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17-3-30
Section 17-3-30 Qualifications of electors generally. Any person possessing the qualifications
of an elector set out in Article 8 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as modified by
federal law, and not laboring under any disqualification listed therein, shall be an elector,
and shall be entitled to register and to vote at any election by the people. (Code 1876, §224;
Code 1886, §319; Code 1896, §1556; Code 1907, §290; Acts 1920, No. 5, p. 4; Code 1923,
§361; Code 1940, T. 17, §12; Acts 1953, No. 330, p. 385; Code 1975, §17-3-1; Acts 1978,
No. 584, p. 667, §1; §17-3-9; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §9.)...
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12-13-37
Section 12-13-37 Appointment of special judge when probate judge incompetent, absent, sick,
etc., generally; powers and duties of special judge and force, effect, etc., of judgments,
orders and decrees thereof. If in any matter or proceeding arising in the probate court or
in reference to which the judge thereof is required to exercise jurisdiction or authority
or to perform a duty the judge is incompetent for any legal cause or shall be absent, sick
or otherwise disqualified from acting, he or his chief clerk must certify the fact of incompetency,
absence, sickness or disqualification to the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and
the Supreme Court shall, upon such certificate, appoint a person possessing the qualifications
of a probate judge to act as special probate judge. Such special judge in relation to such
matter or proceeding shall have the jurisdiction and authority and discharge the duties of
the probate judge, and the judgments, orders and decrees made or rendered...
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17-3-59
Section 17-3-59 Electors temporarily out of the county may register. The following persons
shall be entitled to register to vote by mail if they possess the qualifications of an elector
and are not disqualified from voting under the Constitution and laws of Alabama: Members of
the Armed Forces of the United States, persons employed outside the United States, persons
absent because of attendance at institutions of higher learning and the spouses and children
of such persons. Such persons shall be entitled to register by mail only in the counties where
they were residents prior to entering the status which makes them eligible for such registration.
An application for absentee registration shall be in writing and shall be filed with the board
of registrars of the county in which the elector resides. The board shall furnish the applicant
a written application in the same form as that provided other applicants and any additional
application deemed necessary to determine eligibility to...
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17-4-8
Section 17-4-8 Electors to reidentify themselves; notice of reidentification; when eligible
by mail. Each voter whose name is to be removed shall reidentify himself or herself by appearing
in person before a registrar, or by appearing before the judge of probate, or either of the
clerks in the office of the judge of probate, or through his or her representative before
the board of registrars in regular session except that the following persons shall be entitled
to reidentify by mail if they possess the qualifications of an elector and are not disqualified
from voting under the constitution and laws of Alabama: Members of the Armed Forces of the
United States, persons employed outside the United States, persons absent because of attendance
at an institution of higher learning, and the spouses and children of such persons. The board
of registrars shall notify such persons who are eligible for reidentification by mail as to
how they can reidentify themselves. Electors eligible to...
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9-7-14
Section 9-7-14 Coastal Area Board - Created; composition; qualifications, appointment, term
of office and compensation of members; officers; meetings; seal; powers and duties generally;
executive director and employees; technical assistance to board; acceptance, use and disposition
of funds, facilities, etc. (a) through (g) Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 82-612, p. 1111, §14(b),
effective October 1, 1982. (h) The board shall have authority to solicit, accept and expend
funds from the state, the United States and from any other source, to carry out provisions,
purposes and policies of this chapter. (i) The board shall coordinate activities and plans
of all existing interests, other state governments, local governments, regional planning agencies,
interstate compacts and commissions and federal agencies which have programs relevant to the
coastal area. (j) When necessary to achieve conformance with the management program provided
for in Section 9-7-15, the board shall have the power to...
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17-3-31
Section 17-3-31 Restoration of right to vote upon pardon or issuance of certificate of eligibility.
Any person who is disqualified by reason of conviction of any of the offenses mentioned in
Article VIII of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, except treason and impeachment, whether
the conviction was had in a state or federal court, and who has been pardoned, may be restored
to citizenship with the right to vote by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles when specifically
expressed in the pardon. If otherwise qualified, such person shall be permitted to register
or reregister as an elector upon submission of a copy of the pardon document to the board
of registrars of the county of his or her residence. In addition, any person who has been
granted a Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote by the Board of Pardons and Paroles
pursuant to Section 15-22-36.1, shall be permitted to register or reregister as an elector
upon submission of a copy of the certificate to the board of...
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12-14-30
Section 12-14-30 Appointment, terms of office and qualifications; designation, etc., of presiding
judge; filling of vacancies; oath; grounds for disqualification of judges from hearing of
cases; practice of law or receipt of unauthorized remuneration for judicial services by full-time
judges prohibited. (a) The governing body of the municipality shall, by vote of a majority
of its members, appoint judges of the municipal court. (b) The term of office of each full-time
municipal judge shall be for a term of four years. The term of office of a municipal judge
other than a full-time municipal judge shall be two years. The term of either full-time or
part-time municipal judges shall continue until a successor has been appointed and qualified.
(c) In the event that a municipality has more than one judge, the mayor shall designate a
presiding judge, who shall have such additional duties and powers and be entitled to receive
such additional compensation as provided by ordinance. (d) Each...
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17-3-55
Section 17-3-55 Refusal of registration - Appeal. Any person to whom registration is denied
shall have the right of appeal, without giving security for costs, within 30 days after such
denial, by filing a petition in the probate court in the county in which he or she seeks to
register, alleging that he or she is a citizen of the United States over the age of 18 years
having the qualifications as to residence prescribed by law and entitled to register to vote
under the provisions of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended. Upon the filing of
the petition, the clerk of the probate court shall give notice thereof to the district attorney
authorized to represent the state in the county, who shall appear and defend against the petition
on behalf of the state. The registrars shall not be made parties and shall not be liable for
costs. An appeal will lie to the circuit court in favor of the petitioner if taken within
30 days from the date of the judgment pursuant to Section 12-22-20....
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17-3-52
Section 17-3-52 Examination and oath of applicants; disclosure of information. The board of
registrars shall have power to examine, under oath or affirmation, all applicants for registration,
and to take testimony touching the qualifications of such applicants, but no applicant shall
be required to answer any question, written or oral, not related to his or her qualifications
to register. In order to aid the registrars to judicially determine if applicants to register
have the qualifications to register to vote, each applicant shall be furnished by the board
a written application, which shall be uniform in all cases with no discrimination as between
applicants, the form and contents of which application shall be promulgated by rule by the
Secretary of State of the State of Alabama. The application shall be so worded that there
will be placed before the registrars information necessary or proper to aid them to pass upon
the qualifications of each applicant. The application shall be...
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34-32-8
Section 34-32-8 Powers of board generally. The board shall have the following powers: (1) To
adopt and amend all bylaws, rules, and regulations necessary or convenient to administer and
carry out the provisions of this chapter and for the conduct of its affairs and functions
consistent with the Constitution and laws of this state which may be reasonably necessary
for the performance of its duties and the regulation of its proceedings, meetings, records,
examinations, and the conduct thereof, and to adopt and promulgate a code of ethics which
shall be binding upon all persons registered under or subject to this chapter. (2) To affix
its official seal to each numbered certificate issued. (3) To hold hearings, administer oaths,
take and record testimony, to make findings, orders, and determinations which shall be subject
to review by the courts of this state in the manner provided by law from decisions of other
boards and commissions. Upon the failure or refusal of any person to comply...
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