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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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11-46-27
Section 11-46-27 Appointment, compensation, etc., of election officers. (a) The municipal governing
body or a majority of them must, not less than 15 days before the holding of any municipal
election, appoint from the qualified electors of the respective wards or voting districts
officers to hold the election as follows: Where paper ballots are used, one returning officer
for each ward and three inspectors and two clerks for each box at each voting place and, where
voting machines are used, an inspector, a chief clerk, and a first and second assistant clerk
for each voting machine; except that in the event voting centers or voting places are established,
then the requirements of Section 11-46-24 shall control the number of election officials.
In any Class 6, Class 7, or Class 8 municipality, election officials must reside within the
municipality and may serve at any polling place within the municipality. An election official
appointed to serve in a polling place other than where he or...
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45-37A-52-51
Section 45-37A-52-51 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate in any
election for the office of council member may become such candidate by filing in the office
of the judge of probate of the county in which such city is situated, a statement in writing
of such candidacy and an affidavit taken and certified by such judge of probate or by a notary
public that such person is duly qualified to hold the office for which he or she desires to
be a candidate. Such statement shall be filed at least 45 days before the day set for such
election and shall be substantially the following form: State of Alabama, ______ County. I,
the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of the City of
______ in the state and county, and reside at ______ in the City of ______, that I desire
to become a candidate for office as a member of the city council, district number ______,
in the City at the election for that office to be held on the ______ day of...
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11-46-32
Section 11-46-32 Election supplies. (a) The mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality
shall at the expense of the municipality procure and superintend and insure the delivery to
the election officers at each polling place within the corporate limits of the municipality
of the necessary election supplies and shall also procure and deliver or cause to be delivered
to the municipal clerk a sufficient number of the absentee ballots and the envelopes therefor
prescribed by general laws and other supplies needed for the handling of absentee ballots
in such election in the manner prescribed by general law. In the event the municipal clerk
is a candidate in the election, he or she shall immediately upon receipt of the absentee ballots
and other supplies deliver the same to the person appointed pursuant to Section 11-46-55 to
act in his or her stead. (b) When paper ballots are used, such supplies shall consist of:
At least 100 ballots for each 50 registered electors at each...
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17-11-9
Section 17-11-9 Materials furnished with ballot; delivery of ballot to absentee election manager.
Each prospective absentee voter who meets the requirements of this chapter shall be furnished
with the absentee ballot herein provided for, together with two envelopes for returning his
or her marked ballot and instructions for completing and returning the absentee ballot as
well as instructions for correcting mistakes in completing ballots or obtaining a replacement
ballot. One envelope shall be a plain envelope in which the ballot shall be sealed by the
voter after he or she has marked it. The second envelope shall have the voter's affidavit
printed on the back and shall be large enough to seal the plain ballot envelope inside. The
second envelope shall also be a return mail envelope. Such return mail envelope shall be addressed
on the front to the absentee election manager and shall be endorsed on the left-hand upper
corner thereof as follows: "Absent Voter's Ballot. State, County,...
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45-18-70.08
Section 45-18-70.08 Assignment of qualified electors based on residency; unassigned voters.
(a) After April 22, 1986, the Conecuh County Board of Registrars is directed to place the
names of each qualified elector in the proper precinct and voting box consistent with the
residence address known to the board of registrars taken from the list of qualified electors.
Where an elector's residency is in question, the voter's name shall be listed as an unassigned
voter, until properly verified. (b) The board of registrars shall cause notice to be given
to the unassigned voters in any precinct, that unless they shall identify for assignment,
their names shall be maintained on a separate list of unassigned qualified electors for the
purpose of voting, but they shall not be assigned to a particular division of the precinct
until they have identified for assignment. They may not vote unless they shall identify at
the time of voting and sign an affidavit of residency in the division of the...
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45-18-70.09
Section 45-18-70.09 Identification of unassigned voters. An unassigned voter may identify himself
or herself for assignment in any one of the following ways: (1) He or she may identify himself
or herself for assignment by appearing in person at the office of the board of registrars
or before a deputy registrar, and answering such questions and submitting such proof as may
be reasonably required by the registrars or their deputies to establish the voter's identity
and place of legal residence, and that he or she has not become disqualified from voting in
the county or election district. (2) He or she may identify himself or herself by filling
in and mailing to the board of registrars the completed answers to such questions as may reasonably
be needed and mailed to him or her in a written questionnaire by the board of registrars,
or on a form which the board of registrars shall cause to be printed in all newspapers of
general circulation published in the county, or on forms distributed...
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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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17-16-1
Section 17-16-1 Preservation of voted ballot containers and records of election containers;
electronic voting specialists. (a) The voted ballot containers and records of election containers
shall remain sealed for the time provided by law for the filing of contests and then shall
have the seal broken only on the order of that body which, under the general provisions of
law, now has charge of and control over voted ballot containers and records of election containers
in that county, municipality, or other political subdivision. If, in the opinion of such body,
a contest has developed or is likely to develop, the containers shall remain sealed until
such time as ordered opened by the court hearing the contest, or until a final determination
of the contest. On the order of any court of competent jurisdiction or on the order of any
legislative body or governing body having jurisdiction over such election, the seal may be
broken for the purpose of proper investigation and when such...
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45-37-72.27
Section 45-37-72.27 Statement of candidacy; petition. (a) No primary election shall be held
to nominate a candidate to fill a vacancy under this subpart. At any election held under this
subpart no person's name shall appear on the ballot as a candidate for the office to be filled
at the election unless such person has filed in the office of the judge of probate of the
county within the time and in the forms prescribed in subsection (b) his or her statement
of candidacy and the petition signed by a least 100 qualified electors of the commission district
requesting that such person become a candidate for the office. (b) Any person desiring to
become a candidate at any election may become such candidate by filing in the office of the
judge of probate of the county such person's statement in writing of such candidacy, accompanied
by such person's affidavit taken and certified by such judge of probate, or by a notary public,
that such person is duly qualified to hold the office for which...
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