17-2-4
Section 17-2-4 Voting system requirements; vote standards; uniform polling system; purchase
of equipment. (a) On or before January 1, 2005, each voting system used in an election shall
meet the following requirements: (1) The voting system shall: a. Permit the voter to verify,
in a private and independent manner, the votes selected by the voter on the ballot before
the ballot is cast and counted. b. Provide the voter with the opportunity, in a private and
independent manner, to change the ballot or correct any error before the ballot is cast and
counted, including the opportunity to correct the error through the issuance of a replacement
ballot if the voter was otherwise unable to change the ballot or correct any error. c. If
the voter selects votes for more than one candidate for a single office: 1. Notify the voter
that the voter has selected more than one candidate for a single office on the ballot. 2.
Notify the voter before the ballot is cast and counted of the effect of casting...
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17-6-9
Section 17-6-9 Inapplicability to municipal elections. The provisions of this article shall
have no effect on the conduct of municipal elections of this state. It is further specifically
provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to require any municipality to establish
single or multiple representation districts for the election of municipal officials in this
state. It is further provided that all general or local provisions of law regarding the conduct
of municipal elections are hereby expressly preserved. (Acts 1989, No. 89-952, p. 1874, §10;
§17-5A-10; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §27.)...
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17-9-7
Section 17-9-7 When election officials to meet, open polling place, etc. The precinct election
officials appointed shall meet at the place of holding elections in the several voting places
for which they have been appointed not later than 30 minutes before the scheduled opening
of the polls and shall open the several polling places at the time designated. (Code 1907,
§358; Code 1923, §448; Code 1940, T. 17, §131; Acts 1979, No. 79-616, p. 1086, §2; §17-7-6;
amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §44.)...
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17-13-12
Section 17-13-12 Returning officers. The inspector shall perform the duty of precinct returning
officer as in general elections, unless someone else has been named and designated as authorized
by law. It shall be the duty of the inspector or the duty of such returning officer as may
be otherwise legally named and designated, as the case may be, to return and deliver to the
sheriff, who is the county returning officer, or the sheriff's designee, at the office of
the judge of probate at the county seat or at such other place as designated by the judge
of probate, the ballots and returns. The ballots and returns shall not be allowed to leave
the county returning officer's possession, except as provided by state and federal law. (Acts
1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §26; §17-16-30; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331,
§59; Act 2007-147, p. 180, §1.)...
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17-13-6
Section 17-13-6 Only qualified candidates to be listed on ballots. The name of no candidate
shall be printed upon any official ballot used at any primary election unless such person
is legally qualified to hold the office for which he or she is a candidate and unless he or
she is eligible to vote in the primary election in which he or she seeks to be a candidate
and possesses the political qualifications prescribed by the governing body of his or her
political party. (Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §11; §17-16-12; amended and renumbered by
Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §59.)...
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17-13-74
Section 17-13-74 Summoning witnesses and production of documents. In the hearing of any contest
before any committee or subcommittee under the provisions of this article, such committee,
through its chair, or through such other authority as may be designated, shall have authority
to summon witnesses to appear before it, or before any subcommittee appointed by it, in the
hearing of any contest pending before such committee, and can require any witnesses by a subpoena
duces tecum to produce any books, papers, poll lists, tally sheets, ballots, certificates,
or other documents which it may consider necessary to a rightful determination of the case.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §392; §17-16-74; amended and renumbered by
Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)...
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17-14-32
Section 17-14-32 Names on ballots; vote for candidate counted as vote for designated electors.
The names of all candidates for President and Vice President who are nominated as provided
in this chapter shall be printed on the official ballots under the emblem of their respective
political parties, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Alabama. The names
of the electors of the candidates for President and Vice President shall not be printed upon
the ballots. A vote for a candidate for President or Vice President shall be counted as a
vote for the electors of the political party or independent body by which such candidates
were named, as listed on the certificate of nomination or nominating petition. (Acts 1975,
3rd Ex. Sess., No. 138, p. 370, §3; §17-19-3; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p.
1331, §72.)...
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17-6-8
Section 17-6-8 Cooperation with Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment. All state
and county agencies and officials shall cooperate with the Permanent Legislative Committee
on Reapportionment in carrying out the purposes of this chapter and shall cooperate with the
Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment in the development of all information,
maps, and other data as is needed to comply with requirements of the Census Bureau. Failure
to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be a Class B misdemeanor punishable as
prescribed by law. (Acts 1989, No. 89-952, p. 1874, §9; §17-5A-9; amended and renumbered
by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §27.)...
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17-7-25
Section 17-7-25 Implementation of article. (a) It shall be the duty of the committee to recommend
procedures to be implemented by the Secretary of State under the Administrative Procedure
Act where appropriate to achieve and maintain the maximum degree of correctness and impartiality
of voting, counting, tabulating, and recording votes, by electronic vote counting systems
provided by this article. (b) To the extent practicable, statutes and procedures implemented
by the Secretary of State pursuant to this chapter shall apply in all municipal elections
that are conducted using automatic tabulating equipment or an electronic official vote counting
system. The duties assigned in the rules and statutes to a state or county election official
shall be performed by the corresponding municipal official. Where there is no corresponding
municipal official, the duties shall be performed by the municipal clerk or other election
official appointed by the municipal governing body where the clerk is...
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17-10-3
Section 17-10-3 Voting in precinct, etc., where elector's name does not appear on official
list. It shall be unlawful for any elector to cast his or her ballot during any general election,
primary election, municipal election or special election in any precinct, any district, any
ward, or any other subdivision where his or her name does not duly appear upon the official
list of the precinct, district, ward, or subdivision. All ballots cast in any election contrary
to this section are hereby declared illegal and, upon a contest duly instituted, the ballots
shall be excluded in determining the final result of any election; provided, that nothing
in this section shall prevent any qualified elector residing in the precinct, ward, or voting
district from voting after presenting a proper certificate from the board of registrars, or
from voting a provisional ballot or a provisional ballot in municipal elections when his or
her name does not duly appear upon the official list of the precinct,...
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