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11-46-28
Section 11-46-28 Polling place hours; duties of election officers; challenger; deletion of
absentee voter applicants from voter list; preservation of order. (a) Every polling place
shall open for voting at 7:00 A.M. and shall close at 7:00 P.M. and shall remain open for
voting for not less than 12 consecutive hours. All polling places in areas operating on eastern
time may open and close under this section pursuant to eastern time. The election officers
at voting places shall meet at the respective places of holding elections for which they have
been appointed 30 minutes before the hour established by the municipal governing body to open
the polls and shall at the designated hour open the several polling places as designated and
keep them open without adjournment or recess until the hour established by the municipal governing
body to close the polls and no longer. (b) Any qualified elector entitled to vote at a polling
place who has identified himself or herself with the election...
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11-46-57
Section 11-46-57 Absentee ballots - Casting and handling of ballots; duties and compensation
of clerks, etc., generally; applicability of other laws. The provisions of Chapter 11 of Title
17 shall be applicable to the casting and handling of absentee ballots in municipal elections,
and any amendments, extensions, or deletions from this chapter in the future shall likewise
be applicable to municipal elections. The town clerk, city clerk, or other officer performing
the duties of the clerk, as the case may be, shall have and perform the duties required by
Chapter 11 of Title 17. For performing these duties, the municipal governing body may compensate
the clerk, or other officer performing the duties of the clerk, in whatever manner and amount
it deems appropriate. All other laws of this state regulating and providing for voting of
an absentee ballot shall apply to elections held under this article. (Acts 1961, No. 663,
p. 827, §37; Acts 1976, No. 358, p. 403, §16; Act 2010-687, p....
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17-11-18
Section 17-11-18 Time requirements for receipt of absentee ballots. (a) No absentee ballot
shall be opened or counted if received by the absentee election manager by mail, unless postmarked
as of the date prior to the day of the election and received by mail no later than noon on
the day of election, or, if received by the absentee election manager by hand delivery, unless
so delivered by the voter or medical emergency designee to the absentee election manager not
later than the close of the last business day next preceding the election or, if delivered
by the medical emergency designee, by noon on the day of the election. (b) The above provision
does not apply in the case of individuals voting absentee pursuant to the federal Uniformed
and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), 42 U.S.C. 1973ff, when those individuals
are voting in a primary, second primary, general, or special election for a federal, state,
or county office or proposed constitutional amendment or other...
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45-48-111.05
Section 45-48-111.05 Demand for recanvass. Any candidate in an election shall have the right
to make demand in writing to the body which, under the general provisions of law, now have
charge of and control over ballot boxes, for an order to break the seals of voting machines
for the purpose of recanvassing the vote and the request shall be honored, whereupon all other
articles in the "Act to regulate and control primary elections for the nomination by
political parties of candidates for public office" and in the "Election Code"
shall be followed in making such recanvass and the machine shall be resealed as therein provided.
Such demand in writing shall be made not later than 10 days subsequent to such election. (Acts
1971, No. 1899, p. 3088, § 6.)...
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11-46-36
Section 11-46-36 Preparation, certification, filing, and publication of lists of qualified
regular voters. (a) The mayor or other chief executive officer of the city or town shall cause
to be made a list of the qualified voters who reside within the corporate limits of such city
or town and who are registered to vote regular ballots, dividing the same into separate alphabetical
lists of the qualified voters of each ward where such city or town has been divided into wards
and all qualified voters thereof vote at one box or voting machine, or dividing such list
into separate alphabetical lists of voters authorized to vote at each respective box or voting
machine if the list of qualified voters has been divided alphabetically and each alphabetical
group assigned a box or machine at which to vote. He or she shall have such lists compared
with the official list of electors qualified to vote during the current year on file in the
probate office of the county in which the municipality is...
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17-11-43.1
Section 17-11-43.1 Use of federal write-in absentee ballots by overseas voters. A person who
votes by absentee ballot pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act,
42 U.S.C. 1973ff, may use a federal write-in absentee ballot as provided in 42 U.S.C. 1973ff-2
for casting his or her vote in any primary, primary runoff, general, or special election for
federal, state, or county office or proposed constitutional amendment or other referenda.
The Secretary of State may promulgate rules in accordance with the Alabama Administrative
Procedure Act to implement this section. (Act 2014-6, p. 21, §2.)...
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17-6-81
Section 17-6-81 Fair Ballot Commission; ballot statements. (a)(1) There is created the Fair
Ballot Commission. The purpose of the commission is to provide to the public a fair and accurate
explanation of what a vote for and what a vote against a statewide ballot measure represents.
(2) The commission shall consist of the following 18 members: The Governor, the Lieutenant
Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
and the Secretary of State, or their designees, shall each serve as a member on the commission
and shall each appoint to the commission one member who is an attorney licensed in the state
and one member who is a private citizen of the state who is not an attorney. The Alabama State
University School of Public Policy, the Samford University School of Public Policy, and the
Miles College School of Law shall each appoint a member to the commission. Other than the
Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Commissioner of...
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17-13-77
Section 17-13-77 Registration lists to be furnished upon request. The judge of probate of any
county, upon the application of either party to any contest or his or her agent or attorney,
shall deliver to the party, agent, or attorney a certified copy of the registration list of
the county or for any election district, ward, or precinct therein, upon payment of the fees
for certifying and copying the same at the rate of one dollar ($1) per page in making such
copy. Such copies, duly certified, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein;
namely, copies of the registration lists that the persons named therein were duly registered.
Any chair of any committee or other authority or person in whose possession, control, or custody
there is any list of persons voting at the primary election or any other paper lawfully pertaining
to the primary election, shall furnish a copy thereof for any state, county, district, ward,
or precinct, duly certified by him or her, whenever required...
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17-6-22
Section 17-6-22 Political parties not included on ballot unless requirements met. (a) No political
party, except those qualified as a political party under Chapter 13, shall be included on
any general election ballot unless: (1) The party shall have filed with the Secretary of State
or other appropriate official on the date of the first primary election a list of the signatures
of at least three percent of the qualified electors who cast ballots for the office of Governor
in the last general election for the state, county, city, district, or other political subdivision
in which the political party seeks to qualify candidates for office; and unless (2) The party
shall have fulfilled all other applicable requirements of federal, state, or local laws. (b)
The provisions of this section are supplemental to the provisions of Chapter 13, and other
laws regarding the conduct of elections in Alabama, and shall repeal only those laws or parts
of laws in direct conflict herewith. (Acts 1982, No....
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45-3-111
Section 45-3-111 Establishment of voting centers. (a) This section shall only apply to Barbour
County. (b) Pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 17-6-4, the Barbour County Commission may
establish voting centers by combining voters from two or more precincts in order to create
new voting centers in order to facilitate or reduce costs for elections and may otherwise
provide for voting centers. Voting centers considered by the commission shall include, but
shall not be limited to, the following voting centers: (1) A new voting center located at
the Eufaula Water Board, 840 Washington Street, Eufaula, to serve certain voters in District
1, Precincts 6 and 11. (2) A new voting center at the Baker Hill Town Hall, 1896 State Highway
131, Eufaula, to serve certain voters in the Western part of District 5, Precinct 4. (3) A
new voting center at the Bevell Center, 3223 South Eufaula Avenue, Eufaula, to serve certain
voters in the Eastern part of District 5, Precincts 4 and 1. (4) A new voting...
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