Ala. Code § 17-17-27 : — ELECTIONSELECTION OFFENSES —17-27 - Failure to count legal vote TEXT PDF Except as to provisional absentee ballots that have not been verified by seven days after the election, any election official who fails to count a legal vote cast by absentee ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. Ala. Code § 17-17-27 (1975) Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.