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Chapter 1 - General Provisions.
Section 17-1-1 - Applicability of Title to Primary Elections and County or Municipal Elections. - All of the provisions of this title shall apply to...
Section 17-1-2 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this title, the following terms shall...
Section 17-1-3 - Chief Elections Officials. - (a) The Secretary of State is the chief elections official...
Section 17-1-4 - Right of City, County and State Employees to Participate in Political Activities. - (a)(1) No person in the employment of any city, whether...
Section 17-1-5 - Employers to Allow Time Off for Voting. - Each employee in the state shall, upon reasonable notice to...
Chapter 2 - Help America Vote Act (Hava).
Section 17-2-1 - Help America Vote Fund. - There is established a separate trust fund in the State...
Section 17-2-2 - Implementation Plan; State Plan Committee. - (a) There is established, pursuant to Section 254 of the...
Section 17-2-3 - Establishment of Complaint Review Procedures. - The Secretary of State, by administrative rule, shall establish procedures...
Section 17-2-4 - Voting System Requirements; Vote Standards; Uniform Polling System; Purchase of Equipment. - (a) On or before January 1, 2005, each voting system...
Chapter 3 - Voter Registration.
Article 1 - Board of Registrars.
Section 17-3-1 - Promulgation of Rules for Registration Applications. - The Secretary of State may promulgate rules for the receipt...
Section 17-3-2 - Qualifications and Appointment of Registrars; Chair. - (a) Registration shall be conducted in each county by a...
Section 17-3-3 - Terms of Office; Removal From Office. - The registrars appointed under this article may be removed for...
Section 17-3-4 - Filling of Vacancies. - If one or more of the persons appointed on such...
Section 17-3-5 - Compensation and Allowances for Registrars; Treatment as State Employees. - (a) Each registrar shall receive a salary in the amount...
Section 17-3-6 - Oath of Office; Registrars Designated as Judicial Officers. - Before entering upon the performance of the duties of office,...
Section 17-3-7 - Quorum. - The action of a majority of the board of registrars...
Section 17-3-8 - Sessions of Boards; Working Days of Registrars; Special Registration Sessions. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-112 IN THE 2022...
Section 17-3-9 - Time and Place of Meeting in Counties With Two or More Courthouses. - Where there are two or more courthouses in any county,...
Section 17-3-10 - Expenditure of County Funds for Supplies, Office Space, etc.; Clerical Personnel of Boards. - All county governing bodies are authorized and directed to expend...
Section 17-3-11 - Registration of Voters at Colleges and Universities. - (a) The board of registrars in each county shall visit...
Section 17-3-12 - Per Diem for Board Members; Appointments to Fill Board Vacancies. - Each member of the board of registrars shall receive sixty...
Section 17-3-13 - Compensation Increases. - (a) A county commission, upon the adoption of a resolution,...
Article 2 - Qualifications of Electors.
Section 17-3-30 - Qualifications of Electors Generally. - Any person possessing the qualifications of an elector set out...
Section 17-3-30.1 - Disqualification of Electors for Felonies Involving Moral Turpitude. - (a) This section shall be known and may be cited...
Section 17-3-31 - Restoration of Right to Vote Upon Pardon or Issuance of Certificate of Eligibility. - Any person who is disqualified by reason of conviction of...
Section 17-3-32 - Domicile Not Acquired or Lost by Temporary Absence. - No person shall lose or acquire a domicile either by...
Section 17-3-33 - Domicile of Persons Located Partly in Multiple Counties, Districts, or Precincts. - When the dwelling of any person is located partly in...
Section 17-3-34 - Persons Living on Boundary Lines Between Counties, Districts, or Precincts. - Any person who lives on a line between counties, districts,...
Article 3 - Registration of Electors.
Section 17-3-50 - Registration Deadline. - The boards of registrars in the several counties of the...
Section 17-3-51 - Certificate of Registration. - The registrars shall issue to each person registered a certificate...
Section 17-3-52 - Examination and Oath of Applicants; Disclosure of Information. - The board of registrars shall have power to examine, under...
Section 17-3-53 - Access by Political Parties to Voter Registration Information. - Political parties, as defined in Section 17-13-40, may obtain all...
Section 17-3-54 - Refusal of Registration - Authorized; Notice Required. - Any person making application to the board of registrars for...
Section 17-3-55 - Refusal of Registration - Appeal. - Any person to whom registration is denied shall have the...
