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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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17-16-11
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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17-6-33
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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17-16-20
Section 17-16-20 Recounts generally. (a) When, in a general election, the election returns
for any public office, including a judicial office, reflect that a candidate is defeated or
any ballot statewide measure is defeated by not more than one half of one percent of the votes
cast for the office, or the ballot measure, as certified by the appropriate election officer,
a recount shall be held unless the defeated candidate submits a written waiver for the recount
as provided herein: (1) In the case of an election for any federal, state, circuit, or district
office, or the state Senate, state House of Representatives, or any other office that is not
a county office, a written waiver for a recount may be submitted to the Secretary of State
within 24 hours after the certification of the results of the election. Upon receipt of the
waiver, the Secretary of State shall immediately order the recount to be cancelled. (2) In
the case of an election for any county office, a written waiver for a...
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17-16-40
Section 17-16-40 Grounds of contest. The election of any person declared elected to the office
of Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries, Public Service Commissioner, senator or representative in the Legislature,
justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the courts of appeals, judge of the circuit court
or district court, or any office which is filled by the vote of a single county, or to the
office of constable may be contested by any person who was at the time of either of the elections
a qualified elector for any of the following causes: (1) Malconduct, fraud, or corruption
on the part of any inspector, clerk, returning officer, canvassing board, or other person.
(2) When the person whose election to office is contested was not eligible thereto at the
time of such election. (3) On account of illegal votes. (4) On account of the rejection of
legal votes. (5) Offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other...
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45-26-72
Section 45-26-72 Election. (a) The organization and composition of the County Commission of
Elmore County is altered to comply with this section. The governing body shall continue to
be known as the County Commission of Elmore County and shall have and exercise all of the
powers, duties, limitations, and responsibilities conferred upon it by the general laws of
Alabama relating to county commissions insofar as they are consistent with this section. For
the purpose of transacting official business, a quorum shall consist of three commissioners.
(b) Each member of the Elmore County Commission shall represent a separate district. Only
the qualified electors residing in a district may vote to elect the commissioner representing
the respective district. No person shall be eligible as a candidate for county commissioner
unless he or she is a bona fide resident of the district he or she seeks to represent. Each
member of the county commission shall reside in the district he or she represents...
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17-11-5
Section 17-11-5 Delivery of absentee ballots; maintenance of voter lists. (a) Upon receipt
of an application for an absentee ballot as provided in Section 17-11-3, if the applicant's
name appears on the list of qualified voters produced from the state voter registration list
in the election to be held, or if the applicant qualifies for a provisional absentee ballot,
the absentee election manager shall furnish the absentee ballot to the applicant by: (1) Forwarding
it by United States mail to the applicant's or voter's residence address or, upon written
request of the voter, to the address where the voter regularly receives mail; or (2) by handing
the absentee ballot to the applicant in person or, in the case of emergency voting when the
applicant requires medical treatment, his or her designee in person. If the absentee election
manager has reasonable cause to believe that the applicant has given a fraudulent address
on the application for the absentee ballot, the absentee election...
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45-42-162.08
Section 45-42-162.08 Elections. The metropolitan-government shall be governed by a commission
of nine part-time members and a full-time mayor. The election for the first officers of the
metropolitan-government shall be held on the date established by the judge of probate. Before
such election the governing body of the municipalities and the county shall cause the metropolitan
area to be divided into nine districts containing as nearly as possible an equal number of
people. The division of the metropolitan-government into districts shall be by a committee
appointed as follows: Three persons appointed by the Limestone County Commission; two persons
appointed by the Athens City Commission; two persons by a committee of mayors from the four
incorporated cities; one person appointed by the Limestone County School Board; and one person
appointed by the Athens City School Board. Candidates for metropolitan-government offices
shall qualify in the manner prescribed in the general municipal...
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17-6-28
Section 17-6-28 Requirements for write-in votes. (a) Write-in votes shall be permitted only
in non-municipal general elections and shall be counted as provided in this section based
on one of the following: (1) Upon a determination that the number of write-in votes for a
specific office is greater than or equal to the difference in votes between the two candidates
receiving the greatest number of votes for the specific office. (2) Upon a written request
satisfying the requirements in subsection (i). (b) The ballot for a non-municipal general
election must be constructed so that the voter can mark a write-in vote for each office in
the same manner that votes are registered for regular candidates. In order to cast a valid
write-in vote, the voter must (1) write the name on the ballot and (2) register the vote by
a mark in the space designated for that office. A write-in vote that is not registered as
provided above shall not be considered a valid write-in vote and shall not be included...
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15-18-179
Section 15-18-179 Application for incorporation; certificate of incorporation; amendment; board
of directors; dissolution; funding; competitive bidding laws not applicable. (a) A public
corporation may be organized as a community punishment and corrections authority pursuant
to this article in any county or group of counties located in one or more judicial circuits.
In order to incorporate the public corporation, any number of natural persons, not less than
three, who are duly qualified electors of a proposed county or counties shall first file a
written application with the county commission or any two or more thereof. The application
shall contain all of the following: (1) The names of each county commission with which the
application is filed. (2) A statement that the applicants propose to incorporate an authority
pursuant to this article. (3) The proposed location of the principal office of the authority.
(4) A statement that each of the applicants is a duly qualified elector of...
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