17-13-73
Section 17-13-73 Certification of candidate in case of contest. When a contest of a nomination
is instituted or where a special primary to nominate is held as provided for in this chapter,
the declared nominee for such office shall not be certified until after termination of the
contest filed in the time herein prescribed. (Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17,
§368; §17-16-73; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)...
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17-16-20
Section 17-16-20 Recounts generally. (a) When, in a general election, the election returns
for any public office, including a judicial office, reflect that a candidate is defeated or
any ballot statewide measure is defeated by not more than one half of one percent of the votes
cast for the office, or the ballot measure, as certified by the appropriate election officer,
a recount shall be held unless the defeated candidate submits a written waiver for the recount
as provided herein: (1) In the case of an election for any federal, state, circuit, or district
office, or the state Senate, state House of Representatives, or any other office that is not
a county office, a written waiver for a recount may be submitted to the Secretary of State
within 24 hours after the certification of the results of the election. Upon receipt of the
waiver, the Secretary of State shall immediately order the recount to be cancelled. (2) In
the case of an election for any county office, a written waiver for a...
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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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45-5A-70
Section 45-5A-70 Election of board of education; referendum. (a)(1) Pursuant to Amendment 659
to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and as soon as practicable after final approval of
this section by the United States Department of Justice, if necessary, the Oneonta City Council
shall call an authorizing referendum election, to be held at the time of the next general
election held in the city on November 7, 2000, regarding changing the Oneonta City Board of
Education to an elected city board of education. (2) If a majority of the qualified electors
of the municipality voting in the authorizing referendum election vote in favor of an elected
city board of education, the board shall be established as provided in this section and the
Legislature, as provided in Amendment 659, from time to time, by local law may provide further
for the election and operation of the Oneonta City Board of Education. The local laws may
provide for the termination of the terms of office of members of the...
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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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34-9-40
Section 34-9-40 Creation; composition. (a) In order to accomplish the purposes and to provide
for the enforcement of this chapter, there is hereby created the board. The board is hereby
vested with the authority to carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
On June 24, 1959, the members of the present board now in existence shall hold office for
the remainder of their respective terms for which they have been elected and thereafter until
their successors are elected and qualified and shall constitute the board under this chapter.
The board shall consist of six dentists who shall be selected in the method set forth herein
all of whom having been actively engaged in the practice of dentistry in the State of Alabama
for at least five years next preceding the date of their election and one dental hygienist
elected at-large as provided in subsection (b). Each member of the board shall be a citizen
of this state. No member of the board shall be a member of the faculty...
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11-46-55
Section 11-46-55 Canvassing of returns and certificate of election; determination of majority;
runoff elections. (a) Commencing at 12:00 noon on the first Tuesday next after the election,
the municipal governing body shall proceed to open the envelopes addressed to the governing
body which have been delivered by the several returning officers to the municipal clerk, canvass
the returns, and ascertain and determine the number of votes received by each candidate and
for and against each proposition submitted at the election. If it appears that any candidate
or any proposition in the election has received a majority of the votes cast for that office
or on that question, the municipal governing body shall declare the candidate elected to the
office or the question carried, and a certificate of election shall be given to the persons
by the municipal governing body or a majority of them, which shall entitle the persons so
certified to the possession of their respective offices immediately...
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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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17-5-4
Section 17-5-4 Filing statement to show principal campaign committee; duties and procedures.
(a) Within five days after any person becomes a candidate for office, such person shall file
with the Secretary of State or judge of probate, as provided in Section 17-5-9, a statement
showing the name of not less than two nor more than five persons elected to serve as the principal
campaign committee for such candidate, together with a written acceptance or consent by such
committee, but any candidate may declare himself or herself as the person chosen to serve
as the principal campaign committee, in which case such candidate shall perform the duties
of chair and treasurer of such committee prescribed by this chapter. (b) If any vacancies
are created by death or resignation or any other cause, such candidate may fill such vacancy,
or the remaining members shall discharge and complete the duties required of such committee
as if such vacancy had not been created. The principal campaign...
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17-6-21
Section 17-6-21 Contents; amendments; withdrawal of name. (a) The official ballots shall contain
the names of all candidates nominated by caucus, convention, mass meeting, primary election,
or other assembly of any political party or faction, or by petition of electors and certified
as provided in Section 17-9-3, but no person's name shall be printed upon the ballots who,
within the time period set forth in subsection (c), notifies the judge of probate in writing,
acknowledged before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments, that he or she will
not accept the nomination specified in the certificate of nomination or petition of electors.
The name of each candidate shall appear but one time on the ballot and under only one emblem.
(b) A nomination for a candidate in a primary or general election shall be finalized by the
respective state executive committees not later than 76 days before the primary or general
election. Any amendment to a certification of a candidate by a...
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