Section 17-3-56 - Registration Required Only Once; Exceptions. - No person heretofore registered and no person hereafter registered shall...
Section 17-3-57 - Forms and Supplies; Publication of Notices; Expenses. - The Secretary of State shall furnish to each board of...
Section 17-3-58 - Voters in Territory Transferred to Another County. - Every qualified elector of the State of Alabama whose domicile...
Section 17-3-59 - Electors Temporarily Out of the County May Register. - The following persons shall be entitled to register to vote...
Section 17-3-60 - Clerical Assistance for Judge of Probate and Board of Registrars. - The judge of probate may employ such assistants and clerical...
Chapter 4 - Voter Registration Lists.
Article 1 - County Voter Registration Lists.
Section 17-4-1 - Lists of Registered Voters to Be Published. - The judge of probate shall publish from the state voter...
Section 17-4-2 - State Voter Registration Lists. - The board of registrars, when registration is closed before a...
Section 17-4-2.1 - Electronic Poll Books. - (a) The Secretary of State may allow the use of...
Section 17-4-3 - County Board of Registrars to Purge Disqualified Electors. - (a) Each county board of registrars shall purge the computerized...
Section 17-4-4 - Information of Deaths, Incompetency, and Convictions to Be Furnished to Boards of Registrars; Rulemaking Authority. - (a) In addition to all other duties now required by...
Section 17-4-5 - Notice of Previous Registration to Be Given. - When a person makes application for registration before a county...
Section 17-4-6 - Information to Be Provided by State Departments or Agencies. - (a) To continuously and automatically identify the names of persons...
Section 17-4-6.1 - Investigation of Registered Voter Reported to Be Deceased or a Nonresident of the Precinct. - (a) To facilitate the continuous maintenance of the computerized statewide...
Section 17-4-7 - Meeting of Board of Registrars for Voter List Maintenance. - In addition to the duty of the board of registrars...
Section 17-4-8 - Electors to Reidentify Themselves; Notice of Reidentification; When Eligible by Mail. - Each voter whose name is to be removed shall reidentify...
Section 17-4-9 - Inactive Voter List; Voter Reidentification. - Any voter who fails to vote for four years in...
Section 17-4-10 - Publication of Names to Be Struck From List. - The names of persons in the county to be struck...
Section 17-4-11 - Only Electors Disqualified or Not Reidentified to Be Removed. - The board shall not remove the name of any elector,...
Section 17-4-12 - Records to Show Reason for Striking Elector From List; Removal for Failure to Reidentify Not Permanent Disqualification. - When the name of any elector is struck from the...
Section 17-4-13 - Procedure for Having Name Restored to List of Qualified Electors; Limitation of Provisions. - Any qualified elector of the county whose name is omitted...
Section 17-4-14 - Permanent List of Qualified Electors. - The Secretary of State shall maintain a permanent list of...
Article 2 - Statewide Voter Registration File, Voter Registration Advisory Board, and Director of Voter Registration
Section 17-4-30 - Periodic Updating of the Statewide Voter Registration Database. - (a) Beginning in February 2025, and in February of every...
Section 17-4-31 - State to Reimburse County Commissions for Certain Costs. - The state shall reimburse each county commission for all the...
Section 17-4-32 - Judge of Probate to Have Access to Current List of Registered Voters; No State Entities to Pay Costs for Access to List. - The judge of probate shall have access to and be...
Section 17-4-33 - Computerized Statewide Voter Registration List. - (a) The State of Alabama shall provide, through the Secretary...
Section 17-4-34 - State Voter Registration Advisory Board. - (a) As an oversight board for the system, there is...
Section 17-4-35 - Supervisor of Voter Registration. - The Supervisor of Voter Registration shall be employed by the...
Section 17-4-36 - Duties of Boards of Registrars; Voter Registration Identification Number. - (a) In order to establish the statewide voter file and...
Section 17-4-37 - Applicability of Chapter. - All voter registration, voter reidentification, and the purging of voters...
Section 17-4-38 - Dissemination of Information on Voter Registration. - (a) The Secretary of State shall ensure that all applicants...
Section 17-4-38.1 - Collecting, Sharing, and Verifying Information; Costs; Rulemaking Authority. - (a) State agencies shall provide to the Secretary of State,...
Section 17-4-39 - Maintenance of State Voter Registration List. - It shall be the responsibility of the board of registrars...
