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17-13-8
Section 17-13-8 Ballots, stationery, and supplies; pledge printed on ballot; spoiling of ballot.
Separate official ballots and other election stationery and supplies for each political party
shall be printed and furnished for use at each election district or precinct and shall be
of a different color for each of the political parties participating in such primary election.
All ballots for the same political party shall be alike, except as herein otherwise provided,
printed in plain type and upon paper so thick that the printing cannot be distinguished from
the back. Across the top of the ballot shall be printed the party's emblem, if any, and the
words, "Official Primary Election Ballot." Beneath this heading shall be printed
the year in which the election is held and the words "Democratic Party" or "Republican
Party" or other proper party designation. Each group of candidates to be voted on shall
be preceded by the designation of the office for which the candidates seek nomination,...
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17-13-46
Section 17-13-46 Notice by governing body of political party of desire to enter primary. When
the governing body of any political party desires to enter the primary election ordered to
be held under this chapter, the governing body for the state shall give public notice thereof
by filing a copy of the resolution of such governing body with the Secretary of State of Alabama.
Such notice may be given to the Secretary of State by the chair of the county executive committee
where the primary election affects only one county, and a copy of such notice shall be filed
with the judge of probate of such county. (Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §12; §17-16-13;
amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §61.)...
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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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17-16-30
Section 17-16-30 Returning officers. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTIONS 17-13-12
AND 17-17-49 BY ACT 2006-570 IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2007. The sheriff
shall perform the duty of returning officer as in general elections, unless someone else has
been named and designated as authorized by law. It shall be his duty or the duty of such returning
officer as may be otherwise legally named and designated, as the case may be, to return and
deliver to the chairman of the county executive committee of each of the political parties
participating in the primary election, at the office of the judge of probate at the county
seat, the ballot boxes and returns which have been delivered to him by the officers of said
election, and such ballot boxes and returns shall not be allowed to leave his possession and
must be returned by him to such chairman not later than 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday following
said primary election. Each and all persons failing to perform...
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17-13-15
Section 17-13-15 When voted ballots container and records of election container may be opened.
After the result has been canvassed and declared by the county executive committee, the sheriff
shall securely keep the voted ballots container and the records of election container in accordance
with state and federal law. The voted ballots container and records of election container
shall not be opened except in one or the other of the following events: (1) In the event of
a contest, where the opening of the container has been authorized under authority of the chair
of the executive committee trying the contest. (2) Where a container has been returned but
no certificate of the result of the election has been sent the chair outside of the container,
the container may be opened by the sheriff in the presence of the chairs, or their designees,
of the county committees for the political parties participating in the primary election,
and the committees, for canvassing purposes, may obtain the...
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17-8-5
Section 17-8-5 Political parties furnish lists from which appointments are made. Each political
party or organization having made nominations, by the chair of its state or county executive
committee or nominees for office, may furnish the appointing board a list of names of recommended
poll workers from qualified electors for each voting place not later than 45 days before the
election. From the lists provided, one inspector and at least three clerks shall be appointed
for each voting place from members of opposing political parties, if practicable. If there
are more than two lists filed, the appointments shall be made from the lists presented by
the two political parties having received the highest number of votes in the state in the
next preceding regular election, if each of the parties presents a list. If no lists are furnished,
the appointing board shall appoint an inspector and at least three clerks for each voting
place from the qualified electors of the precinct from members of...
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17-8-7
Section 17-8-7 Poll watchers. (a) Except in the case of municipal elections, each political
party or organization having candidates nominated, by a writing submitted to the inspector
by the chair of the county executive committee or nominees for office or beat committeeman,
may appoint a watcher for each voting place. In the event of an election in which there are
no candidates, each political party, through a writing submitted to the inspector by the chair
of the county executive committee, may appoint a watcher for each voting place. (b) Watchers
shall have the right to: (1) Observe the conduct of the election. (2) Monitor the preliminaries
of opening the polls. (3) Remain at the polling place throughout the election until the results
of the election have been posted and the voting machines sealed, as provided by law. (4) Observe
the ballots as they are counted. (5) Observe absentee ballots and affidavits when they are
called during the count. (6) See all oaths administered and...
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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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17-6-23
Section 17-6-23 Uniform ballots at each polling place; electors for President and Vice President.
There shall be provided at each polling place at each election at which public officers are
voted for, but one form of ballot for all the candidates for public office, and every ballot
shall contain the names of all candidates whose nominations for any office specified on the
ballot have been duly made and not withdrawn, as provided in this chapter, together with the
title of the office, arranged in tickets under the titles of the respective political parties
or independent bodies as certified in the certificates of nomination. When electors for the
President and Vice President of the United States are to be elected, the names of the candidates
for President and Vice President shall be listed on the ballot, but not the names of the electors.
(Code 1907, §378; Code 1923, §468; Code 1940, T. 17, §153; §17-8-3; amended and renumbered
by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §29.)...
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17-6-6
Section 17-6-6 Adjustment of precinct configuration, boundaries, etc. (a) The county governing
body shall have sole authority to change the configuration, boundaries, or designation of
an election precinct. Any change so determined shall be adopted by resolution of the county
governing body. (b) A county governing body shall only change a precinct by dividing the precinct
into two or more precincts except when in order to make it more convenient for voters to vote,
or to facilitate the administration of the election process, or to accomplish reapportionment,
it becomes necessary to consolidate all or part of a precinct with adjacent precincts, a part
or parts may be consolidated. (c) Except as may be provided further by local election laws
or by the electronic vote counting statutes, whenever at any general or primary election it
is anticipated over 2,400 votes will be cast on an electronic voting machine , the county
governing body shall adjust the boundary lines of the election...
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