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ballot have been duly made and not withdrawn, as provided in this chapter, together with the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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11-46-27
Section 11-46-27 Appointment, compensation, etc., of election officers. (a) The municipal governing
body or a majority of them must, not less than 15 days before the holding of any municipal
election, appoint from the qualified electors of the respective wards or voting districts
officers to hold the election as follows: Where paper ballots are used, one returning officer
for each ward and three inspectors and two clerks for each box at each voting place and, where
voting machines are used, an inspector, a chief clerk, and a first and second assistant clerk
for each voting machine; except that in the event voting centers or voting places are established,
then the requirements of Section 11-46-24 shall control the number of election officials.
In any Class 6, Class 7, or Class 8 municipality, election officials must reside within the
municipality and may serve at any polling place within the municipality. An election official
appointed to serve in a polling place other than where he or...
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17-10-3
Section 17-10-3 Voting in precinct, etc., where elector's name does not appear on official
list. It shall be unlawful for any elector to cast his or her ballot during any general election,
primary election, municipal election or special election in any precinct, any district, any
ward, or any other subdivision where his or her name does not duly appear upon the official
list of the precinct, district, ward, or subdivision. All ballots cast in any election contrary
to this section are hereby declared illegal and, upon a contest duly instituted, the ballots
shall be excluded in determining the final result of any election; provided, that nothing
in this section shall prevent any qualified elector residing in the precinct, ward, or voting
district from voting after presenting a proper certificate from the board of registrars, or
from voting a provisional ballot or a provisional ballot in municipal elections when his or
her name does not duly appear upon the official list of the precinct,...
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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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11-43C-2
Section 11-43C-2 Special election as to adoption of mayor-council form of government. After
May 21, 1987, the mayor or chief executive officer of any city to which this chapter applies
may call a special election to be held in 1987, for the purpose of determining whether such
city shall adopt the mayor-council form of government, and shall give notice of the time and
purpose of such election by publication once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper
published in said city or in the nearest larger city. All qualified electors of such city
may participate in said election, as provided by this chapter, and such questions shall be
plainly printed upon the ballot as provided in Section 11-43C-3. The election shall be conducted,
the expenses paid, the votes canvassed, and the results declared in the same manner as is
or may be provided by law in other city elections. The proposal for which the majority of
the votes cast shall be "yes," or in favor of such proposition, shall...
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11-44C-2
Section 11-44C-2 Special election as to adoption of commission or mayor-council form of government.
Upon March 28, 1985, the mayor or chief executive officer of any city to which this chapter
applies shall call a special election to be held on May 14, 1985, said call for the purpose
of determining whether such city shall adopt the court ordered district commission form of
government in accordance with the consent decree entered into by the parties and approved
by the court on April 7, 1983, in the case of Bolden vs. City of Mobile, Civil Action No.
75-297, or in the alternative the mayor-council form of government, authorized by this chapter,
and shall give notice of the time and purpose of such election by publication once each week
for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in said city. All qualified electors of
such city may participate in said election, as provided by this chapter, and such questions
shall be plainly printed upon the ballot as provided in Section...
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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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17-11-13
Section 17-11-13 Disqualification of circuit clerk from serving as absentee election manager.
When the circuit clerk is a candidate for any office and has opposition, he or she shall be
disqualified from performing any of the duties imposed by this chapter with reference to the
handling of absentee ballots. At least 55 days prior to the election, the circuit clerk shall
certify to the appointing board of the county his or her candidacy with opposition and that
he or she is disqualified to serve or otherwise prevented from serving. The appointing board
shall thereupon appoint a person to serve as absentee election manager in the manner provided
for in Section 17-11-2. (Acts 1975, No. 1147, p. 2251, §§11, 16; Acts 1978, No. 616, p.
873, §7; Acts 1986, No. 86-428, p. 791, §4; Acts 1988, No. 88-88, p. 114, §1; §17-10-13;
amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §52.)...
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17-6-33
Section 17-6-33 Designation of different offices of same classification. Whenever nominations
for two or more offices of the same classification are to be made, or whenever candidates
are to be elected to two or more offices of the same classification at the same primary, general,
special, or municipal election, each office shall be separately designated by number on the
official ballot as "Place No. 1," "Place No. 2," "Place No. 3"
and so forth; and the candidates for each place shall be separately nominated or elected,
as the case may be. Each candidate for nomination for such office shall designate in the announcement
of his or her candidacy and in his or her request to have his or her name placed on the official
primary ballot the number of the place for which he or she desires to become a candidate.
The name of each qualified candidate shall be printed on the official ballot used at any such
election beneath the title of the office and the number of the place for which he or she...

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45-37A-52-51
Section 45-37A-52-51 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate in any
election for the office of council member may become such candidate by filing in the office
of the judge of probate of the county in which such city is situated, a statement in writing
of such candidacy and an 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 he or she desires to
be a candidate. Such statement shall be filed at least 45 days before the day set for such
election and shall be substantially 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 the state and county, and reside at ______ in the City of ______, that I desire
to become a candidate for office as a member of the city council, district number ______,
in the City at the election for that office to be held on the ______ day of...
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