Back in October, a group called the Alabama New South Coalition advertised an offer to pastors of money in exchange for getting church parishioners to vote early via absentee ballot.
Subsequently, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill, the state’s chief election official, called it not a “best practice,” but said such an effort by the Alabama New South Coalition was not illegal.
State Rep. Jamie Kiel (R-Russellville) wants to make the practice illegal. During an interview with Mobile radio’s FM Talk 106.5, Kiel discussed his prefiled legislation prohibiting the practice.