Article 3 - The National Voter Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act of 2002
Section 17-4-60 - Implementation of Federal Acts. - (a) The Secretary of State shall be the primary state...
Section 17-4-61 - Additional Personnel. - The Secretary of State may hire a computer programmer or...
Section 17-4-62 - Voter Registration Fund. - There is established a separate trust fund in the State...
Section 17-4-63 - Rules, Forms, and Instructions; Inter-Agency Agreements. - The Secretary of State shall promulgate rules and prescribe forms...
Chapter 5 - The Fair Campaign Practices Act.
Section 17-5-1 - Short Title. - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 17-5-2 - Definitions. - (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall...
Section 17-5-3 - Political Action Committees; Officers; Accounting and Reporting. - (a) Every political action committee shall have a chair and...
Section 17-5-4 - (Effective August 1, 2023) Filing Statement to Show Principal Campaign Committee; Duties and Procedures; Dissolution. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-314 IN THE 2021...
Section 17-5-5 - (Effective August 1, 2023) Statement of Organization; Notice of Termination or Dissolution. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-314 IN THE 2021...
Section 17-5-5.1 - Regulation of Legislative Caucus Organizations. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (d), each legislative caucus...
Section 17-5-6 - Checking Account; Expenditures. - A political action committee and a principal campaign committee shall...
Section 17-5-7 - Use of Excess Moneys Received; Solicitation, etc., of Contributions. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) and in Section...
Section 17-5-7.1 - Return or Refund of Contributions. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a principal campaign...
Section 17-5-7.2 - Disposal of Campaign Property. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), property purchased by...
Section 17-5-8 - Reports of Contributions and Expenditures by Candidates, Committees, and Officials; Filing; Procedure - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-314 IN THE 2021...
Section 17-5-8.1 - Electronic Reporting; Electronic Searchable Database; Rules. - (a) Commencing with the 2014 election cycle, all statements, reports...
Section 17-5-8.2 - Legislative Findings. - (a) The Legislature determines that there is a compelling state...
Section 17-5-9 - (Effective August 1, 2023) Filing Procedures. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-314 IN THE 2021...
Section 17-5-10 - (Effective August 1, 2023) Public Inspection of Reports; Date of Receipt. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-314 IN THE 2021...
Section 17-5-11 - (Effective August 1, 2023) Duties of Secretary of State. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-314 IN THE 2021...
Section 17-5-12 - Identification of Paid Advertisements. - (a) Any paid political advertisement or electioneering communication appearing in...
Section 17-5-13 - Cards, Pamphlets, Circulars, etc., to Bear Name of Candidate, Committee, Etc. - It shall be unlawful for any person, candidate, principal campaign...
Section 17-5-14 - Corporate Contributions or Expenditures to Political Action Committees; Establishment by Corporation; Actions by Utilities. - (a) A corporation incorporated or organized under the laws of...
Section 17-5-14.1 - Establishment of Segregated, Separate Political Funds; Voluntary Contributions; Filing of Disclosure Reports; Violations. - (a) Any business or nonprofit corporation, incorporated under the laws...
Section 17-5-15 - Contributions by One Person in Name of Another; Contributions Between Political Action Committees, Etc. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, acting for...
Section 17-5-15.1 - Limitation on Receipt and Spending of Funds by Principal Campaign Committee of a State or Local Candidate. - (a) A principal campaign committee of a state or local...
Section 17-5-16 - Fraudulent Misrepresentation as Acting for Candidate, etc., Prohibited; Automated or Pre-Recorded Communications. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person fraudulently to...
Section 17-5-17 - Solicitation by Force, Job Discrimination, Threats, etc., Prohibited. - It shall be unlawful for any person, principal campaign committee,...
Section 17-5-18 - Failure to File Required Statement or Report. - Repealed by Act 2013-311, §3, effective August 1, 2013.
Section 17-5-19 - Violations. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person...
Section 17-5-19.1 - (Effective August 1, 2023) Civil Penalties. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-314 IN THE 2021...
Section 17-5-19.2 - (Effective August 1, 2023) Administrative Review. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-314 IN THE 2021...
Section 17-5-20 - Appointment of Designated Filing Agents; Submission of Reports. - (a) A candidate, or in the case of a political...
Section 17-5-21 - Administrative Rules. - The Secretary of State is authorized to promulgate administrative rules...
Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.
Article 1 - Precincts.
Section 17-6-1 - Purpose. - It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for...
