17-6-27
Section 17-6-27 Write-in votes; listing of independent candidates; form of ballots.
The elector may write in the column under the title of the office the name of any person whose
name is not printed upon the ballot for whom the elector may desire to vote. In case of nomination
by independent bodies, the ballot shall be so arranged that at the right of the last column
for party nomination the several tickets of the names of the independent candidates shall
be printed in one or more columns according to the space required, having above each of the
tickets the political or other names selected to designate such independent nominations. The
ballot form shall be designated by rule promulgated by the Secretary of State under the Administrative
Procedure Act. (Code 1907, §380; Code 1923, §470; Code 1940, T. 17, §155; §17-8-5; amended
and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §31.)...
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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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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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16-9-4
Section 16-9-4 Misdemeanor to print name of person without certificate on ballot; candidates.
Any person securing his name, or the name of another printed on a ballot as a candidate for,
or nomination by a political party as a candidate for the office of county superintendent
of education, without first there having been filed with the probate judge, as required by
law, the certificate signed by the State Superintendent of Education that the person whose
name is printed on the ballot holds a certificate of administration and supervision, and any
officer permitting the printing on a ballot of the name of a person as a candidate for, or
nomination by a political party as a candidate for the office of county superintendent of
education when there has not been filed with the probate judge such certificate shall be subject
to a penalty of $250.00, recoverable in the name of the state for the use of any school board
first instituting an action therefor. Any resident of the county may...
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17-6-39
Section 17-6-39 Procedure when straight party ticket does not contain names of all candidates.
If the ballot marked for a straight party ticket does not contain the names of candidates
for all offices for which the elector may vote, the elector may vote for candidates for such
offices so omitted by marking the names of candidates for such offices on other tickets, or
by writing the names, if they are not printed, upon the ballot in the blank column under the
title of the office. (Code 1907, §385; Code 1923, §475; Code 1940, T. 17, §161; §17-8-19;
amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)...
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17-6-24
Section 17-6-24 Printing and design. (a) All ballots shall be in accordance with the
provisions of this chapter and shall contain a party emblem for each political party represented
on the ticket. The arrangement of the ballot shall in general conform substantially to the
plan hereinafter given, and in all cases the party columns must be placed in alphabetical
order, beginning on the left of the ballot. The list of candidates of the several parties
shall be printed in parallel and perpendicular columns, each column to be headed by the chosen
device of such party and the party name or other designation in such order as the Secretary
of State may direct. The number of columns shall exceed by one the number of separate tickets
of candidates to be voted for at the polling place for which the ballot is provided, and in
the appropriate place the words vote for one (or two or other number, as the case may be)
to indicate the number which may be elected to each office. On the right of each...
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17-6-33
Section 17-6-33 Designation of different offices of same classification. Whenever nominations
for two or more offices of the same classification are to be made, or whenever candidates
are to be elected to two or more offices of the same classification at the same primary, general,
special, or municipal election, each office shall be separately designated by number on the
official ballot as "Place No. 1," "Place No. 2," "Place No. 3"
and so forth; and the candidates for each place shall be separately nominated or elected,
as the case may be. Each candidate for nomination for such office shall designate in the announcement
of his or her candidacy and in his or her request to have his or her name placed on the official
primary ballot the number of the place for which he or she desires to become a candidate.
The name of each qualified candidate shall be printed on the official ballot used at any such
election beneath the title of the office and the number of the place for which he or she...

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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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17-5-2
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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17-6-40
Section 17-6-40 Procedure to vote for person whose name not on ballot. If the elector
desires to vote for any person whose name does not appear upon the ballot, he or she can so
vote by writing the name in the proper place on the blank column. (Code 1907, §386; Code
1923, §476; Code 1940, T. 17, §162; §17-8-20; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p.
1331, §33.)...
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