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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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17-13-51
Section 17-13-51 Applicability of Sections 17-13-50 and 17-17-50. Sections 17-13-50 and 17-17-50
shall not apply where a special election is called for the election of a public officer for
which the party has no candidate or where, by death, resignation, or otherwise, a vacancy
has occurred in any nomination made by such party. Sections 17-13-50 and 17-17-50 shall not
apply to municipal elections. (Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §41; §17-16-45; amended and
renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §61.)...
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17-16-46
Section 17-16-46 Procedure for examination of ballots, voting machines, etc.; bond. In all
election contests involving elections other than party primaries or runoffs: (1) The examining
person or candidate seeking to examine the ballots, electronic voting machines, or electronic
voting machine computations or printouts must move, within 10 days of the filing of the contest,
the court before whom the election contest is pending for an examination. The court shall
set a hearing on the motion for examination which must take place within 10 days after service
of the motion on the parties and candidates involved in the election contest. The hearing
shall be held to determine the procedures to be used for the examination and the court shall,
within five days after the hearing, set forth the procedures for the examination. Absent a
subsequent court order extending the time for reasonable cause shown, the examination must
be finished within 15 days of the court order which sets forth the...
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21-4-23
Section 21-4-23 Registration and voting aids. (a) The appropriate election officials in the
several counties of this state shall make available registration and voting aids for handicapped
and elderly individuals in state elections. These aids shall include, but are not limited
to: (1) Instructions, printed in large type, conspicuously displayed at each voter registration
site and polling place, sufficient to provide hearing impaired and seriously visually impaired
individuals with adequate information as to how and where they may register and vote. (2)
Paper ballots, available at each polling place, for the use of voters who would otherwise
be prevented from voting because of their inability to operate a voting machine. (3) Absentee
ballots, available to any handicapped or elderly individual who, because of handicap or age,
is unable to go to the polling facility in a state election. The deadlines for requesting
and submitting an absentee ballot under this subsection shall not be...
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17-13-20
Section 17-13-20 Determination of majority of votes cast. If a nominee for a single office
is to be selected, with more than one candidate, then the majority of votes cast for the office
in such election shall be ascertained by dividing the total votes cast for all candidates
for the office by two, and any number of votes in excess of one half of such total votes cast
for all candidates for such office shall be a majority within the meaning of this section.
If nominees for two or more offices, constituting a group, are to be selected and there are
more candidates for nomination than there are such offices, then the majority of votes cast
for the office in such election shall be ascertained by dividing the total votes cast for
all such candidates by the number of positions to be filled, and then dividing the result
by two. Any number of votes in excess of the number ascertained by such last division shall
be the majority herein provided for necessary for nomination. If, in ascertaining...
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17-13-22
Section 17-13-22 Certification of nominees to judge of probate. The Secretary of State shall,
not later than 74 days before the general election, certify to the judge of probate of each
county in the state a separate list of nominees of each party for office and for each candidate
who has requested to be an independent candidate and has filed a written petition in accordance
with Section 17-9-3, except nominees for county offices, to be voted for by the voters of
such county. (Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §36; Acts 1995, No. 95-786, p. 1872, §1; §17-16-40;
amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §59; Act 2014-6, p. 21, §1.)...
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17-13-102
Section 17-13-102 Petition requirements. In order to qualify the name of any person to appear
on the ballot at a presidential preference primary, a petition or petitions in support of
his or her candidacy shall be filed with the state party chair of the appropriate political
party, hereinafter referred to as "chair," 116 days prior to the presidential preference
primary election. To comply with this section, a candidate may file a petition or petitions
signed by a total of not less than 500 qualified electors of the state, or petitions signed
by not less than 50 qualified electors of each congressional district of the state, in which
case there shall be a separate petition for each congressional district. The petitions shall
be in such form as the chair may prescribe; provided, that there shall be a space for the
county of residence of each signer next to the space provided for his or her signature. No
signature may be counted as valid unless the county of residence of the signer is...
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17-13-23
Section 17-13-23 Filling of vacancies in nominations. The state executive committee, in cases
where the office to be filled is not a county office, and the county executive committee,
in cases where the office to be filled is a county office, but subject to the approval of
and in accordance with the method prescribed by the state executive committee, where a vacancy
may occur in any nomination, either by death, resignation, revocation, or otherwise, or in
case of any special election, may fill such vacancy, either by action of the committee itself
or by such other method as such committee may see fit to pursue. The respective state or county
executive committee shall file with the Secretary of State, for a state or federal office,
or with the judge of probate, for a county office, the name of the candidate to fill such
vacancy not later than 76 days before the election. (Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §37; §17-16-41;
amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §59; Act 2014-6,...
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17-13-78
Section 17-13-78 Statement by elector contesting election. (a) Any elector of a party desiring
to contest the nomination by his or her party of any candidate declared the nominee for any
office shall make a statement in writing setting forth specifically all of the following:
(1) The name of the party contesting and that the elector was a qualified elector when the
primary was held and he or she participated therein. (2) The nomination which the election
was held to fill. (3) The time of holding the election. (4) The name of the person declared
nominated. (5) The particular grounds on which the nomination is contested. (b) The contest
is instituted by filing this statement and giving security as provided in this article, which
statement must be certified by the affidavit of such contesting party to the effect that he
or she believes the same to be true. (c) If the reception of illegal votes is alleged as a
ground for contest, it is a sufficient statement of the ground to allege that...
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17-3-31
Section 17-3-31 Restoration of right to vote upon pardon or issuance of certificate of eligibility.
Any person who is disqualified by reason of conviction of any of the offenses mentioned in
Article VIII of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, except treason and impeachment, whether
the conviction was had in a state or federal court, and who has been pardoned, may be restored
to citizenship with the right to vote by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles when specifically
expressed in the pardon. If otherwise qualified, such person shall be permitted to register
or reregister as an elector upon submission of a copy of the pardon document to the board
of registrars of the county of his or her residence. In addition, any person who has been
granted a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote by the Board of Pardons and Paroles
pursuant to Section 15-22-36.1, shall be permitted to register or reregister as an elector
upon submission of a copy of the certificate to the board of...
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