Section 17-6-2 - Establishment of Precincts; Boundaries; Precinct Map; Reapportionment Coordination. - (a) The governing body of each county shall establish precincts,...
Section 17-6-3 - Voting Districts; Naming of Precincts. - (a) Except as may be provided further by local election...
Section 17-6-4 - Designating and Equipping Voting Places; County Voting Centers. - (a) Except as may be provided further by local election...
Section 17-6-5 - List of Voters for Each Voting Place. - The judge of probate shall prepare a separate, correct alphabetical...
Section 17-6-6 - Adjustment of Precinct Configuration, Boundaries, Etc. - (a) The county governing body shall have sole authority to...
Section 17-6-7 - Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment as Liaison With Bureau of Census; Assistance to Counties. - (a) The Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment, or its designees,...
Section 17-6-8 - Cooperation With Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment. - All state and county agencies and officials shall cooperate with...
Section 17-6-9 - Inapplicability to Municipal Elections. - The provisions of this article shall have no effect on...
Article 2 - Ballots.
Section 17-6-20 - Elections Must Be by Official Ballot. - In all elections held in this state on any subject...
Section 17-6-21 - Contents; Amendments; Withdrawal of Name. - (a) The official ballots shall contain the names of all...
Section 17-6-22 - Political Parties Not Included on Ballot Unless Requirements Met. - (a) No political party, except those qualified as a political...
Section 17-6-23 - Uniform Ballots at Each Polling Place; Electors for President and Vice President. - There shall be provided at each polling place at each...
Section 17-6-24 - Printing and Design. - (a) All ballots shall be in accordance with the provisions...
Section 17-6-25 - Order of Listing of Candidates on Ballots. - The names of candidates for each office shall be listed...
Section 17-6-26 - Order of Arrangement; Content Requirements; Secrecy Envelopes or Folders. - (a) Ballots, so far as practicable, shall be in the...
Section 17-6-27 - Write-in Votes; Listing of Independent Candidates; Form of Ballots. - The elector may write in the column under the title...
Section 17-6-28 - Requirements for Write-in Votes. - (a) Write-in votes shall be permitted only in non-municipal general...
Section 17-6-29 - Party Emblem - Submission; Approval. - Each political party, by its state party convention or state...
Section 17-6-30 - Party Emblem - Certification to Judge of Probate. - The Secretary of State shall send a copy of the...
Section 17-6-31 - Party Emblem - Prohibited Designs. - The coat of arms or seal of any state or...
Section 17-6-32 - Party Emblem - Use When Party Is Divided. - When there is a division of any political party and...
Section 17-6-33 - Designation of Different Offices of Same Classification. - Whenever nominations for two or more offices of the same...
Section 17-6-34 - Secret Ballot. - Every voter in Alabama shall have the right to vote...
Section 17-6-35 - Procedure to Vote Straight Party Ticket. - If the elector desires to vote a straight party ticket,...
Section 17-6-36 - Procedure to Vote for One Candidate Not on Party Ticket. - When only one candidate is to be elected to any...
Section 17-6-37 - Procedure to Vote for Two or More Candidates on Different Party Tickets. - When two or more candidates are to be elected to...
Section 17-6-38 - Procedure to Vote Split Ticket. - If the elector desires to vote a split ticket, that...
Section 17-6-39 - Procedure When Straight Party Ticket Does Not Contain Names of All Candidates. - If the ballot marked for a straight party ticket does...
Section 17-6-40 - Procedure to Vote for Person Whose Name Not on Ballot. - If the elector desires to vote for any person whose...
Section 17-6-41 - Ballot for Constitutional Amendment. - Whenever a constitutional amendment is submitted to a vote of...
Section 17-6-42 - Ballots to Be Paid for by Counties and Cities. - The printing and delivery of the ballots and cards of...
Section 17-6-43 - Packaging of Ballots; Detachable Stubs. - Ballots for use in a precinct shall be packaged in...
Section 17-6-44 - Number of Ballots per Elector. - There shall be provided for each voting place at least...
Section 17-6-45 - Performance of Duties Under Chapter for Municipal Elections. - In case of any municipal election held at a time...
Section 17-6-46 - Instructional Posters. - (a) The judge of probate shall cause to be printed...
Section 17-6-47 - Blank Forms and Stationery for Election. - The judge of probate for each county shall have printed,...
