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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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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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17-6-33
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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17-13-18
Section 17-13-18 Candidate with majority of votes declared nominee of party; second
primary election; certification of results. (a) At the respective meetings of the respective
executive committees, the county executive committee, as to candidates in the primary election
for office, except candidates for county office, shall publicly ascertain, determine, and
declare whether any candidate for office in the primary election has received a majority of
the votes cast for the office, and, if so, declare the candidate the nominee of the party
for the office for which he or she was a candidate and for which he or she received a majority
of the votes cast for that office in the primary election. (b) If no candidate receives a
majority of all of the votes cast in such primary election for any one office or offices for
the nomination to which there were more than two candidates, then there shall be held a second
primary election on the fourth Tuesday following the primary election, and the...
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17-16-11
Section 17-16-11 Filing of declarations of candidacy by candidates; certification of
names of candidates to Secretary of State and probate judges; preparation of ballots; unopposed
candidates not listed on ballots. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION
17-13-5 BY ACT 2006-570 IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2007. (a)(1) Except
as provided in subdivision (2), all candidates for nomination to public office or for election
to party office in the primary election provided for in this chapter shall file their declaration
of candidacy with the state party chair if they seek any federal, state, circuit, or district
office, or the state Senate, House of Representatives, or any other office that is not a county
office not later than 5:00 P.M. 60 days before the date of the primary election. All candidates
for nomination or election to a county office shall file their declaration with the county
party chair not later than 5:00 P.M. 60 days before the date of the...
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17-13-19
Section 17-13-19 Procedure when one candidate declines to enter second primary. In the
event either of the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes in the first primary
election shall determine not to enter the second primary election provided for in this chapter,
the candidate, as soon as possible and not more than three days after holding of the first
primary election, shall certify his or her declination to enter such second primary election
to the chair of the state executive committee of his or her party, if the office is an office
other than a county office, or to the chair of the county executive committee of his or her
party if the office is a county office. Upon the receipt of such notification, the chair of
such committee shall declare the other candidate the nominee of the party for such office
and certify his or her name as such nominee to the Secretary of State or the judge of probate,
as the case may require, and a second primary election for the nomination of...
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17-13-5
Section 17-13-5 Filing of declaration of candidacy; certification of names of candidates;
preparation of ballots; unopposed candidates. (a) All candidates for nomination to public
office or for election to party office in the primary election provided for in this chapter
shall file their declaration of candidacy with the state party chair if they seek any federal,
state, circuit, or district office, or the state Senate, House of Representatives, or any
other office that is not a county office not later than 5:00 P.M. 116 days before the date
of the primary election. All candidates for nomination or election to a county office shall
file their declaration with the county party chair not later than 5:00 P.M. 116 days before
the date of the primary election. (b) The state party chair shall, no later than 5:00 P.M.
82 days before the primary election, certify the names of all primary election candidates,
except candidates for county offices, to the Secretary of State. The county party...
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17-13-71
Section 17-13-71 Grounds. The contests of nomination by a party for office, other than
a county office, may be instituted by any qualified elector of the state, or of the political
subdivision, as the case may be, who belongs to that party and who legally participated in
such primary election, upon the following grounds, which may be used separately, or else be
joined in the same contest: (1) Malconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of any inspector,
clerk, returning officer, canvassing board, or other persons. (2) When a person whose nomination
is contested was not eligible to the office sought at the time of the declaration of nomination.
(3) On account of illegal votes given. (4) On account of the rejection of legal votes. (5)
Offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other malconduct or misconduct calculated to prevent
a fair, free, and full exercise of the elective franchise. (6) Miscalculation, mistake, or
misconduct in counting, tallying, certifying, or canvassing which of...
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17-13-17
Section 17-13-17 Canvass, tabulation, and declaration of results. The county executive
committee of the party or parties participating in the primary election shall meet at the
courthouse of its county, not later than noon on Tuesday next following the primary election,
and receive the returns, canvass and tabulate the same, by precincts, and publicly declare
the results thereof. The chair of each county executive committee shall forthwith and no later
than the close of business on the seventh day following the primary election certify and return
to the chair of the state executive committee a statement and tabulation, by precincts, of
the result of the primary election and of the number of votes received by each candidate therein
for office, except candidates for county office. Not later than noon on the Wednesday eight
days following such primary election, the state executive committee, or such subcommittee
thereof as may have been appointed by the chair thereof for such purpose,...
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45-25-101
Section 45-25-101 Election; term; compensation; qualifications; powers and duties; vacancy.
(a) A county Superintendent of Education for DeKalb County, Alabama, shall be elected by the
qualified electors of DeKalb County, Alabama, at the next general election who shall hold
office until his or her successor is elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. (b) At
the next general election to be held in the county and state a county Superintendent of Education
for DeKalb County, Alabama, shall be elected, who shall hold office for a term of four years
and until his or her successor is elected and qualified, unless sooner removed for good cause.
Each four years thereafter, a county Superintendent of Education for DeKalb County, Alabama,
shall be elected by those qualified voters of the county residing outside of a municipality
served by a city board of education at the regular general election, nominations for which
office may be made in primary elections as other county officers. (c)...
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