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17-13-40
Section 17-13-40 "Political party" defined. An assemblage or organization of electors
which, at the general election for state and county officers then next preceding the primary,
casts more than 20 percent of the entire vote cast in any county is hereby declared to be
a political party within the meaning of this chapter within such county; and an assemblage
or organization of electors which, at the general election for state officers then next preceding
the primary, casts more than 20 percent of the entire vote cast in the state is hereby declared
to be a political party within the meaning of this chapter for such state. (Acts 1975, No.
1196, p. 2349, §2; §17-16-2; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §61.)...
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21-4-21
Section 21-4-21 Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context clearly indicates
a different meaning, the following terms shall have meanings ascribed to them as follows:
(1) ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL. An individual 65 years of age or older; (2) ELECTION FOR STATE OFFICE.
A general, special primary, or runoff election for an executive, legislative, or judicial
state office that is contested on a statewide basis; (3) HANDICAPPED INDIVIDUAL. An individual
qualified to vote, who, by reason of illness, injury, age, congenital malfunction, or other
permanent or temporary incapacity or disability, is unable without accessible facilities or
registration and voting aids to have access to registration and voting equal to that available
to persons who are not so affected; (4) STATE. State of Alabama; (5) VOTING PRECINCT. The
area inhabited by all individuals assigned to one polling place for a state election. (Acts
1985, No. 85-234, p. 133, §2.)...
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36-15-1
Section 36-15-1 Duties generally. The Attorney General shall keep his or her office at the
capital city and perform the following duties: (1)a. He or she shall give his or her opinion
in writing, or otherwise, on any question of law connected with the interests of the state
or with the duties of any of the departments, when required by the Governor, Secretary of
State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Education, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries,
Director of Finance, Comptroller, State Health Officer, Public Service Commissioners, Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources, or the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue or
any other officer or department of the state when it is made, by law, his or her duty so to
do, and he or she shall also give his or her opinion to the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee
of either house, when required, upon any matter under the consideration of the committee.
b. The Attorney General shall give his or her opinion, in writing...
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11-43-80
Section 11-43-80 Powers and duties generally; office; salary; employment, salary, etc., as
superintendent of municipal light, water, sewage, etc., systems. (a) The mayor shall have
the powers and perform the duties provided by this title and by other applicable provisions
of law and shall keep an office in the city or town. (b) The mayor shall receive such salary
as the council may prescribe, which must be fixed by the council not less than six months
prior to each general municipal election; provided, however, the six-month requirement in
this section may be waived when necessary to comply with a mandate by the U.S. Justice Department
pursuant to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, or with an order issued by a state
or federal court. (c) In municipalities which own and operate light and power systems, municipal
water systems, municipal sewage systems, and municipal gas systems, one or any of them, may,
by resolution of the governing body duly entered in its minutes, require the...
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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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17-6-21
Section 17-6-21 Contents; amendments; withdrawal of name. (a) The official ballots shall contain
the names of all candidates nominated by caucus, convention, mass meeting, primary election,
or other assembly of any political party or faction, or by petition of electors and certified
as provided in Section 17-9-3, but no person's name shall be printed upon the ballots who,
within the time period set forth in subsection (c), notifies the judge of probate in writing,
acknowledged before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments, that he or she will
not accept the nomination specified in the certificate of nomination or petition of electors.
The name of each candidate shall appear but one time on the ballot and under only one emblem.
(b) A nomination for a candidate in a primary or general election shall be finalized by the
respective state executive committees not later than 76 days before the primary or general
election. Any amendment to a certification of a candidate by a...
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11-46-24
Section 11-46-24 Designating and equipping voting places; election officials; canvass returns.
(a) The municipal governing body may, when it orders an election, designate at least one place
of voting in each ward and if the ward has been divided into voting districts then at least
one place of voting in each district or the municipal governing body may establish and designate
one central place (location) within the municipality as the place of voting for all wards.
The number of voting boxes or voting machines as prescribed, shall be placed in a central
place of voting for use by the electors. The municipal governing body shall provide at least
one machine or at least one box for the voters of each ward, provided that this requirement
shall not apply to any municipality which uses electronic vote counters or tabulators or other
devices that are regulated by the Alabama Electronic Voting Committee established in Chapter
24 of Title 17 that are capable of counting the ballots from all...
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17-13-13
Section 17-13-13 Counting of votes; results to be posted for public inspection. (a) At the
close of the primary election at each voting place, and nowhere else, the inspectors and clerks
shall proceed forthwith, without adjournment, in the manner provided by law in the case of
general elections, to count the votes. This section shall not apply to provisional ballots
governed by Section 17-10-2. (b) No later than two hours after the polls are closed, the election
results for the voting place as tabulated by the inspectors shall be posted by the inspectors
for public inspection at a place in the county courthouse designated by the judge of probate.
(Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §27; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; Act 2003-339, p. 846, §2;
§17-16-31; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §59.)...
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17-13-24
Section 17-13-24 Voting more than once. Any voter who shall vote more than once, or attempt
to vote more than once, in any primary election held in this state, shall, on conviction,
be punished in the same manner as provided for voting or attempting to vote more than once
in a general election. (Acts 1927, No. 130, p. 89; Code 1940, T. 17, §410; §17-16-51; amended
and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §59.)...
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17-13-42
Section 17-13-42 Political parties may elect whether to participate in primary elections. Primary
elections are not compulsory. A political party may, by its state executive committee, elect
whether it will come under the primary election law. All political parties are presumed to
have accepted and come under the provisions of the primary election law, but any political
party may signify its election not to accept and come under the primary election law by filing
with the Secretary of State, at least 60 days before the date herein fixed for the holding
of any general primary election, a statement of the action of its state executive committee,
certified by its chair and secretary, which statement shall contain a copy of the resolution
or motion adopted declining to accept and come under the primary election law. If a political
party declines to accept and come under the primary election law, it shall not change its
action and accept and come under the primary election law until after...
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