11-46-52
Section 11-46-52 Closing of polls; locking of machines; announcement of results; statements
of canvass; proclamation; disposition of voting materials. (a) When the time arrives for closing
the polls, all qualified voters who are then waiting within the voting room to vote shall
be permitted by the election officers to do so. As soon as the last voter has voted and the
poll closed, the election officials shall immediately lock the machines against voting. (b)
The election officials shall then sign a certificate stating that the machine was locked and
sealed, giving the exact time. Such certificate shall also state the number of voters shown
on the public counters, which shall be the total number of votes cast on such machine in that
ward, the number on the seal, and the number registered on the protective counter. (c) The
election officials shall then open the counting compartment in the presence of the watchers
and of at least one representative of any newspaper or press association...
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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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17-14-36
Section 17-14-36 Electoral meeting; filling of vacancies. The electors of President and Vice
President are to assemble at the office of the Secretary of State, at the seat of government
at 12:00 noon on the second Tuesday in December next after their election, or at that hour
on such other day as may be fixed by Congress, to elect such President and Vice President,
and those of them present at that hour must at once proceed by ballot and plurality of votes
to supply the places of those who fail to attend on that day and hour. (Code 1852, §345;
Code 1867, §394; Code 1876, §346; Code 1886, §439; Code 1896, §1657; Code 1907, §450;
Code 1923, §540; Acts 1935, No. 425, p. 895; Code 1940, T. 17, §226; Acts 1945, No. 386,
p. 605; Acts 1951, No. 557, p. 973; §17-19-7; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p.
1331, §72.)...
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45-37-72.27
Section 45-37-72.27 Statement of candidacy; petition. (a) No primary election shall be held
to nominate a candidate to fill a vacancy under this subpart. At any election held under this
subpart no person's name shall appear on the ballot as a candidate for the office to be filled
at the election unless such person has filed in the office of the judge of probate of the
county within the time and in the forms prescribed in subsection (b) his or her statement
of candidacy and the petition signed by a least 100 qualified electors of the commission district
requesting that such person become a candidate for the office. (b) Any person desiring to
become a candidate at any election may become such candidate by filing in the office of the
judge of probate of the county such person's statement in writing of such candidacy, accompanied
by such person's affidavit taken and certified by such judge of probate, or by a notary public,
that such person is duly qualified to hold the office for which...
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11-44F-21
Section 11-44F-21 Procedures for referendum. At the referendum, the proposition to be submitted
shall be printed in plain prominent type on ballots separate and distinct from ballots used
for any other office or question and shall read substantially as follows: Check one of the
following: Do you favor the Office of Mayor of the City (Town) of ___ being a full-time position
with the City (Town) of ___ for the person elected at the 1996 municipal election and thereafter?
Yes ___ No ___. The voter shall mark the ballot with a cross mark (x) after the proposition
which expresses his or her choice. If voting machines are used at any voting place in the
referendum, the proposition may, at the discretion of the election commission or other body
or official having charge of the conduct of municipal elections, be submitted as separate
propositions on the voting machines. (Acts 1995, No. 95-367, p. 739, §2.)...
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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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16-13-186
Section 16-13-186 Election supplies. When any election is to be held in any county or in any
rural or city school tax district, under the provisions of this article, the county commission
shall provide the necessary number of ballots, poll lists, tally sheets, ballot boxes, booths,
instructions for holding the election and all other necessary and proper stationery for holding
said election; and the sheriff shall see that the same are delivered to the managers before
the day of the election. (School Code 1927, §278; Code 1940, T. 52, §267.)...
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17-6-46
Section 17-6-46 Instructional posters. (a) The judge of probate shall cause to be printed in
large type posters of instructions for the guidance of electors in preparing their ballots.
Instructional information shall not show partiality to any political party or candidate. The
information shall include: (1) A sample version of the ballot that will be used for that election.
(2) Information regarding the date of the election and the hours during which polling places
will be open. (3) Instructions on how to vote, including how to cast a vote and how to cast
a provisional ballot. (4) Instructions for mail-in registrants and first-time voters registering
and voting for the first time after January 1, 2003. (5) General information on voting rights
under applicable federal and state laws, including information on the right of an individual
to cast a provisional ballot and instructions on how to contact the appropriate officials
if these rights are alleged to have been violated. (6) General...
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17-6-48.1
Section 17-6-48.1 (Effective February 1, 2021) Permanent place names for each seat on supreme
court and courts of appeal. (a) Beginning with the 2022 statewide election, the following
offices on the supreme court, court of criminal appeals, and court of civil appeals shall
be permanently identified as follows: (1) The supreme court: a. The office of associate justice
identified as "Place No. 1" on the 2018 statewide election ballot shall be "Place
1" on the supreme court. b. The office of associate justice identified as "Place
No. 2" on the 2018 statewide election ballot shall be "Place 2" on the supreme
court. c. The office of associate justice identified as "Place No. 3" on the 2018
statewide election ballot shall be "Place 3" on the supreme court. d. The office
of associate justice identified as "Place No. 4" on the 2018 statewide election
ballot shall be "Place 4" on the supreme court. e. The office of associate justice
identified as "Place No. 1" on the 2016 statewide election...
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36-25-15
Section 36-25-15 Candidates required to file statements of economic interests; notification
requirements; failure to submit statement. (a) Candidates at every level of government shall
file a completed statement of economic interests for the previous calendar year with the State
Ethics Commission not more than five days after the candidate files his or her qualifying
papers with the appropriate election official or in the case of an independent candidate,
not more than five days after the date the person complies with the requirements of Section
17-9-3. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to require a second filing of the person's
statement of economic interests if a current statement of economic interests is on file with
the commission. (b) Each election official who receives a declaration of candidacy or petition
to appear on the ballot for election from a candidate, within five days of the receipt, shall
notify the commission of the name of the candidate, as defined in this...
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