17-13-104
Section 17-13-104 Notice to candidate of qualification; withdrawal by candidate. Whenever the chair shall receive petitions, timely filed, which appear to qualify the name of a candidate for President to be placed on the ballot, he or she shall forthwith notify the prospective candidate by the most expeditious means of communication and shall advise such prospective candidate that unless the candidate withdraws his or her name from the ballot no later than 76 days before the primary, it will appear on the ballot of the party at such presidential preference primary. If a candidate signifies the desire to withdraw his or her name within the above time limit, it shall not be printed on the ballot. (Code 1975, §17-18A-5; Acts 1978, No. 691, p. 994, §5; Acts 1979, No. 79-547, p. 994, §1; §17-16A-5; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §65; Act 2015-477, §1.)...
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17-13-3
Section 17-13-3 Time and place for holding primary elections. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), primary elections, except special primary elections and presidential preference primaries, held at the expense of the state or counties, shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in May. When necessary, as provided in this chapter, a second or runoff primary election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday following the primary election. Any second primary shall be held by the same election officers who held the first primary, and be held at the same places as the first primary election. No primary shall be held by any political party except as herein provided. Primary elections herein provided for shall be held at the regular polling places established for the purpose of holding general elections. (b) In years in which a presidential primary is conducted, the primary election shall be the first Tuesday in March. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any year in which...
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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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45-37-72.20
Section 45-37-72.20 Definitions. As herein used, the following terms have the meanings hereby ascribed to them: (1) COUNTY. Jefferson County, Alabama. (2) COUNTYWIDE ELECTION. Any election, whether general, special, or primary, including runoff elections, where qualified electors throughout the county are entitled to vote and which is held to elect a federal, state, or county officer or to nominate a candidate or candidates, for a federal, state, or county office or offices, to submit one or more questions, including, but not limited to, the question of adopting a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and the question of whether general obligation bonds, or revenue bonds, of the state or county shall be issued. (3) ELECTION COMMISSION. The election commission of the county. (4) FIRST ELECTION. The first election for which this act provides to fill a vacancy as distinguished from the runoff election held hereunder, if a runoff election is necessary. (5) RUNOFF...
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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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17-13-7
Section 17-13-7 Persons entitled to vote; voter to certify political party preference by signing poll list. (a) All persons who are qualified electors under the general laws of the State of Alabama and who are also members of a political party and entitled to participate in such primary election under the rules of the party shall be entitled to vote therein and shall receive the official primary ballot of that political party, and no other; but every governing body of a party shall have the right, power, and authority to fix and prescribe the political or other qualifications of its own members and shall, in its own way, declare and determine who shall be entitled and qualified to vote in such primary election or to be candidates therein or to otherwise participate in such political parties and primaries. The qualifications of electors entitled to vote in such primary election shall not necessarily be the same as the qualifications for electors entitled to become candidates therein....
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17-13-48
Section 17-13-48 Selection and appointment of officers to conduct elections. Each candidate for nomination may, at least 45 days before the primary, present to the county executive committee of his or her party a list of election officials desired by him or her for any one or more of the districts, wards, or precincts, and the county committee, so far as practicable, shall make, from the list so presented to it, a list of names of election officials for each district, ward, or precinct, which it will nominate to the appointing board of the county for appointment as officials to conduct the primary election. The county committee shall present the list so made up by it to the appointing board of the county which appoints the election officials to conduct elections for state and county officials in November, or at any other lawful time, which appointing board, from the list so presented to it by the county committee, shall, if there be on the list the names of sufficient persons who are...
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17-16-11
Section 17-16-11 Filing of declarations of candidacy by candidates; certification of names of candidates to Secretary of State and probate judges; preparation of ballots; unopposed candidates not listed on ballots. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-13-5 BY ACT 2006-570 IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2007. (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), all candidates for nomination to public office or for election to party office in the primary election provided for in this chapter shall file their declaration of candidacy with the state party chair if they seek any federal, state, circuit, or district office, or the state Senate, House of Representatives, or any other office that is not a county office not later than 5:00 P.M. 60 days before the date of the primary election. All candidates for nomination or election to a county office shall file their declaration with the county party chair not later than 5:00 P.M. 60 days before the date of the...
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17-13-5
Section 17-13-5 Filing of declaration of candidacy; certification of names of candidates; preparation of ballots; unopposed candidates. (a) All candidates for nomination to public office or for election to party office in the primary election provided for in this chapter shall file their declaration of candidacy with the state party chair if they seek any federal, state, circuit, or district office, or the state Senate, House of Representatives, or any other office that is not a county office not later than 5:00 P.M. 116 days before the date of the primary election. All candidates for nomination or election to a county office shall file their declaration with the county party chair not later than 5:00 P.M. 116 days before the date of the primary election. (b) The state party chair shall, no later than 5:00 P.M. 82 days before the primary election, certify the names of all primary election candidates, except candidates for county offices, to the Secretary of State. The county party...
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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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