§ 8-103. Emergencies

   (a) Declared state of emergency. -- In the event of a state of emergency, declared by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of law, that interferes with the electoral process, the emergency proclamation may:

   (1) provide for the postponement, until a specific date, of the election in part or all of the State;

   (2) specify alternate voting locations; or

   (3) specify alternate voting systems.

(b) Other emergency circumstances. --

   (1) If emergency circumstances, not constituting a declared state of emergency, interfere with the electoral process, the State Board or a local board, after conferring with the State Board, may petition a circuit court to take any action the court considers necessary to provide a remedy that is in the public interest and protects the integrity of the electoral process.

   (2) The State Board shall develop guidelines concerning methods for addressing possible emergency situations.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 33, § 8-103; 2002, ch. 291, § 2, 4.