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17-13-8
Section 17-13-8 Ballots, stationery, and supplies; pledge printed on ballot; spoiling
of ballot. Separate official ballots and other election stationery and supplies for each political
party shall be printed and furnished for use at each election district or precinct and shall
be of a different color for each of the political parties participating in such primary election.
All ballots for the same political party shall be alike, except as herein otherwise provided,
printed in plain type and upon paper so thick that the printing cannot be distinguished from
the back. Across the top of the ballot shall be printed the party's emblem, if any, and the
words, "Official Primary Election Ballot." Beneath this heading shall be printed
the year in which the election is held and the words "Democratic Party" or "Republican
Party" or other proper party designation. Each group of candidates to be voted on shall
be preceded by the designation of the office for which the candidates seek nomination,...
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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used
in this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus
which automatically examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and
tabulates the results. (2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which
conforms in layout and format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card"
shall mean a tabulating card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label"
shall mean the cards, papers, booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of
offices and candidates and statements of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction
with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot" shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting
center" shall mean one or more locations selected and designated by the county commission
or the municipal governing body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots
in the election. (7) "Electronic...
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17-5-2
Section 17-5-2 Definitions. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) CANDIDATE. An individual who has done any of the following:
a. Taken the action necessary under the laws of the state to qualify himself or herself for
nomination or for election to any state office or local office or in the case of an independent
seeking ballot access, on the date when he or she files a petition with the judge of probate
in the case of county offices, with the appropriate qualifying municipal official in the case
of municipal offices, or the Secretary of State in all other cases. b. Received contributions
or made expenditures in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or given his or her consent
for any other person or persons to receive contributions or make expenditures in excess of
one thousand dollars ($1,000), with a view to bringing about his or her nomination or election
to any state office or local office. (2) COMMISSION. The State Ethics...
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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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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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17-13-18
Section 17-13-18 Candidate with majority of votes declared nominee of party; second
primary election; certification of results. (a) At the respective meetings of the respective
executive committees, the county executive committee, as to candidates in the primary election
for office, except candidates for county office, shall publicly ascertain, determine, and
declare whether any candidate for office in the primary election has received a majority of
the votes cast for the office, and, if so, declare the candidate the nominee of the party
for the office for which he or she was a candidate and for which he or she received a majority
of the votes cast for that office in the primary election. (b) If no candidate receives a
majority of all of the votes cast in such primary election for any one office or offices for
the nomination to which there were more than two candidates, then there shall be held a second
primary election on the fourth Tuesday following the primary election, and the...
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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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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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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, § 6.)...
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17-7-21
Section 17-7-21 Requirements for approval of system. (a) The governing body of any county
or municipality or other political subdivision of the state by adoption of an appropriate
resolution, may authorize, adopt, and direct the use of electronic vote counting systems for
use in all elections held in such county or municipality or other political subdivision or
any portion thereof; and such resolution, a copy of which shall be filed with the Secretary
of State, shall specify the particular type of equipment to be used and a procedure for implementation.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), no electronic vote counting system shall be used unless
it has been constructed so that it: (1) Permits and requires voting in secrecy. (2) Permits
each elector to vote at any election for all persons and offices for whom and for which he
or she is lawfully entitled to vote; to vote for as many persons for an office as he or she
is entitled to vote for; and to vote for or against any question upon...
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