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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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17-13-2
Section 17-13-2 Applicability of chapter; applicability of general election laws to primary
elections. All primary elections held by any political party in this state for the nomination
of any state, national, district, circuit, county, or municipal officer shall be held and
conducted under the provisions of this chapter and, except as herein modified, shall be held
and conducted in the same manner and form, under the same requirements and subject to the
same forfeitures, penalties, and punishments as are now or shall hereafter be provided by
law for the holding of regular state elections, but nothing herein contained shall make it
obligatory upon any political party or parties to hold a primary election. (Acts 1975, No.
1196, p. 2349, §4; §17-16-4; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §59.)...
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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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36-33-2
Section 36-33-2 Protection required; designation of executive security officers; exemption
from minimum standards. (a) The Department of Public Safety shall protect, from the date of
his or her election, throughout his or her term and for a period of five years after the expiration
of his or her term of office, the person of the Governor of the State of Alabama and the members
of the immediate family and the Governor-elect; and from the date of their respective elections
and throughout their respective terms of office the Department of Public Safety is required
to protect the person of the Lieutenant Governor, the next two officers in order of succession
to the Office of Governor, the President Pro Tem of the Senate and the Speaker of the House,
each until their successors are elected, and the Lieutenant Governor-elect and the Attorney
General and the Attorney General-elect; and, at the direction of the Governor or Director
of Public Safety, other officials of the state and...
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41-18-1
Section 41-18-1 Text. Article I. Findings and Purposes. (a) The party states find that the
South has a sense of community based on common social, cultural and economic needs and fostered
by a regional tradition. There are vast potentialities for mutual improvement of each state
in the region by cooperative planning for the development, conservation and efficient utilization
of human and natural resources in a geographic area large enough to afford a high degree of
flexibility in identifying and taking maximum advantage of opportunities for healthy and beneficial
growth. The independence of each state and the special needs of subregions are recognized
and are to be safeguarded. Accordingly, the cooperation resulting from this agreement is intended
to assist the states in meeting their own problems by enhancing their abilities to recognize
and analyze regional opportunities and take account of regional influences in planning and
implementing their public policies. (b) The purposes of...
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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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17-6-22
Section 17-6-22 Political parties not included on ballot unless requirements met. (a) No political
party, except those qualified as a political party under Chapter 13, shall be included on
any general election ballot unless: (1) The party shall have filed with the Secretary of State
or other appropriate official on the date of the first primary election a list of the signatures
of at least three percent of the qualified electors who cast ballots for the office of Governor
in the last general election for the state, county, city, district, or other political subdivision
in which the political party seeks to qualify candidates for office; and unless (2) The party
shall have fulfilled all other applicable requirements of federal, state, or local laws. (b)
The provisions of this section are supplemental to the provisions of Chapter 13, and other
laws regarding the conduct of elections in Alabama, and shall repeal only those laws or parts
of laws in direct conflict herewith. (Acts 1982, No....
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45-25-101
Section 45-25-101 Election; term; compensation; qualifications; powers and duties; vacancy.
(a) A county Superintendent of Education for DeKalb County, Alabama, shall be elected by the
qualified electors of DeKalb County, Alabama, at the next general election who shall hold
office until his or her successor is elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. (b) At
the next general election to be held in the county and state a county Superintendent of Education
for DeKalb County, Alabama, shall be elected, who shall hold office for a term of four years
and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, unless sooner removed for good cause.
Each four years thereafter, a county Superintendent of Education for DeKalb County, Alabama,
shall be elected by those qualified voters of the county residing outside of a municipality
served by a city board of education at the regular general election, nominations for which
office may be made in primary elections as other county officers. (c)...
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17-10-2
Section 17-10-2 Provisional ballots; certification; tabulation; identification of ballots.
(a) A voter shall be required to cast a provisional ballot when: (1) The name of the individual
does not appear on the official list of eligible voters for the precinct or polling place
in which the individual seeks to vote, and the individual's registration cannot be verified
while at the polling place by the registrar or the judge of probate. (2) An inspector has
knowledge that the individual is not entitled to vote at that precinct and challenges the
individual. (3) The individual is required to comply with the voter identification provisions
of Section 17-10-1 but is unable to do so. If the voter's ballot becomes a provisional ballot
due to lack of identification, the identification, including the address and telephone number
of the voter, must be provided to the board of registrars no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Friday
following the election. If the voter fails to provide identification to...
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37-11A-1
Section 37-11A-1 Execution and text of compact. The Governor, on behalf of this state, shall
execute a compact, in substantially the following form, with the State of Mississippi, and
the Legislature approves and ratifies the compact in the form substantially as follows: Northeast
Mississippi - Northwest Alabama Railroad Authority Compact. The contracting states solemnly
agree: Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote and develop trade, commerce, industry,
and employment opportunities for the public good and welfare in northeast Mississippi and
northwest Alabama through the establishment of a joint interstate authority to acquire certain
railroad properties and facilities which the operator thereof has notified the Interstate
Commerce Commission of an intention to abandon and which are located in any of Franklin, Marion,
or Winston Counties, Alabama or in Alcorn or Tishomingo Counties, Mississippi. Article II.
This compact shall become effective immediately as to the State...
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