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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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17-9-3
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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17-13-18
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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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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17-11-3
Section 17-11-3 Absentee balloting generally. (a) Any qualified elector of this state may apply
for and vote an absentee ballot by mail, by hand delivery, or by commercial carrier, as determined
by rule by the Secretary of State, as provided in Sections 17-11-5 and 17-11-9, in any primary,
general, special, or municipal election, if he or she makes application in writing therefor
not less than five days prior to the election in which he or she desires to vote and meets
one or more of the following requirements: (1) The person expects to be out of the county
or the state, or the municipality for municipal elections, on election day. (2) The person
has any physical illness or infirmity which prevents his or her attendance at the polls, whether
he or she is within or without the county on the day of the election. (3) The person expects
to work a shift which has at least 10 hours which coincide with the hours the polls are open
at his or her regular polling place. (4) The person is...
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17-11-9
Section 17-11-9 Materials furnished with ballot; delivery of ballot to absentee election manager.
Each prospective absentee voter who meets the requirements of this chapter shall be furnished
with the absentee ballot herein provided for, together with two envelopes for returning his
or her marked ballot and instructions for completing and returning the absentee ballot as
well as instructions for correcting mistakes in completing ballots or obtaining a replacement
ballot. One envelope shall be a plain envelope in which the ballot shall be sealed by the
voter after he or she has marked it. The second envelope shall have the voter's affidavit
printed on the back and shall be large enough to seal the plain ballot envelope inside. The
second envelope shall also be a return mail envelope. Such return mail envelope shall be addressed
on the front to the absentee election manager and shall be endorsed on the left-hand upper
corner thereof as follows: "Absent Voter's Ballot. State, County,...
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17-11-10
Section 17-11-10 Procedure upon receipt of ballot by absentee election manager; counting of
ballots. (a) Upon receipt of the absentee ballot, the absentee election manager shall record
its receipt thereof on the absentee list as provided in Section 17-11-5 and shall safely keep
the ballot without breaking the seal of the affidavit envelope. (b) For absentee ballots received
by noon on the day of the election, the absentee election manager shall, beginning at noon,
deliver the sealed affidavit envelopes containing absentee ballots to the election officials
provided for in Section 17-11-11. The election officials shall then call the name of each
voter casting an absentee ballot with poll watchers present as may be provided under the laws
of Alabama and shall examine each affidavit envelope to determine if the signature of the
voter has been appropriately witnessed. If the witnessing of the signature and the information
in the affidavit establish that the voter is entitled to vote by...
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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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17-11-11
Section 17-11-11 Officials for counting of absentee ballots; poll watchers. (a) For every primary,
general, special, or municipal election, there shall be appointed one inspector and at least
three clerks, named and notified as are other election officials under the general laws of
the state, who shall meet, at the regular time of closing of the election on that day, in
the courthouse, or municipal building for municipal elections, as designated by the absentee
election manager for the purpose of counting and returning the ballots cast by absentee voters.
The returns from the absentee precinct shall be made as required by law for all other boxes.
It shall be unlawful for any election official or other person to publish or make known to
anyone the results of the count of absentee votes before the polls close. (b) Any person or
organization authorized to appoint poll watchers under Sections 17-8-7 and 17-13-11 may have
a single watcher present at the counting of absentee ballots, with...
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17-11-19
Section 17-11-19 Statements required from persons or entities supplying election materials;
return of unused election materials. Each person, firm, or entity supplying to any county
or municipality any absentee affidavit envelopes, absentee ballots, or other absentee election
materials in connection with any primary, general, special, or municipal election shall, at
the time of the shipment or delivery of the same, provide to the county or municipality, and
to the Secretary of State, an itemized and signed statement showing a description and the
quantity of each item so shipped or delivered. Upon the conclusion of the election, the absentee
election manager shall return all unused absentee election materials to the sheriff of the
respective county along with an itemized, signed statement showing the description and quantity
of each item of absentee election material not utilized by the county or municipality in the
election then concluded, and the unused absentee election materials...
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