45-48-111.05
Section 45-48-111.05 Demand for recanvass. Any candidate in an election shall have the right to make demand in writing to the body which, under the general provisions of law, now have charge of and control over ballot boxes, for an order to break the seals of voting machines for the purpose of recanvassing the vote and the request shall be honored, whereupon all other articles in the "Act to regulate and control primary elections for the nomination by political parties of candidates for public office" and in the "Election Code" shall be followed in making such recanvass and the machine shall be resealed as therein provided. Such demand in writing shall be made not later than 10 days subsequent to such election. (Acts 1971, No. 1899, p. 3088, ยง 6.)...
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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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17-11-3
Section 17-11-3 Absentee balloting generally. (a) Any qualified elector of this state may apply for and vote an absentee ballot by mail, by hand delivery, or by commercial carrier, as determined by rule by the Secretary of State, as provided in Sections 17-11-5 and 17-11-9, in any primary, general, special, or municipal election, if he or she makes application in writing therefor not less than five days prior to the election in which he or she desires to vote and meets one or more of the following requirements: (1) The person expects to be out of the county or the state, or the municipality for municipal elections, on election day. (2) The person has any physical illness or infirmity which prevents his or her attendance at the polls, whether he or she is within or without the county on the day of the election. (3) The person expects to work a shift which has at least 10 hours which coincide with the hours the polls are open at his or her regular polling place. (4) The person is...
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17-13-43
Section 17-13-43 Selection of delegates to national conventions by political parties. Political parties may provide for the selection of delegates to national conventions by the holding of a presidential preference primary or by popular election of the delegates or otherwise. In the event a presidential preference primary is called by the governing body of any party, notice of such action shall be given to the Secretary of State as part of the notice required by Section 17-13-46. The notice shall prescribe the procedure for the listing of the names of presidential candidates on the primary ballot and for the selection of delegates pledged under party rules to vote for the respective presidential candidates. A presidential preference primary, when called, shall appear in the first or top position on the primary ballot. When no presidential preference primary is to be utilized, delegates may be elected in the primary election in the same manner as other party officers; except, that...
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17-16-11
Section 17-16-11 Filing of declarations of candidacy by candidates; certification of names of candidates to Secretary of State and probate judges; preparation of ballots; unopposed candidates not listed on ballots. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-13-5 BY ACT 2006-570 IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2007. (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), all candidates for nomination to public office or for election to party office in the primary election provided for in this chapter shall file their declaration of candidacy with the state party chair if they seek any federal, state, circuit, or district office, or the state Senate, House of Representatives, or any other office that is not a county office not later than 5:00 P.M. 60 days before the date of the primary election. All candidates for nomination or election to a county office shall file their declaration with the county party chair not later than 5:00 P.M. 60 days before the date of the...
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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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45-49-72.01
Section 45-49-72.01 Election of commissioners; qualifications; election of president of commission; vacancies. (a) Members of the commission shall be elected at the general election to be held in November 1960, and every four years thereafter, by the qualified electors of the entire district which they are seeking. In all primary and general elections held to choose members of the commission, the ballots shall separately designate and specify the places on such commission by number, and each candidate shall designate in the announcement of his or her candidacy the number of the place for which he or she is a candidate and such candidate shall have resided within and be registered to vote in that district at least 90 days prior to qualifying. Members of the commission shall be qualified electors of Mobile County. Each commissioner shall continue to reside within the respective district which he or she represents throughout his or her term of office. Any commissioner who resides outside...
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17-13-50
Section 17-13-50 Party meetings to nominate candidates, select delegates, party officers, etc. (a) When any political party shall desire to hold any mass meeting, beat meeting, or other meeting of the voters of such party for the purpose of nominating any candidate or candidates for public office to be voted for in a general election in Alabama or for the purpose of selecting delegates or other representatives to any convention which may select such candidates for public office or when any such party shall desire to hold such mass meeting, beat meeting, or other meeting of the voters of such party for the purpose of selecting committeemen, representatives, or other party officers of such party, all of such meetings shall be held as provided in this section. (b) All such meetings shall be held before the first primary election. The general public is privileged to attend such meetings, but not to participate. No less than five days prior to the date upon which any such mass meeting, beat...
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17-13-78
Section 17-13-78 Statement by elector contesting election. (a) Any elector of a party desiring to contest the nomination by his or her party of any candidate declared the nominee for any office shall make a statement in writing setting forth specifically all of the following: (1) The name of the party contesting and that the elector was a qualified elector when the primary was held and he or she participated therein. (2) The nomination which the election was held to fill. (3) The time of holding the election. (4) The name of the person declared nominated. (5) The particular grounds on which the nomination is contested. (b) The contest is instituted by filing this statement and giving security as provided in this article, which statement must be certified by the affidavit of such contesting party to the effect that he or she believes the same to be true. (c) If the reception of illegal votes is alleged as a ground for contest, it is a sufficient statement of the ground to allege that...
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11-43A-9
Section 11-43A-9 Election of municipal officers; division of municipality into districts; qualifications and eligibility of candidates; runoff election; term of office; exception for Class 6 cities. (a) In all cities to which this section applies, except Class 6 cities wherein the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council, as authorized in Section 11-43A-8, the election for the first officers of the municipality shall be held on the same date as the date of election for the next ensuing general municipal election. Except as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the election of the governing body of the municipality shall cause the municipality to be divided into three districts containing as nearly an equal number of people as possible. Candidates shall qualify in the manner prescribed in the general municipal election laws and shall have the qualifications and eligibility set forth therein. Each candidate shall announce that he or she is to become a...
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