KIEL: No One Should Be Paid to Vote

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.

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