Section 17-6-48 - Designating Certain Officers by Number. - In all primary and general elections of associate justices of...
Section 17-6-48.1 - (Effective February 1, 2021) Permanent Place Names for Each Seat on Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal. - (a) Beginning with the 2022 statewide election, the following offices...
Section 17-6-49 - Office Sought to Be Designated by Number. - Every person who seeks an office mentioned in Section 17-6-48...
Article 3 - Alabama Informed Voter Act.
Section 17-6-80 - Short Title. - This article shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 17-6-81 - Fair Ballot Commission; Ballot Statements. - (a)(1) There is created the Fair Ballot Commission. The purpose...
Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines.
Section 17-7-1 - Payment for Machines. - The county commission or city commission or such other authority...
Section 17-7-2 - Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Issuance; Form; Interest. - Each county in which electronic voting machines may now or...
Section 17-7-3 - Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Obligation of County; Disposition of Proceeds. - All warrants and certificates issued pursuant to this article shall...
Section 17-7-4 - Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Pledge of General Ad Valorem Tax for Payment. - The county commission of the county issuing any warrants or...
Section 17-7-5 - Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Refunding Authorized. - Each such county may in like manner from time to...
Section 17-7-5.1 - Time of Holding Elections. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-9-6 BY...
Section 17-7-6 - Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Sections 17-7-2 Through 17-7-7 Control Inconsistent Laws. - Insofar as the provisions of this section and Sections 17-7-2...
Section 17-7-7 - Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Applicability of Sections 17-7-2 Through 17-7-7. - The provisions of this section and Sections 17-7-2 through 17-7-6...
Section 17-7-8 - Booths and Place for Holding Election to Be Provided. - THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION BY...
Section 17-7-11 - Proclaiming Polls Open. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-9-9 BY...
Section 17-7-12 - Voting Without Registration and Taking Oath. - THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION BY...
Section 17-7-13 - Elector to Vote in County and Precinct of Residence. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-9-10 BY...
Section 17-7-14 - When Registration Certificate Not Required. - THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION BY...
Section 17-7-15 - Voter to Sign Name on Poll List; Exceptions. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTIONS 17-17-15 AND...
Section 17-7-16 - Poll List to Be Sealed. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-9-12 BY...
Section 17-7-17 - Unlawful Use of Poll List. - THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION BY...
Section 17-7-18 - Proximity of Persons to Polling Place. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-9-50 BY...
Section 17-7-19 - Loitering About Polling Place; Standing in Line of Voters After Having Voted. - THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION BY...
Section 17-7-20 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall...
Section 17-7-21 - Requirements for Approval of System. - (a) The governing body of any county or municipality or...
Section 17-7-22 - Electronic Voting Committee. - There is hereby created the Alabama Electronic Voting Committee which...
Section 17-7-23 - Examination and Certification of Equipment. - It shall be the duty of the committee to ensure...
Section 17-7-24 - Report of Certification or Rejection to Be Issued. - Examinations shall be conducted and a report of certification or...
Section 17-7-25 - Implementation of Article. - (a) It shall be the duty of the committee to...
Section 17-7-26 - Limitation on Committee's Authority. - The authority of the Alabama Electronic Voting Committee relative to...
Section 17-7-27 - Secretary of State May Implement Uniform System of Electronic Voting in Certain Counties. - The Secretary of State may implement a uniform system of...
Section 17-7-28 - Counties Participating in Project May Be Eligible to Receive State Funding. - Any county participating in the pilot project may be eligible...
Section 17-7-29 - Secretary of State May Provide for Orderly Acceptance of Counties Requesting to Participate; Reimbursement. - After the establishment of the uniform system of electronic voting...
Chapter 8 - Election Officers.
Section 17-8-1 - Appointment of Election Officials; Duties. - (a) The appointing board, or a majority of them acting...
Section 17-8-2 - Notice of Appointment. - The judge of probate shall notify such inspector and clerk...
Section 17-8-2.1 - Political Parties Not Included on Ballot Unless Requirements Met. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-6-22 BY...
Section 17-8-3 - When Officers Ineligible to Serve on Appointing Board. - When the judge of probate, sheriff, or clerk of the...
Section 17-8-4 - Replacement of Ineligible Member of Appointing Board. - Upon receiving the certificate provided for in Section 17-8-3, the...
Section 17-8-5 - Political Parties Furnish Lists From Which Appointments Are Made. - (a) Each political party or organization having made nominations, by...
