Any person or persons who shall hold, attend, or participate in the holding of any meeting for the purpose of nominating a candidate or candidates for public office, to be voted for at any general election in Alabama, or for the purpose of electing delegates or other representatives to any convention which may select such candidates for public office, at any time or place other than as provided for in Chapter 13, or who shall otherwise violate the laws of this state regulating mass meetings or beat meetings, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor.
This section shall not apply where a special election is called for the election of a public officer for which the party has no candidate or where, by death, resignation, or otherwise, a vacancy has occurred in any nomination made by such party. This shall not apply to municipal elections.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.
Section 17-17-1 - Arrest of Electors Attending, Going To, or Returning From Elections.
Section 17-17-2 - Duty of Sheriff to Preserve Order at Elections.
Section 17-17-3 - Neglect of Duties by Election Official.
Section 17-17-4 - Improper Use of Official Authority or Position for Political Activities.
Section 17-17-5 - Improper Use of State Property, Time, etc., for Political Activities
Section 17-17-6 - Penalty for Failure to Purge Disqualified Electors.
Section 17-17-7 - Officers Not to Compare Poll List With Ballot.
Section 17-17-8 - Penalties for Making False Statements to Board, Etc.
Section 17-17-10 - Notice of Ineligibility for Appointing Board; Serving on Board When Ineligible.
Section 17-17-11 - Failure of Inspector or Clerk to Attend Election.
Section 17-17-12 - Consumption of Intoxicating Liquors During Election.
Section 17-17-13 - Suppressing Nomination.
Section 17-17-14 - Voting Without Registration and Oath.
Section 17-17-15 - Signing Name of Other Person on Poll List.
Section 17-17-16 - Unlawful Use of Poll Lists.
Section 17-17-17 - Loitering About Polling Place; Standing in Line of Voters After Having Voted.
Section 17-17-18 - Disclosing Votes by Inspectors, Clerks, Etc.
Section 17-17-19 - Deceiving Elector in Preparation of Ballot.
Section 17-17-22 - Official Refusing Watcher to Exercise Rights.
Section 17-17-25 - Failure to Perform Duties as to Absentee Voting.
Section 17-17-27 - Failure to Count Legal Vote.
Section 17-17-29 - Violation of Requirements for Disposition of Election Records.
Section 17-17-30 - Failure to Provide Notice in Contested Election.
Section 17-17-31 - Failure to Provide Notice Under Section 17-15-5.
Section 17-17-32 - Failure to Provide Notice Under Section 17-15-6.
Section 17-17-33 - Obstruction, Intimidation, etc., of Voting Rights of Others.
Section 17-17-34 - Paying, etc., or Accepting Payment for Vote.
Section 17-17-35 - Violations of Fair Campaign Practices Act.
Section 17-17-36 - Unlawful or Fraudulent Voting.
Section 17-17-37 - Illegal Voting at Municipal Elections.
Section 17-17-38 - Bribing or Attempting to Influence Voter.
Section 17-17-39 - Buying Votes.
Section 17-17-40 - Selling Votes.
Section 17-17-41 - Candidate Barred by Bribery.
Section 17-17-42 - Altering or Changing Vote of Elector.
Section 17-17-43 - Disturbing Elector on Election Day.
Section 17-17-44 - Intimidation of Employee by Employer.
Section 17-17-45 - Coercion of Employee by Officer, Agent, etc., of Corporation.
Section 17-17-46 - Providing False Information to Register to Vote.
Section 17-17-47 - Assessment of Unauthorized Fees Against Candidate.
Section 17-17-48 - Unauthorized Assistance to Voter in Preparation of Ballot.
Section 17-17-49 - Failure of Returning Office to Return Ballots and Election Supplies.
Section 17-17-51 - Intoxication at Polling Place.
Section 17-17-52 - False or Fraudulent Returns.
Section 17-17-53 - Opening Poll List.
Section 17-17-54 - Failure to Place Candidate's Name, etc., on Ballot.
Section 17-17-55 - Unauthorized Marking of Ballot, Electioneering, or Divulging How Elector Voted.