17-14-32
Section 17-14-32 Names on ballots; vote for candidate counted as vote for designated electors.
The names of all candidates for President and Vice President who are nominated as provided
in this chapter shall be printed on the official ballots under the emblem of their respective
political parties, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Alabama. The names
of the electors of the candidates for President and Vice President shall not be printed upon
the ballots. A vote for a candidate for President or Vice President shall be counted as a
vote for the electors of the political party or independent body by which such candidates
were named, as listed on the certificate of nomination or nominating petition. (Acts 1975,
3rd Ex. Sess., No. 138, p. 370, §3; §17-19-3; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p.
1331, §72.)...
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17-4-60
Section 17-4-60 Implementation of federal acts. (a) The Secretary of State shall be the primary
state official for federal contact for the implementation of the National Voter Registration
Act of 1993 and the Help America Vote Act of 2002. (b) The State Department of Public Safety
shall integrate voter registration into driver's license application and renewal or updating
procedures and shall coordinate its driver's license database with the state voter registration
list and the Social Security Administration's database in accordance with the Help America
Vote Act of 2002. (c) The state through the Secretary of State's office shall allow citizens
to register to vote by mail. The voter registration application may be designed by the Secretary
of State provided it meets the requirements of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
The Secretary of State may, however, choose to use federally prescribed forms. (d) State agencies
which provide food stamps, Medicaid, services related to...
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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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45-35A-54.01
Section 45-35A-54.01 Territorial limits; wards; Board of Commissioner's of the City of Dothan.
The territorial limits of the city shall remain the same as under its former organization,
except that for the purpose of holding elections under applicable laws the present governing
body of Dothan shall, by duly enacted ordinance, divide such city into four wards, each containing
as nearly as practical an equal number of qualified electors of the city. Ward No. 1 shall
be that portion of the city in the northeast section, Ward No. 2 shall be that portion of
the city in the southeast section, Ward No. 3 shall be that portion of the city in the southwest
section, and Ward No. 4 shall be that portion of the city in the northwest section. One associate
commissioner shall reside in each of the four wards, and prior to his or her election to represent
a ward, shall have resided in the ward for at least six months. The president of the board
of commissioners may live in either ward. All candidates...
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45-49-140.08
Section 45-49-140.08 Board of trustees. (a) The affairs and business of the district shall
be managed by a board of trustees consisting of five members who shall be elected by the qualified
electors of the district unless a candidate is unopposed for office. A candidate who is unopposed
for office shall be declared elected by the judge of probate immediately following the close
of the qualification period. Beginning with the year 1998, the election shall be held on the
last Tuesday in March of each year and any runoff election, if needed, shall be held three
weeks later. The election shall be nonpartisan and shall be administered by the judge of probate.
No person shall be elected to the board unless the person is a property owner of the district.
The election shall be for a term of four years; provided, however, that two of the initial
five members shall be for a term of two years, two shall be for a term of three years, and
one shall be for a term of four years. The term of office...
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11-44E-41
Section 11-44E-41 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate in any
election for the office of commissioner may become such candidate by filing in the office
of the city clerk a statement in writing of such candidacy accompanied by a petition signed
by a minimum of fifty registered voters of such commission district or in the case of mayor,
one hundred registered voters of the municipality, endorsing the candidacy of such candidate
and an affidavit taken and certified by such city clerk or notary public. Such statement shall
be filed by 5:00 P.M. on the fourth Tuesday in June preceding the date set for the election
and shall be substantially in 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 said State and County, and reside at _____ in said City of _____, that I desire
to become a candidate for the office of commissioner for District _____, in said City...
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17-12-2
Section 17-12-2 Statements of results. The authority charged with the holding of an election
or primary election shall cause to be prepared a statement of results on a form to be designated
by the Secretary of State. The statement of results shall conform with the type of electronic
voting machine to be used, and the designating number and letter, if the construction of the
electronic voting machine is such as to require a designating number and letter, of each candidate
(or proposition) shall be printed next to the candidate's name on the statement of results.
The statements of results shall be preserved by the judge of probate for use in the event
of contests. (Acts 1939, No. 292, p. 443; Code 1940, T. 17, §113; §17-9-34; amended and
renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §54.)...
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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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17-13-42
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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17-4-2
Section 17-4-2 State voter registration lists. The board of registrars, when registration is
closed before a primary, general, or special election, shall certify to the Secretary of State
any additions, deletions, corrections, or changes to the state voter registration list. Except
as provided in Section 17-4-2.1, after registration has closed and within the 10-day period
before an election, the judge of probate and municipal election officials shall prepare and
print a report from the state voter registration list of the correct alphabetical lists of
the qualified electors registered by precincts, districts, or subdivisions of a precinct where
the precinct has been divided or subdivided, if not within a city or incorporated town, and
by wards and other subdivisions, if within a city or incorporated town, and no others. An
electronic archive in the database for the state voter registration list shall be recorded
simultaneously with the printing of each county's list of qualified...
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