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17-13-102
Section 17-13-102 Petition requirements. In order to qualify the name of any person to appear
on the ballot at a presidential preference primary, a petition or petitions in support of
his or her candidacy shall be filed with the state party chair of the appropriate political
party, hereinafter referred to as "chair," 116 days prior to the presidential preference
primary election. To comply with this section, a candidate may file a petition or petitions
signed by a total of not less than 500 qualified electors of the state, or petitions signed
by not less than 50 qualified electors of each congressional district of the state, in which
case there shall be a separate petition for each congressional district. The petitions shall
be in such form as the chair may prescribe; provided, that there shall be a space for the
county of residence of each signer next to the space provided for his or her signature. No
signature may be counted as valid unless the county of residence of the signer is...
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17-3-2
Section 17-3-2 Qualifications and appointment of registrars; chair. (a) Registration shall
be conducted in each county by a board of three reputable and suitable persons to be appointed,
unless otherwise provided by law, by the Governor, Auditor, and Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries, or by a majority of them acting as a state board of appointment. The registrars
shall be qualified electors, residents of the county, shall have a high school diploma or
equivalent, and possess the minimum computer and map reading skills necessary to function
in the office. The Secretary of State shall prescribe guidelines to assist the state board
of appointment in determining the qualifications of registrars. The registrars shall not hold
an elective office during their term. One of the members shall be designated by the state
board of appointment as chair of the board of registrars for each county. (b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of subsection (a), the Legislature may provide by local law...
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17-4-1
Section 17-4-1 Lists of registered voters to be published. The judge of probate shall publish
from the state voter registration list a correct alphabetical list of qualified electors either
by county, precinct, district, or subdivision wherein each elector is registered to vote,
in some newspaper with general circulation in the county, on or before the twentieth day preceding
the regularly scheduled primary election. The list shall be accompanied by a printed certification
generated by the state voter registration system verifying that the list contains the names
of all qualified electors registered as of the specified time and date when it was printed.
The list shall further state that any elector whose name was inadvertently omitted from the
list shall have 10 days in which to have his or her name entered upon the list of qualified
voters. If within 10 days any voter shall reasonably satisfy the board of registrars by proper
proof that any name should be added to the list, the board...
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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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17-4-2
Section 17-4-2 State voter registration lists. The board of registrars, when registration is
closed before a primary, general, or special election, shall certify to the Secretary of State
any additions, deletions, corrections, or changes to the state voter registration list. Except
as provided in Section 17-4-2.1, after registration has closed and within the 10-day period
before an election, the judge of probate and municipal election officials shall prepare and
print a report from the state voter registration list of the correct alphabetical lists of
the qualified electors registered by precincts, districts, or subdivisions of a precinct where
the precinct has been divided or subdivided, if not within a city or incorporated town, and
by wards and other subdivisions, if within a city or incorporated town, and no others. An
electronic archive in the database for the state voter registration list shall be recorded
simultaneously with the printing of each county's list of qualified...
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17-3-60
Section 17-3-60 Clerical assistance for judge of probate and board of registrars. The judge
of probate may employ such assistants and clerical help as may be necessary to complete and
properly prepare reports from the state voter registration list of the list of qualified electors
which the judge of probate is required to furnish a certified copy to the election inspectors.
The judge of probate shall receive or such assistants shall be paid out of the county treasury
by warrants, drawn by the county commission on certificate of the judge of probate, accompanied
by the certificates of the person being paid, showing the amount due under the provisions
of this chapter, but the entire amount spent for the preparation of such lists shall not exceed
a sum equal to the amount obtained by multiplying the number of names on the list by five
cents ($.05) for the preparation of such list. The judge of probate in all counties having
a population of not less than 100,000 nor more than 350,000,...
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17-6-46
Section 17-6-46 Instructional posters. (a) The judge of probate shall cause to be printed in
large type posters of instructions for the guidance of electors in preparing their ballots.
Instructional information shall not show partiality to any political party or candidate. The
information shall include: (1) A sample version of the ballot that will be used for that election.
(2) Information regarding the date of the election and the hours during which polling places
will be open. (3) Instructions on how to vote, including how to cast a vote and how to cast
a provisional ballot. (4) Instructions for mail-in registrants and first-time voters registering
and voting for the first time after January 1, 2003. (5) General information on voting rights
under applicable federal and state laws, including information on the right of an individual
to cast a provisional ballot and instructions on how to contact the appropriate officials
if these rights are alleged to have been violated. (6) General...
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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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17-8-1
Section 17-8-1 Appointment of election officials; duties. (a) The appointing board, or a majority
of them acting as an appointing board, not more than 20 nor less than 15 days before the holding
of any election in their county, shall appoint from the qualified electors of the respective
precinct, necessary precinct election officials, which shall include at least one inspector,
to act at each voting place in each precinct. The appointing board may appoint the number
of precinct election officials necessary for each precinct, provided that, absent consent
of the county commission, the total number of precinct election officials appointed in a county
shall not exceed the total number of precinct election officials who were paid by the county
for the general election held November 2004. In the event that the number of precincts or
voting places utilized in an election within a county is increased or decreased, the total
number of officials who may be appointed without consent of the...
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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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