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17-8-2.1
Section 17-8-2.1 Political parties not included on ballot unless requirements met. THIS SECTION
WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-6-22 BY ACT 2006-570. (Acts 1982, No. 82-572, p.
1064, §§1, 2; Acts 1995, No. 95-786, p. 1872, §1; Act 2001-1131, 4th Sp. Sess., p. 1211,
§2.)...
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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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17-13-43
Section 17-13-43 Selection of delegates to national conventions by political parties. Political
parties may provide for the selection of delegates to national conventions by the holding
of a presidential preference primary or by popular election of the delegates or otherwise.
In the event a presidential preference primary is called by the governing body of any party,
notice of such action shall be given to the Secretary of State as part of the notice required
by Section 17-13-46. The notice shall prescribe the procedure for the listing of the names
of presidential candidates on the primary ballot and for the selection of delegates pledged
under party rules to vote for the respective presidential candidates. A presidential preference
primary, when called, shall appear in the first or top position on the primary ballot. When
no presidential preference primary is to be utilized, delegates may be elected in the primary
election in the same manner as other party officers; except, that...
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17-13-2
Section 17-13-2 Applicability of chapter; applicability of general election laws to primary
elections. All primary elections held by any political party in this state for the nomination
of any state, national, district, circuit, county, or municipal officer shall be held and
conducted under the provisions of this chapter and, except as herein modified, shall be held
and conducted in the same manner and form, under the same requirements and subject to the
same forfeitures, penalties, and punishments as are now or shall hereafter be provided by
law for the holding of regular state elections, but nothing herein contained shall make it
obligatory upon any political party or parties to hold a primary election. (Acts 1975, No.
1196, p. 2349, §4; §17-16-4; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §59.)...
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17-16-30
Section 17-16-30 Returning officers. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTIONS 17-13-12
AND 17-17-49 BY ACT 2006-570 IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2007. The sheriff
shall perform the duty of returning officer as in general elections, unless someone else has
been named and designated as authorized by law. It shall be his duty or the duty of such returning
officer as may be otherwise legally named and designated, as the case may be, to return and
deliver to the chairman of the county executive committee of each of the political parties
participating in the primary election, at the office of the judge of probate at the county
seat, the ballot boxes and returns which have been delivered to him by the officers of said
election, and such ballot boxes and returns shall not be allowed to leave his possession and
must be returned by him to such chairman not later than 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday following
said primary election. Each and all persons failing to perform...
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17-1-4
Section 17-1-4 Right of city, county and state employees to participate in political activities.
(a)(1) No person in the employment of any city, whether classified or unclassified, shall
be denied the right to participate in city, county, or state political activities to the same
extent as any other citizen of the State of Alabama, including endorsing candidates and contributing
to campaigns of his or her choosing. (2) No person in the employment of any county, whether
classified or unclassified, shall be denied the right to participate in city, county, or state
political activities to the same extent as any other citizen of the State of Alabama, including
endorsing candidates and contributing to campaigns of his or her choosing. (3) No person in
the employment of the State of Alabama, whether classified or unclassified, shall be denied
the right to participate in city, county, or state political activities to the same extent
as any other citizen of the State of Alabama, including...
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17-13-8
Section 17-13-8 Ballots, stationery, and supplies; pledge printed on ballot; spoiling of ballot.
Separate official ballots and other election stationery and supplies for each political party
shall be printed and furnished for use at each election district or precinct and shall be
of a different color for each of the political parties participating in such primary election.
All ballots for the same political party shall be alike, except as herein otherwise provided,
printed in plain type and upon paper so thick that the printing cannot be distinguished from
the back. Across the top of the ballot shall be printed the party's emblem, if any, and the
words, "Official Primary Election Ballot." Beneath this heading shall be printed
the year in which the election is held and the words "Democratic Party" or "Republican
Party" or other proper party designation. Each group of candidates to be voted on shall
be preceded by the designation of the office for which the candidates seek nomination,...
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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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17-13-7
Section 17-13-7 Persons entitled to vote; voter to certify political party preference by signing
poll list. (a) All persons who are qualified electors under the general laws of the State
of Alabama and who are also members of a political party and entitled to participate in such
primary election under the rules of the party shall be entitled to vote therein and shall
receive the official primary ballot of that political party, and no other; but every governing
body of a party shall have the right, power, and authority to fix and prescribe the political
or other qualifications of its own members and shall, in its own way, declare and determine
who shall be entitled and qualified to vote in such primary election or to be candidates therein
or to otherwise participate in such political parties and primaries. The qualifications of
electors entitled to vote in such primary election shall not necessarily be the same as the
qualifications for electors entitled to become candidates therein....
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17-4-33
Section 17-4-33 Computerized statewide voter registration list. (a) The State of Alabama shall
provide, through the Secretary of State, a nondiscriminatory, single, uniform, official, centralized,
interactive computerized statewide voter registration list defined, maintained, and administered
by the Secretary of State, with advice from the Voter Registration Advisory Board and the
President of the Alabama Probate Judges Association, which contains the name and registration
information of every legally registered voter in the state. The computerized list shall comply
with the following requirements: (1) It shall serve as the single system for storing and managing
the official list of registered voters throughout the state. (2) It shall contain the name,
address, and voting location, as well as other information deemed necessary by the Voter Registration
Advisory Board or the Secretary of State, of every legally registered voter in the state.
(3) A unique identifier shall be assigned to...
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