballot, formerly known as a challenged ballot. Your registeration will be checked by the Voters Registars office and if you are registered the vote will be counted.
6 – If the poll list shows you should be voting in another polling place you may also vote a provisional ballot (for example if you changed addresses) – important in local races
7 – If you are in line when the polls close, poll workers must allow you to vote.
8 – You do have to show an approved form of identification
9 – If you insist on voting naked and are over the age of 35, you must vote absentee.
Also, remeber this advice that my dad sent to me in an email:
“We can thank “Chelle for this. It seems pretty bizarre but apparently (at least according to snopes.com) it is true.
If you decide to vote a straight ticket (no that isn’t one that excludes gay people), you may not be voting for the presidential candidate. Of course a straight ticket is when you vote for the entire slate of a party’s candidates at once by what used to be called “pulling the big lever” in the voting booth (I will refrain from going there though I am sorely tempted).
Apparently a lot of states have separated the vote for president from the rest of the voting options on their ballots and you will need to vote for president IN ADDITION to any full slate vote you cast. You would do well to check before you vote if you plan to do that.
The latest polls (today) indicate an extremely close vote so a bunch of uncounted votes due to not knowing this could actually sway the election.”