Section 17-8-6 - Failure of Election Officials to Attend. - ion official to attend at the hour of 7:00 a.m.,...
Section 17-8-7 - Poll Watchers. - (a) Except in the case of municipal elections, each political...
Section 17-8-8 - Oaths of Election Officials. - Before entering upon their duties, precinct election officials must take...
Section 17-8-9 - Instruction of Election Officials. - (a) Not less than five days before an election or...
Section 17-8-10 - Returning Officer. - The sheriff of each county or the person discharging the...
Section 17-8-11 - Return of Ballots in Absence of Inspector. - If the inspector is not present at the hour appointed,...
Section 17-8-12 - Compensation of Election Officials. - (a) The inspector and clerks shall each be entitled to...
Section 17-8-13 - Certain Election Officials Excused From Employment to Perform Election Duties. - (a) All laws to the contrary notwithstanding, any precinct election...
Section 17-8-14 - Student Interns. - (a) The judge of probate in each county may appoint...
Chapter 9 - Conduct and Management of Elections.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 17-9-1 - Duty of Sheriff to Preserve Order at Elections. - The sheriff of each county shall, on each day of...
Section 17-9-2 - Duties of Judge of Probate to Devolve Upon Circuit Court in Event of Failure to Perform. - In the event the judge of probate of any county...
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...
Section 17-9-4 - Certificates of Nomination to Be Preserved by Judge of Probate. - The judge of probate shall cause to be preserved all...
Section 17-9-5 - Notice of Election. - The judge of probate must give notice at least 14...
Section 17-9-6 - Time of Holding Elections. - Every polling place shall open for voting at 7:00 A.M....
Section 17-9-7 - When Election Officials to Meet, Open Polling Place, Etc. - The precinct election officials appointed shall meet at the place...
Section 17-9-8 - No Adjournment. - After the polls have opened, no adjournment or recess shall...
Section 17-9-9 - Proclaiming Polls Open. - The inspectors, before they commence receiving ballots, must cause it...
Section 17-9-10 - Elector Must Vote in County and Voting Place of Domicile. - At all elections held within this state, the elector shall...
Section 17-9-11 - Voter to Sign Name on Poll List; Exceptions. - In every election held in this state, the voter shall...
Section 17-9-12 - Poll List to Be Sealed. - The signed voter poll list shall be sealed in an...
Section 17-9-13 - Voting Assistance; Time Allowed to Finish Voting. - (a) Any person who wishes assistance in voting may receive...
Section 17-9-14 - Spoiled Ballot. - (a) Any elector who shall by accident or mistake spoil...
Section 17-9-15 - Disposition of Records and Forms After Close of Polls. - After the close of the polls in all primary, special,...
Article 2 - Voter Identification.
Section 17-9-30 - Identification of Electors; Alabama Photo Voter Identification Card. - (a) Each elector shall provide valid photo identification to an...
Article 3 - Prohibited Practices.
Section 17-9-50 - Proximity of Persons to Polling Place. - Except as electors are admitted to vote and persons to...
Section 17-9-50.1 - Photographing or Revealing Contents of Another Voter's Ballot. - (a) At any polling place in any state, county, or...
Section 17-9-51 - Time Requirements for Receipt of Absentee Ballots. - Repealed by Act 2019-507, § 2, effective August 1, 2019.
Chapter 10 - Provisional Voting; Challenge of Voters.
Section 17-10-1 - Voter Identification Requirements. - (a) Each person who registers to vote by mail shall...
Section 17-10-2 - Provisional Ballots; Certification; Tabulation; Identification of Ballots. - (a) A voter shall be required to cast a provisional...
Section 17-10-3 - Voting in Precinct, etc., Where Elector's Name Does Not Appear on Official List. - It shall be unlawful for any elector to cast his...
Chapter 11 - Absentee Voting.
Article 1
Section 17-11-1 - "Circuit Clerk" Defined. - As used in this chapter, "circuit clerk" includes any successor...
Section 17-11-2 - Absentee Election Manager. - In each county there shall be an "absentee election manager,"...
Section 17-11-3 - Voting in Precinct, etc., Where Elector's Name Does Not Appear on Official List. - (a) Any qualified elector of this state may apply for...
Section 17-11-3.1 - Qualified Voter With Permanent Disability Preventing Attendance at Polls. - (a) Notwithstanding Sections 17-11-3, 17-11-4, and 17-11-5, a qualified voter...
