The Administrative Director of Courts shall certify vacancies in offices of judges of circuit courts, district courts, courts of appeals, and the Supreme Court, and clerks of circuit courts to the Secretary of State by December 1 of the year preceding the next general election.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 14 - General Elections.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 17-14-1 - State and County Officers Who Are Elected by the People.
Section 17-14-2 - Holding of General Election.
Section 17-14-3 - Time of General Elections.
Section 17-14-4 - When County Officers Elected.
Section 17-14-5 - County Boards of Education.
Section 17-14-6 - Judges and Clerks; Vacancies.
Section 17-14-7 - Certification of Vacancies in Judicial Offices.
Section 17-14-8 - District Attorneys.
Section 17-14-9 - Justices of the Supreme Court.
Section 17-14-10 - When Presidential Electors and Members of Congress Elected.