17-13-86
Section 17-13-86 Declaration of result of contest. Upon the hearing of any contest, if the
state or county executive committee finally determines who is the legal nominee for any office,
it shall make a declaration of its judgment upon the question not later than 90 days before
the general election for a county office and not later than 83 days before the general election
for a state office. If the committee fails or refuses to hear or determine the outcome of
a contest by the 90th day before the general election for a county office or the 83rd day
before the general election for a state office, the failure or refusal shall be treated as
a dismissal or the rendition of judgment against the contestant, and a certificate thereof
shall be forwarded by either the county chair to the judge of probate or the state chair to
the Secretary of State . (Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §387; §17-16-86; amended
and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63; Act 2014-6, p. 21, §1.)...
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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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45-8A-110
Section 45-8A-110 Annexation based on resolution of public health or public good; elections.
(a) Whenever the council of the City of Oxford shall pass a resolution to the effect that
the public health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution)
shall be brought within the limits of the City of Oxford: (1) It shall be the duty of the
mayor to certify a copy of such resolution to the Judge of Probate of Calhoun County and the
certified resolution shall have attached thereto a plat or map of the territory proposed to
be annexed, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed by the judge of probate.
(2) Within 10 days from the date of the filing of such resolution, the judge of probate must
make and enter an order upon the minutes of the court, directing and ordering an election
to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory described, not less than
20 days nor more than 40 days from the date of the making of the order. The...
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11-43A-113
Section 11-43A-113 Referendum to determine form of government. Between October 1, 1991, and
March 31, 1992, any municipality adopting the council-manager form of government under this
article, regardless of which effective date is chosen in the ordinance referenced in Section
11-43A-70, shall conduct a referendum for the purpose of determining whether after the first
Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election, the municipality
shall operate under the council-manager form of government as prescribed herein or, in the
alternative, under the mayor-council form of government as set forth in Section 11-43-1 et
seq. The council shall give advance notice of the time and purpose of such referendum by publication
once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality.
All qualified electors of the municipality may participate in said referendum and the questions
to be decided shall be plainly printed upon the ballot....
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11-42-2
Section 11-42-2 Annexation election and proceedings generally; proceedings where parties consent
to annexation. Whenever the council shall pass a resolution to the effect that the public
health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution) shall
be brought within the limits of the city or town: (1) It shall be the duty of the mayor to
certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land
proposed to be annexed is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached thereto
a plat or map of said territory, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed
by the judge of probate. (2) Except as provided in subdivision (9) of this section, the judge
of probate shall, not less than 10 nor more than 15 days from the date of the filing of such
resolution, make and enter an order upon the minutes of said court, directing and ordering
an election to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory...
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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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11-41-2
Section 11-41-2 Notice of filing; determination of statutory compliance; objections; ordering
and notice of election; contest of election. (a) Upon the filing of the verified application
with the judge of probate, the judge of probate shall give notice of the filing of the application
by publication in one or more newspapers published in the county, if there are any, that an
application to the judge of probate has been submitted and that the judge of probate will
determine if the application complies with Section 11-41-1, and that further notice will be
given for the filing of any objections. (b) The judge of probate shall have a reasonable period
of time, not to exceed 45 days, within which to ascertain compliance with Section 11-41-1.
If the judge of probate determines that the application does not comply with Section 11-41-1,
the judge of probate shall enter an order to that effect, which order shall be sent in accordance
with the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. The order shall...
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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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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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28-2-1
Section 28-2-1 Procedure for elections to determine classification of counties as wet or dry
counties; laws applicable in dry counties. (a) In every county where a majority of the electors
voting in an election, called by the Governor to determine whether Chapter 3 of this title
shall be adopted in the county, vote "Yes," Chapter 3 and all of its provisions
shall be immediately put into operation in such county, but in every county where a majority
of the electors voting in the election vote "No," Chapter 3 shall not go into effect
in such county and all laws prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors or beverages
now in force and effect in Alabama shall remain in full force and effect in every such county.
For the purpose of this chapter the term "wet county" shall mean any county which
by a majority of those voting voted in the affirmative in the election provided for in this
section, and "dry counties" shall be construed to mean all counties which by a majority
of...
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