A bill that would prohibit people from being paid for voting after an election passed a House committee vote on Wednesday.
House Bill 70 is sponsored by Rep. Jamie Kiel, R-Russellville, who told committee members that paying someone to vote was already illegal in Alabama, but his bill fixes a loophole in state law.
“This does away with the appearance that we’re paying someone to vote,” Kiel said.
The bill specifies that individuals and groups can’t make payments “on a per voter basis” to other individuals or groups, including churches.