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17-11-3
Section 17-11-3 Absentee balloting generally. (a) Any qualified elector of this state may apply
for and vote an absentee ballot by mail, by hand delivery, or by commercial carrier, as determined
by rule by the Secretary of State, as provided in Sections 17-11-5 and 17-11-9, in any primary,
general, special, or municipal election, if he or she makes application in writing therefor
not less than five days prior to the election in which he or she desires to vote and meets
one or more of the following requirements: (1) The person expects to be out of the county
or the state, or the municipality for municipal elections, on election day. (2) The person
has any physical illness or infirmity which prevents his or her attendance at the polls, whether
he or she is within or without the county on the day of the election. (3) The person expects
to work a shift which has at least 10 hours which coincide with the hours the polls are open
at his or her regular polling place. (4) The person is...
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45-41-141.13
Section 45-41-141.13 Conduct of special elections. (a) The managers, inspectors, or other officers
of any special election authorized to be held under and pursuant to this part shall be appointed,
and such special election shall be held, in the same manner and by the same officers as a
regular election for county officers, under the general election laws of the state; provided,
that if such special election is held at the time for holding such regular election in the
county, then the election officers of such regular election shall conduct such special election
at the same time as such regular election, and for such services they shall receive no compensation
other than that allowed them for the holding of such regular election. If such special election
is held at some other time than that of holding such regular election in the county, then
the aforesaid election officers shall receive the same pay as that for holding such regular
election. All expenses for holding any such special...
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45-25-101
Section 45-25-101 Election; term; compensation; qualifications; powers and duties; vacancy.
(a) A county Superintendent of Education for DeKalb County, Alabama, shall be elected by the
qualified electors of DeKalb County, Alabama, at the next general election who shall hold
office until his or her successor is elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. (b) At
the next general election to be held in the county and state a county Superintendent of Education
for DeKalb County, Alabama, shall be elected, who shall hold office for a term of four years
and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, unless sooner removed for good cause.
Each four years thereafter, a county Superintendent of Education for DeKalb County, Alabama,
shall be elected by those qualified voters of the county residing outside of a municipality
served by a city board of education at the regular general election, nominations for which
office may be made in primary elections as other county officers. (c)...
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17-16-20
Section 17-16-20 Recounts generally. (a) When, in a general election, the election returns
for any public office, including a judicial office, reflect that a candidate is defeated or
any ballot statewide measure is defeated by not more than one half of one percent of the votes
cast for the office, or the ballot measure, as certified by the appropriate election officer,
a recount shall be held unless the defeated candidate submits a written waiver for the recount
as provided herein: (1) In the case of an election for any federal, state, circuit, or district
office, or the state Senate, state House of Representatives, or any other office that is not
a county office, a written waiver for a recount may be submitted to the Secretary of State
within 24 hours after the certification of the results of the election. Upon receipt of the
waiver, the Secretary of State shall immediately order the recount to be cancelled. (2) In
the case of an election for any county office, a written waiver for a...
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16-13-162
Section 16-13-162 Election officers; conduct of election. (a) The inspectors and officers of
the election shall be appointed and such elections shall be held and the result of said elections
shall be declared in the same manner and by the same officers as is the result of the regular
elections for county officers under the general laws of the state. (b) The election provided
for in this article may be had at the time of holding any regular election within the county;
and, if held at any such time, the inspectors and officers of the general election shall conduct
at the same time the election herein provided for; and for such services they shall receive
no compensation other than that allowed them for the holding of the general election; but
if such an election is had at any other time than that of holding a regular election within
the county, then the election officers shall receive the same pay as that for holding a general
election. (School Code 1927, §§255, 260; Code 1940, T. 52,...
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11-81-67
Section 11-81-67 Applicability of provisions of general election laws; mandatory and directory
provisions of article. Where no provisions are otherwise made in this article, the general
election laws of the state then in existence with regard to all notices, qualifications of
voters, official acts, and things to be done in connection with ordering and holding elections,
making returns, canvassing, and certifying the same shall govern in all respects, and all
penalties fixed for wrongful acts and violations of the general election laws of the state
shall apply to similar acts and violations in all elections held under this article. The provisions
of this article relating to the calling of elections are mandatory, and those relating to
the conduct and method of canvassing the same are directory. (Acts 1927, No. 478, p. 534;
Code 1940, T. 37, §291.)...
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11-81-96
Section 11-81-96 Applicability of provisions of general election laws; mandatory and directory
provisions of article. Where no provisions are otherwise made in this article, the general
election laws of the state then in existence with regard to all notices, qualifications of
voters, official acts, and things to be done in connection with ordering and holding elections,
making returns, canvassing, and certifying the same shall govern in all respects and all penalties
fixed for wrongful acts and violations of the general election laws of the state shall apply
to similar acts and violations in all elections held under this article. The provisions of
this article relating to the calling of elections are mandatory and those relating to the
conduct and the method of canvassing the same are directory. (Acts 1927, No. 478, p. 534;
Code 1940, T. 12, §108.)...
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17-13-70
Section 17-13-70 Time for contesting generally; hearing. Any contest to a nomination made by
primary election must be filed within 24 hours after the results of the primary election have
been declared, weekends excluded, under the same conditions and on the same grounds as provided
in the laws of Alabama for general elections of state and county officers and as provided
in this chapter. The person whose nomination is contested under this section shall be notified
of the contest in accordance with Section 17-13-83 and shall have five days after notice of
the filing of the contest within which to file with the chair his or her objections and answers
to such contest. Such contest shall be heard and tried by the county executive committee as
to candidates for county offices and by the state committee as to candidates for all other
offices; and wherever there is no county executive committee consisting of enough members
to obtain a quorum, then by the state executive committee. (Acts 1931,...
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11-43A-113
Section 11-43A-113 Referendum to determine form of government. Between October 1, 1991, and
March 31, 1992, any municipality adopting the council-manager form of government under this
article, regardless of which effective date is chosen in the ordinance referenced in Section
11-43A-70, shall conduct a referendum for the purpose of determining whether after the first
Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election, the municipality
shall operate under the council-manager form of government as prescribed herein or, in the
alternative, under the mayor-council form of government as set forth in Section 11-43-1 et
seq. The council shall give advance notice of the time and purpose of such referendum by publication
once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.
All qualified electors of the municipality may participate in said referendum and the questions
to be decided shall be plainly printed upon the ballot....
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17-4-33
Section 17-4-33 Computerized statewide voter registration list. (a) The State of Alabama shall
provide, through the Secretary of State, a nondiscriminatory, single, uniform, official, centralized,
interactive computerized statewide voter registration list defined, maintained, and administered
by the Secretary of State, with advice from the Voter Registration Advisory Board and the
President of the Alabama Probate Judges Association, which contains the name and registration
information of every legally registered voter in the state. The computerized list shall comply
with the following requirements: (1) It shall serve as the single system for storing and managing
the official list of registered voters throughout the state. (2) It shall contain the name,
address, and voting location, as well as other information deemed necessary by the Voter Registration
Advisory Board or the Secretary of State, of every legally registered voter in the state.
(3) A unique identifier shall be assigned to...
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