17-13-23
Section 17-13-23 Filling of vacancies in nominations. The state executive committee, in cases
where the office to be filled is not a county office, and the county executive committee,
in cases where the office to be filled is a county office, but subject to the approval of
and in accordance with the method prescribed by the state executive committee, where a vacancy
may occur in any nomination, either by death, resignation, revocation, or otherwise, or in
case of any special election, may fill such vacancy, either by action of the committee itself
or by such other method as such committee may see fit to pursue. The respective state or county
executive committee shall file with the Secretary of State, for a state or federal office,
or with the judge of probate, for a county office, the name of the candidate to fill such
vacancy not later than 76 days before the election. (Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §37; §17-16-41;
amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §59; Act 2014-6,...
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17-13-15
Section 17-13-15 When voted ballots container and records of election container may be opened.
After the result has been canvassed and declared by the county executive committee, the sheriff
shall securely keep the voted ballots container and the records of election container in accordance
with state and federal law. The voted ballots container and records of election container
shall not be opened except in one or the other of the following events: (1) In the event of
a contest, where the opening of the container has been authorized under authority of the chair
of the executive committee trying the contest. (2) Where a container has been returned but
no certificate of the result of the election has been sent the chair outside of the container,
the container may be opened by the sheriff in the presence of the chairs, or their designees,
of the county committees for the political parties participating in the primary election,
and the committees, for canvassing purposes, may obtain the...
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45-39-70
Section 45-39-70 Election of chair; term; salary; duties. (a) This section shall apply only
in Lauderdale County. (b)(1) Effective beginning the next general election for the election
of the Lauderdale County Commission, the Chair of the Lauderdale County Commission shall be
elected on a countywide basis. The chair shall take office at the same time as members of
the Lauderdale County Commission take office and shall serve a four-year term, or until a
successor is elected and qualified. The chair shall preside over meetings of the county commission
and shall vote only in the case of tie vote of the commissioners. After the election of the
first chair as provided in this section and thereafter, the judge of probate shall no longer
serve as chair of the county commission. (2) The salary of the Chair of the Lauderdale County
Commission shall be forty thousand dollars ($40,000) per year payable in equal semi-monthly
installments from the general fund of the county. (3) In addition to the...
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17-13-80
Section 17-13-80 Contest of nomination to county office - Time and manner of commencement.
Any contest of a nomination to any county office must be commenced within 24 hours after the
result has been canvassed and the nomination declared by the county executive committee of
the party holding the primary, by filing a statement of contest with the chair of such county
committee, in the same manner and form as is provided in this article for contest of other
nominations, and depositing at the same time with such chair the sum of fifty dollars ($50)
in cash to be used by the county executive committee in paying the expenses of such contest
from time to time as such expenses may be authorized or directed by the county executive committee.
The person whose nomination is contested under this section shall be notified of such contest
in accordance with Section 17-13-83 and shall have five days after notice of the filing of
the contest within which to file with such chair his or her objections...
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17-13-46
Section 17-13-46 Notice by governing body of political party of desire to enter primary. When
the governing body of any political party desires to enter the primary election ordered to
be held under this chapter, the governing body for the state shall give public notice thereof
by filing a copy of the resolution of such governing body with the Secretary of State of Alabama.
Such notice may be given to the Secretary of State by the chair of the county executive committee
where the primary election affects only one county, and a copy of such notice shall be filed
with the judge of probate of such county. (Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §12; §17-16-13;
amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §61.)...
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17-13-16
Section 17-13-16 Public proclamation of results of election; distribution of certificates of
results. The counting of the ballots having been completed, the results shall be publicly
proclaimed. Separate certificates for each of the political parties entering the primary and
the results of the election shall be drawn up by the inspector and clerks at each and every
voting place, which shall contain all matters and things provided for in the law regulating
general elections. The certificates shall be signed by the election workers; one copy of the
same shall be forthwith posted in a conspicuous place at such voting place, one copy shall
be transmitted to the chair of the county executive committee of each of the political parties
in the primary, at such place as the county executive committee of the county shall designate
at which to receive such returns, and another copy shall be transmitted to the chairs of the
state executive committees of the political parties participating in the...
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17-13-42
Section 17-13-42 Political parties may elect whether to participate in primary elections. Primary
elections are not compulsory. A political party may, by its state executive committee, elect
whether it will come under the primary election law. All political parties are presumed to
have accepted and come under the provisions of the primary election law, but any political
party may signify its election not to accept and come under the primary election law by filing
with the Secretary of State, at least 60 days before the date herein fixed for the holding
of any general primary election, a statement of the action of its state executive committee,
certified by its chair and secretary, which statement shall contain a copy of the resolution
or motion adopted declining to accept and come under the primary election law. If a political
party declines to accept and come under the primary election law, it shall not change its
action and accept and come under the primary election law until after...
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17-13-14
Section 17-13-14 Counting of ballots; materials to be sealed; delivery and retention of materials;
posting of certificate of result. (a) No ballot shall be counted until the polls are closed;
and, before counting any ballot or examining the same, the voters' poll list, as provided
in Section 17-9-15, shall be securely sealed in an envelope designated to the appropriate
political party chair and the inspector shall write his or her name across every fold at which
the envelope, if fastened, could be opened. After the counting of the votes is finished and
certificates of the result have been prepared and signed, the inspector shall seal in a separate
voted ballots container all the ballots cast at such election. The following items shall be
placed into a records of election container, which shall then be securely sealed: (1) One
certificate of the results. (2) The spoiled ballot envelope. (3) Clerk's poll list. (4) All
partial ballot pads. (5) Stubs of ballot pads. The inspector shall...
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17-13-87
Section 17-13-87 New primary in case contest cannot be decided. If, upon the hearing of any
contest for any office, as provided for in this chapter, the committee, after an investigation
and hearing of the contest, shall determine that it is impossible from the evidence before
it to decide who is the legally nominated candidate for the office contested, it may direct
a new primary election for the nomination to any such office, but where any action is taken
by any county executive committee, either person to the contest, in the same manner as herein
provided for in the case of appeals from the action of any county committee, may take an appeal
to the state executive committee, which shall be the court of final appeal in all party contests
of nominations; provided that, upon hearing of any contest or appeal, as provided for in this
chapter, which is not referred to and decided by a subcommittee, 15 members of any such state
executive committee shall constitute a quorum for the hearing...
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17-13-70
Section 17-13-70 Time for contesting generally; hearing. Any contest to a nomination made by
primary election must be filed within 24 hours after the results of the primary election have
been declared, weekends excluded, under the same conditions and on the same grounds as provided
in the laws of Alabama for general elections of state and county officers and as provided
in this chapter. The person whose nomination is contested under this section shall be notified
of the contest in accordance with Section 17-13-83 and shall have five days after notice of
the filing of the contest within which to file with the chair his or her objections and answers
to such contest. Such contest shall be heard and tried by the county executive committee as
to candidates for county offices and by the state committee as to candidates for all other
offices; and wherever there is no county executive committee consisting of enough members
to obtain a quorum, then by the state executive committee. (Acts 1931,...
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