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17-14-52
Section 17-14-52 Returns counted; result proclaimed. The Secretary of State, in the presence
of the Governor and Attorney General, or one of them, shall open certificates received pursuant
to Section 17-14-51 and therefrom ascertain whether a majority of all the qualified electors
of the state who voted at such election voted in favor of such amendment or amendments; and
the result of the election shall be made known by proclamation of the Governor. (Code 1886,
§447; Code 1896, §1664; Code 1907, §438; Code 1923, §528; Code 1940, T. 17, §212; §17-17-3;
amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §74.)...
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17-16-63
Section 17-16-63 Statement - Filing; bond. When any elector shall choose to contest any election
for the office of Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries, justices of the Supreme Court, or judges of the courts of appeals,
the elector, within 10 days after the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall have opened
the returns and proclaimed the result of the election for Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor,
Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, justices of the Supreme
Court, or judges of the courts of appeals, as provided in this chapter, must file with the
Speaker of the House of Representatives a written statement of the grounds of such contest
and a bond with good and sufficient sureties payable to the State of Alabama and conditioned
for the payment of such costs as may accrue upon such contest in the event such contest shall
result in favor of the contestee. Such bond...
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17-12-22
Section 17-12-22 Results of election of state officers; resolution of tie votes. The Speaker
of the House of Representatives shall, within the first five days of the session of the Legislature,
in the presence of a majority of the members of the Legislature, open the returns furnished
under Section 17-12-19, ascertain and proclaim the result of such election, after which such
returns shall be filed and kept in the office of the Secretary of State, subject to the inspection
of any elector of the state. The person having the highest number of votes for either of the
offices shall be declared duly elected; but if two or more shall have an equal and the highest
number of votes for the same office, the Legislature, by joint vote, without delay, shall
choose one of the persons for the office. The duty of the speaker and of the joint conventions,
under this section, shall be purely ministerial. (Code 1876, §295; Code 1886, §394; Code
1896, §1651; Code 1907, §427; Code 1923, §517; Code...
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17-14-51
Section 17-14-51 Returns made to Secretary of State. The canvassing board shall ascertain the
number of votes given in their respective counties for and against the proposed amendment
when ascertaining the vote given for officers; the canvassing board of such county shall thereupon
make returns of such vote, by precincts, to the Secretary of State immediately, together with
a certificate, prepared from the poll lists of the total number of qualified electors in the
county who voted at such election. (Code 1852, §354; Code 1867, §403; Code 1876, §354;
Code 1886, §446; Code 1896, §1663; Code 1907, §437; Code 1923, §527; Code 1940, T. 17,
§211; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-908, p. 482, §4; §17-17-2; amended and renumbered
by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §74.)...
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17-11-11
Section 17-11-11 Officials for counting of absentee ballots; poll watchers. (a) For every primary,
general, special, or municipal election, there shall be appointed one inspector and at least
three clerks, named and notified as are other election officials under the general laws of
the state, who shall meet, at the regular time of closing of the election on that day, in
the courthouse, or municipal building for municipal elections, as designated by the absentee
election manager for the purpose of counting and returning the ballots cast by absentee voters.
The returns from the absentee precinct shall be made as required by law for all other boxes.
It shall be unlawful for any election official or other person to publish or make known to
anyone the results of the count of absentee votes before the polls close. (b) Any person or
organization authorized to appoint poll watchers under Sections 17-8-7 and 17-13-11 may have
a single watcher present at the counting of absentee ballots, with...
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17-2-2
Section 17-2-2 Implementation plan; state plan committee. (a) There is established, pursuant
to Section 254 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, a state plan to provide for the implementation
of that act. There shall be appointed a committee of 23 individuals to assist the Secretary
of State in the development of the state plan. The committee membership shall reflect the
racial diversity of the state. (b) In accordance with the provisions of Section 255 of the
Help America Vote Act of 2002, the members of the committee shall include the following: (1)
The judge of probate of the most populous county in the state, according to the most recent
federal decennial census. (2) The judge of probate of the second most populous county in the
state according to the most recent federal decennial census. (3) Three additional election
officials, serving in a county or municipality in the state, to be appointed by the Secretary
of State, one of whom shall be recommended by the Probate Judges'...
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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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17-5-8
Section 17-5-8 Reports of contributions and expenditures by candidates, committees, and officials;
filing; procedure. (a) The treasurer, designated filing agent, or candidate, shall file with
the Secretary of State or judge of probate, as designated in Section 17-5-9, periodic reports
of contributions and expenditures at the following times once a principal campaign committee
files its statement under Section 17-5-4 or a political action committee files its statement
of organization under Section 17-5-5: (1) Beginning after the 2012 election cycle, regardless
of whether a candidate has opposition in any election, monthly reports not later than the
second business day of the subsequent month, beginning 12 months before the date of any primary,
special, runoff, or general election for which a political action committee or principal campaign
committee receives contributions or makes expenditures with a view toward influencing such
election's result. A monthly report shall include all...
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17-9-30
Section 17-9-30 Identification of electors; Alabama photo voter identification card. (a) Each
elector shall provide valid photo identification to an appropriate election official prior
to voting. A voter required to show valid photo identification when voting in person shall
present to the appropriate election official one of the following forms of valid photo identification:
(1) A valid Alabama driver's license or nondriver identification card which was properly issued
by the appropriate state or county department or agency. (2) A valid Alabama photo voter identification
card issued under subsection (g) or other valid identification card issued by a branch, department,
agency, or entity of the State of Alabama, any other state, or the United States authorized
by law to issue personal identification, provided that such identification card contains a
photograph of the elector. (3) A valid United States passport. (4) A valid employee identification
card containing the photograph of the...
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36-14-1
Section 36-14-1 Duties generally. It is the duty of the Secretary of State: (1) To keep the
state seal, the original statutes and public records of the state, and the records and papers
belonging to the Legislature, keeping the papers of each house separate. (2) To attest commissions
and all other public documents from the executive of the state and, when necessary, to affix
the seal of the state thereto and to certify the same in his or her official capacity. (3)
To record, in books proper for that purpose, all grants and patents issued by the state. (4)
To keep all books, maps, and other papers appertaining to the survey of lands belonging to
the state and the books and papers belonging to the land office. (5) To keep in his or her
office the books, maps, and field notes of the late surveyor general of the United States
for this state which are public archives of the state and, upon application, to give certified
copies of the same, which shall be received in evidence in any of the...
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