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11-46-44
Section 11-46-44 Votes not to be counted until polls closed; disposition of poll lists and
affidavits; counting of ballots. (a) No votes shall be counted until the polls are closed.
(b) Immediately after the polls are closed at elections where paper ballots are used, the
poll list signed by the voters and the poll list made by one of the clerks shall be sealed
in separate envelopes and labelled before the inspectors begin to count the votes. (c) As
soon as this is done, the ballots cast shall be counted in the following manner: The returning
officer or one of the inspectors must take the ballots one by one from the box in which they
were deposited, at the same time reading aloud the name of each person receiving a vote and
the office for which the person received the vote, and they must separately keep a calculation
of the number of votes each person receives and for what office the person receives them.
If the elector has marked more than there are persons to be elected to an office...
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17-10-17
Section 17-10-17 Changing ballots, unauthorized assistance to voter, unlawful use of absentee
ballot, etc.; Attorney General to provide assistance in investigating violations; provisions
not to be construed as discouraging or inhibiting voter participation or use of absentee ballots.
THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2006-570. (Acts 1975, No. 1147,
p. 2251, §15; Acts 1980, No. 80-732, p. 1478, §9; Acts 1994, No. 94-320, p. 553, §1.)...
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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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17-12-14
Section 17-12-14 Ballots to be counted, labeled, sealed, and delivered to returning officer.
Except where precinct ballot counters are used, the inspectors must count the ballots deposited
in the box, and as soon as all the ballots contained in the box are counted, the inspectors
shall roll up the ballots so counted and label the same so as to show for what officer or
officers the ballots contained therein were received, and, when so rolled up and labeled,
shall be securely sealed; the rejected ballots, if any, shall also be rolled up and labeled
as rejected ballots and sealed up as the other parcels; and the packages so sealed up and
labeled, together with one poll list, shall also be securely sealed up, shall be returned
to and securely fastened up in the box from which such ballots were taken and counted and
which shall also be securely sealed and labeled so as to show the nature of its contents and
shall be delivered to the sheriff. (Code 1876, §288; Code 1886, §384; Code 1896,...
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17-12-8
Section 17-12-8 Count of votes to be sealed, certified, and delivered to sheriff; public inspection
of results. As soon as the ballots are counted, the inspectors shall ascertain the number
of votes received for each person and for what office and shall make a statement of the same
in writing, which statement shall be signed by them. They shall also certify in writing on
both the clerk's poll list and the voters' poll list, that the poll list is the poll list
of the voting places at which they were inspectors, the day and year on which the election
was held, and for what offices, which certificates shall be signed by them. The clerk's poll
list, as sealed and certified, shall be placed in the records of election containers to be
furnished for each voting place. The record of election containers shall be securely sealed
and delivered by the precinct returning officer to the sheriff as county returning officer.
No later than two hours after the polls are closed, the voting place election...
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11-46-45
Section 11-46-45 Preparation of statements of vote; certification, sealing, and delivery of
statements and poll lists; packaging of ballots; sealing and delivery of ballot boxes. (a)
At elections where paper ballots are used, as soon as the ballots are all counted, the inspectors
must ascertain the number of votes received for each person and for what office and must make
a statement of same in writing. Each of the inspectors must sign this statement and must also
certify in writing on the sealed envelope containing the poll list signed by the electors
that such poll list is the poll list of the election in the ward or voting place at which
they were inspectors, the day and year on which such election was held and for what offices.
The statement of the vote and the poll list thus certified, together with a list of the registered
electors qualified to vote at such voting place at such election on such day, must be sealed
up in an envelope furnished along with the other election supplies...
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17-16-2
Section 17-16-2 Reimbursing counties for election expenses - "Expenses" defined.
As used in this chapter, the term "expenses" shall include the following items and
any other items approved as reimbursable expenses by the Election Expense Reimbursement Committee
pursuant to Section 17-16-2.1: (1) The compensation and mileage provided by law for election
officials. (2) The compensation provided by law for the clerk or other official acting as
absentee election manager. (3) The costs of ballots, supplies, and other materials or equipment
necessary for election officials to conduct elections as required by law and as certified
by the judge of probate as chief election official of the county. (4) The costs of absentee
ballots, supplies, postage, and other materials required by law to be furnished to the absentee
election manager. (5) The cost of preparing and furnishing the lists of qualified electors
to the election officials as required by law. (6) The cost of publishing any notice or...
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11-16-40
Section 11-16-40 Penalties for failure to perform duties required by chapter, etc. Any officer
or person who shall willfully or corruptly fail to perform any duty required of him under
any of the provisions of this chapter; or shall fraudulently alter or change the ballot of
any elector after it has been cast; or shall make any false or fraudulent count of votes;
or shall place in the receptacle for ballots any ballot not actually cast by an elector; or
shall take therefrom any ballot cast by an elector, with the intention of unlawfully changing
or affecting the result of the election; or shall make any false poll list or any false count
of the ballots or any false certificate to a poll list or to the result of the count of the
ballots; or shall wrongfully open the returns from any precinct or ward; or shall change,
secrete, destroy, or mutilate the returns from any precinct or ward or attempt to do so; or
shall prevent or attempt to prevent any such return from being made as required...
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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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17-13-8.1
Section 17-13-8.1 Instant runoff primary elections in certain situations. (a) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 17-6-23 and Section 17-13-18, in a primary election or second primary
election, this section shall apply only to voters who are voting by absentee ballot pursuant
to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act in any county or portion thereof
in which the nomination for a federal office other than the office of President which is contested
by three or more candidates. (b) The judge of probate shall prepare each of the following:
(1) A special federal ballot to be used in a federal instant runoff primary election. The
special federal ballot shall contain a list of all federal offices, other than the office
of President, contested by three or more candidates and the candidates qualifying for the
election for each office. (2) A special state ballot for the primary election shall contain
the office of President in presidential election years, any federal...
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