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17-13-19
Section 17-13-19 Procedure when one candidate declines to enter second primary. In the event
either of the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes in the first primary election
shall determine not to enter the second primary election provided for in this chapter, the
candidate, as soon as possible and not more than three days after holding of the first primary
election, shall certify his or her declination to enter such second primary election to the
chair of the state executive committee of his or her party, if the office is an office other
than a county office, or to the chair of the county executive committee of his or her party
if the office is a county office. Upon the receipt of such notification, the chair of such
committee shall declare the other candidate the nominee of the party for such office and certify
his or her name as such nominee to the Secretary of State or the judge of probate, as the
case may require, and a second primary election for the nomination of...
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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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17-16-11
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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17-16-4
Section 17-16-4 Reimbursing counties for election expenses - Only federal or state offices.
The State of Alabama shall reimburse a county for all sums expended by the county in payment
of expenses as provided for in Sections 17-16-2 and 17-16-2.1 and incurred in holding and
conducting an election in which only candidates for federal or state offices are nominated
or federal or state officials are elected. For the purposes of this section, a candidate for
federal or state office includes a candidate seeking election as a district representative
for a federal or state office appearing on the ballot in any portion of a county. (Acts 1955,
No. 160, p. 406, §3; §17-21-3; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §78; Act
2011-147, p. 276, §1.)...
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17-9-3
Section 17-9-3 Persons entitled to have names printed on ballots; failure of Secretary of State
to certify nominations. (a) The following persons shall be entitled to have their names printed
on the appropriate ballot for the general election, provided they are otherwise qualified
for the office they seek: (1) All candidates who have been put in nomination by primary election
and certified in writing by the chair and secretary of the canvassing board of the party holding
the primary and filed with the judge of probate of the county, in the case of a candidate
for county office, and the Secretary of State in all other cases, on the day next following
the last day for contesting the primary election for that office if no contest is filed. If
a contest is filed, then the certificate for the contested office must be filed on the day
next following the date of settlement or decision of the contest. (2) All candidates who have
been put in nomination by any caucus, convention, mass meeting,...
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17-13-87
Section 17-13-87 New primary in case contest cannot be decided. If, upon the hearing of any
contest for any office, as provided for in this chapter, the committee, after an investigation
and hearing of the contest, shall determine that it is impossible from the evidence before
it to decide who is the legally nominated candidate for the office contested, it may direct
a new primary election for the nomination to any such office, but where any action is taken
by any county executive committee, either person to the contest, in the same manner as herein
provided for in the case of appeals from the action of any county committee, may take an appeal
to the state executive committee, which shall be the court of final appeal in all party contests
of nominations; provided that, upon hearing of any contest or appeal, as provided for in this
chapter, which is not referred to and decided by a subcommittee, 15 members of any such state
executive committee shall constitute a quorum for the hearing...
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17-13-17
Section 17-13-17 Canvass, tabulation, and declaration of results. The county executive committee
of the party or parties participating in the primary election shall meet at the courthouse
of its county, not later than noon on Tuesday next following the primary election, and receive
the returns, canvass and tabulate the same, by precincts, and publicly declare the results
thereof. The chair of each county executive committee shall forthwith and no later than the
close of business on the seventh day following the primary election certify and return to
the chair of the state executive committee a statement and tabulation, by precincts, of the
result of the primary election and of the number of votes received by each candidate therein
for office, except candidates for county office. Not later than noon on the Wednesday eight
days following such primary election, the state executive committee, or such subcommittee
thereof as may have been appointed by the chair thereof for such purpose,...
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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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17-11-12
Section 17-11-12 Delivery of ballots, envelopes, etc. to absentee election manager. Not less
than 55 days prior to the holding of any election, except a municipal election, to which this
chapter pertains, or in the case of a runoff primary election, not more than 14 days after
the first primary election, the officer charged with the printing and distribution of the
official ballots and election supplies shall deliver to the absentee election manager of each
county in which the election is held or to the person designated to serve in his or her place
a sufficient number of absentee ballots, envelopes, and other necessary supplies. Not more
than seven days after the last day to qualify as a candidate in a municipal election, or in
the case of a runoff municipal election, not more than 14 days after the first election, or
in the case of a municipal election held for a purpose other than the election of municipal
officers, not more than seven days after the giving of notice of the...
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17-13-18
Section 17-13-18 Candidate with majority of votes declared nominee of party; second primary
election; certification of results. (a) At the respective meetings of the respective executive
committees, the county executive committee, as to candidates in the primary election for office,
except candidates for county office, shall publicly ascertain, determine, and declare whether
any candidate for office in the primary election has received a majority of the votes cast
for the office, and, if so, declare the candidate the nominee of the party for the office
for which he or she was a candidate and for which he or she received a majority of the votes
cast for that office in the primary election. (b) If no candidate receives a majority of all
of the votes cast in such primary election for any one office or offices for the nomination
to which there were more than two candidates, then there shall be held a second primary election
on the fourth Tuesday following the primary election, and the...
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