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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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17-13-8.1
Section 17-13-8.1 Instant runoff primary elections in certain situations. (a) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 17-6-23 and Section 17-13-18, in a primary election or second primary
election, this section shall apply only to voters who are voting by absentee ballot pursuant
to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act in any county or portion thereof
in which the nomination for a federal office other than the office of President which is contested
by three or more candidates. (b) The judge of probate shall prepare each of the following:
(1) A special federal ballot to be used in a federal instant runoff primary election. The
special federal ballot shall contain a list of all federal offices, other than the office
of President, contested by three or more candidates and the candidates qualifying for the
election for each office. (2) A special state ballot for the primary election shall contain
the office of President in presidential election years, any federal...
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17-16-40
Section 17-16-40 Grounds of contest. The election of any person declared elected to the office
of Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries, Public Service Commissioner, senator or representative in the Legislature,
justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the courts of appeals, judge of the circuit court
or district court, or any office which is filled by the vote of a single county, or to the
office of constable may be contested by any person who was at the time of either of the elections
a qualified elector for any of the following causes: (1) Malconduct, fraud, or corruption
on the part of any inspector, clerk, returning officer, canvassing board, or other person.
(2) When the person whose election to office is contested was not eligible thereto at the
time of such election. (3) On account of illegal votes. (4) On account of the rejection of
legal votes. (5) Offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other...
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17-16-4
Section 17-16-4 Reimbursing counties for election expenses - Only federal or state offices.
The State of Alabama shall reimburse a county for all sums expended by the county in payment
of expenses as provided for in Sections 17-16-2 and 17-16-2.1 and incurred in holding and
conducting an election in which only candidates for federal or state offices are nominated
or federal or state officials are elected. For the purposes of this section, a candidate for
federal or state office includes a candidate seeking election as a district representative
for a federal or state office appearing on the ballot in any portion of a county. (Acts 1955,
No. 160, p. 406, §3; §17-21-3; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §78; Act
2011-147, p. 276, §1.)...
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45-37-72.27
Section 45-37-72.27 Statement of candidacy; petition. (a) No primary election shall be held
to nominate a candidate to fill a vacancy under this subpart. At any election held under this
subpart no person's name shall appear on the ballot as a candidate for the office to be filled
at the election unless such person has filed in the office of the judge of probate of the
county within the time and in the forms prescribed in subsection (b) his or her statement
of candidacy and the petition signed by a least 100 qualified electors of the commission district
requesting that such person become a candidate for the office. (b) Any person desiring to
become a candidate at any election may become such candidate by filing in the office of the
judge of probate of the county such person's statement in writing of such candidacy, accompanied
by such person's 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...
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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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34-3-41
Section 34-3-41 Election of members; selection of at-large members. (a) The members of the
Board of Commissioners for each judicial circuit shall be elected by the members of the State
Bar who maintain their principal office in such circuit; provided, however, that for the Tenth
Circuit, each commissioner shall be elected by the lawyers who maintain their principal office
in the portion of the circuit outside the Bessemer Cut-off electoral district and each commissioner
for the Bessemer Cut-off electoral district shall be elected by the lawyers who maintain their
principal office in that portion of the circuit inside the Bessemer Cut-off electoral district.
Such election shall be by secret ballot, mailed or delivered to the State Bar headquarters
by a date established by the Board of Commissioners. Nothing contained in this article shall
prohibit the election of the president of the State Bar as provided in this chapter, who shall
be a bona fide resident of any judicial circuit of this...
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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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11-46-46
Section 11-46-46 Delivery of returns, etc.; retention and destruction of ballot boxes; opening
of ballot boxes. (a) At the time appointed by the municipal governing body to canvass the
returns of the election the municipal clerk shall deliver to the governing body the envelopes
addressed to the governing body, which were delivered to him or her by the returning officers
of the several wards in the city or town immediately after the votes had been counted and
the returns thereof prepared. (b) The clerk shall securely keep the ballot boxes until it
is known that there will be no contest, but in any event not less than six months, and, if
in that time no contest has been properly instituted, the clerk shall then destroy the contents
of the boxes without examining the same. (c) No ballot box shall be opened except in one of
the following events: (1) In the event of a contest, where the opening of a box has been ordered
by the court hearing the contest, in which event the ballot box shall...
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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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