17-13-17
Section 17-13-17 Canvass, tabulation, and declaration of results. The county executive committee
of the party or parties participating in the primary election shall meet at the courthouse
of its county, not later than noon on Tuesday next following the primary election, and receive
the returns, canvass and tabulate the same, by precincts, and publicly declare the results
thereof. The chair of each county executive committee shall forthwith and no later than the
close of business on the seventh day following the primary election certify and return to
the chair of the state executive committee a statement and tabulation, by precincts, of the
result of the primary election and of the number of votes received by each candidate therein
for office, except candidates for county office. Not later than noon on the Wednesday eight
days following such primary election, the state executive committee, or such subcommittee
thereof as may have been appointed by the chair thereof for such purpose,...
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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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17-17-54
Section 17-17-54 Failure to place candidate's name, etc., on ballot. Any officer of the state
or of any county or municipality whose duty it is by law to prepare and have printed ballots
for any election authorized by law to be held, who shall intentionally fail to have printed
on the ballots, as required by law or the rules and regulations of the political party holding
the election, the names of all persons entitled to be printed thereon and all issues entitled
to be printed thereon and entitled to be submitted to a vote, shall be guilty, upon conviction,
of a Class A misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)...
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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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45-48-70.06
Section 45-48-70.06 Qualifications for election. Each candidate for election to the commission
at the general election shall be nominated by the voters of the entire county who are authorized
to participate in any primary election, caucus, or convention, called or held by any political
party for the nomination of the office, and their nomination by the qualified voters of any
district, or of any subdivision of the county less than the whole county, by any primary election,
caucus, or convention, is hereby prohibited. Each associate commissioner shall be a qualified
voter and be a resident of the district for which he or she is elected, and shall reside in
the district continuously during his or her term of office. (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, §
7; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 7.)...
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11-46-25
Section 11-46-25 Ballots; statements of candidacy; withdrawal of candidacy. (a) In all municipal
elections on any subject which may be submitted by law to a vote of the people of the municipality
and for any municipal officers, if paper ballots are used, the voting shall be by official
ballot printed and distributed as provided in subsections (c) and (d), and no ballot shall
be received or counted in any election unless it is provided as prescribed by law. (b) There
shall be but one form of ballot for all the candidates for municipal office and every ballot
provided for use at any polling place in a municipal election shall contain the names of all
candidates who have properly qualified and have not withdrawn, as provided in subsection (g),
together with the title of the office for which they are candidates. (c) All ballots shall
be printed in black ink on clear book paper. At the bottom of each ballot and at a point an
equal distance from the sides thereof there shall be printed a...
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17-14-32
Section 17-14-32 Names on ballots; vote for candidate counted as vote for designated electors.
The names of all candidates for President and Vice President who are nominated as provided
in this chapter shall be printed on the official ballots under the emblem of their respective
political parties, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Alabama. The names
of the electors of the candidates for President and Vice President shall not be printed upon
the ballots. A vote for a candidate for President or Vice President shall be counted as a
vote for the electors of the political party or independent body by which such candidates
were named, as listed on the certificate of nomination or nominating petition. (Acts 1975,
3rd Ex. Sess., No. 138, p. 370, §3; §17-19-3; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p.
1331, §72.)...
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45-8A-23.052
Section 45-8A-23.052 Ballot. At every such election, all such ballots to be used by voters
shall be printed or prepared by the election commission or other body having charge of the
conduct of municipal elections in the city, and shall contain the names of all candidates
for the at large position on the council directly under the words "For the at large position
on the council," and the names of all candidates from each ward directly under the words
"For members of the council from the ___ ward." No name shall appear upon the ballot
as a candidate for election except the names of such persons as have become candidates according
to provisions as above set forth; no ballot shall be used at any such election except the
official ballot prepared by the election commission or other body having charge of the conduct
of municipal elections in the city, except that the names of candidates may be suitably placed
on voting machines if such machines are used to conduct such election. (Acts...
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17-13-1
Section 17-13-1 "Primary election" defined. A primary election, including a separate
and special presidential preference primary election, within the meaning of this chapter,
is an election held by the qualified voters who are members of any political party, for the
purpose of nominating a candidate or candidates for public or party office. (Acts 1975, No.
1196, p. 2349, §1; Act 2006-634, p. 1731, §1; §17-16-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570,
p. 1331, §59.)...
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17-13-102
Section 17-13-102 Petition requirements. In order to qualify the name of any person to appear
on the ballot at a presidential preference primary, a petition or petitions in support of
his or her candidacy shall be filed with the state party chair of the appropriate political
party, hereinafter referred to as "chair," 116 days prior to the presidential preference
primary election. To comply with this section, a candidate may file a petition or petitions
signed by a total of not less than 500 qualified electors of the state, or petitions signed
by not less than 50 qualified electors of each congressional district of the state, in which
case there shall be a separate petition for each congressional district. The petitions shall
be in such form as the chair may prescribe; provided, that there shall be a space for the
county of residence of each signer next to the space provided for his or her signature. No
signature may be counted as valid unless the county of residence of the signer is...
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