Section 17-11-4 - Form and Contents of Application; Signature of Applicant; Filing of Application. - The application required in Section 17-11-3 shall be filed with...
Section 17-11-5 - Delivery of Absentee Ballots; Maintenance of Voter Lists. - (a) Upon receipt of an application for an absentee ballot...
Section 17-11-6 - Form of Absentee Ballots. - The official ballots for any election to which this chapter...
Section 17-11-7 - Form of Affidavit to Be Printed on Envelope - General, Special, or Municipal Elections. - (a) Each absentee ballot shall be accompanied by an envelope...
Section 17-11-8 - Form of Affidavit to Be Printed on Envelope - Primary Elections. - The form of the affidavit which shall be printed on...
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...
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...
Section 17-11-11 - Officials for Counting of Absentee Ballots; Poll Watchers. - (a) For every primary, general, special, or municipal election, there...
Section 17-11-12 - Delivery of Ballots, Envelopes, Etc. to Absentee Election Manager. - Not less than 55 days prior to the holding of...
Section 17-11-13 - Disqualification of Circuit Clerk From Serving as Absentee Election Manager. - When the circuit clerk is a candidate for any office...
Section 17-11-14 - Compensation of Absentee Election Manager. - The county commission shall determine the amount of compensation to...
Section 17-11-15 - Performance of Duties of Clerk in Municipal Elections Held Separate From Primary or General Election. - In any municipal election that is held at a time...
Section 17-11-16 - Costs and Expenses Generally. - All necessary and proper expenses and costs incurred in the...
Section 17-11-17 - Promulgation of Rules and Regulations With Respect to Challenged Absentee Ballots. - Repealed by Act 2006-581, p. 496, §2, effective January 1,...
Section 17-11-18 - Time Requirements for Receipt of Absentee Ballots. - (a) No absentee ballot shall be opened or counted if...
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...
Article 2 - Overseas Absentee Voting.
Section 17-11-40 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall...
Section 17-11-41 - Alabama Electronic Overseas Voting Advisory Committee. - (a) The Alabama Electronic Overseas Voting Advisory Committee is created...
Section 17-11-42 - Rules; Requirements; Minimum Criteria. - (a) If the committee determines a secure electronic means may...
Section 17-11-43 - Request for Overseas Ballot. - (a) In determining the requirements for a request for an...
Section 17-11-43.1 - Use of Federal Write-in Absentee Ballots by Overseas Voters. - A person who votes by absentee ballot pursuant to the...
Section 17-11-44 - Receipt of Request. - In determining the requirements for receipt of a request for...
Section 17-11-45 - Procedudre for Return of Voted Ballot. - The committee and the Secretary of State shall determine the...
Section 17-11-46 - Overseas Voter Certificate. - In determining the requirements for an overseas voter certificate, the...
Section 17-11-47 - Instructions. - The committee and the Secretary of State may draft instructions...
Section 17-11-48 - Processing of Voted Absentee Ballots. - The committee and the Secretary of State shall determine the...
Section 17-11-49 - Witnessing or Notarization of Absentee Ballots. - (a) The Secretary of State is granted authority to adopt...
Section 17-11-50 - Emergency Procedures and Rules. - (a) If a national or local emergency or other situation...
Section 17-11-51 - Funding. - Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, all expenses and...
Chapter 12 - Canvassing Returns/declaring Results.
Section 17-12-1 - Conclusion of Voting; Locking of Equipment; Certificates of Result. - When the time arrives for closing the polls, all qualified...
Section 17-12-2 - Statements of Results. - The authority charged with the holding of an election or...
Section 17-12-4 - Procedures Upon Malfunction of Equipment. - If a precinct ballot counter malfunctions, the polls shall remain...
Section 17-12-5 - Retest of Equipment. - The judge of probate may order a post-election retest of...
Section 17-12-6 - Counting Upon Close of Polls. - Inspectors of elections in the voting places shall, immediately on...
Section 17-12-7 - Preservation of Ballots by Sheriff. - When no federal elections are on the ballot, the sheriff...
Section 17-12-8 - Count of Votes to Be Sealed, Certified, and Delivered to Sheriff; Public Inspection of Results. - As soon as the ballots are counted, the inspectors shall...
Section 17-12-9 - Delivery of Certificates to Judge of Probate; Forwarding to Secretary of State. - The canvassing board must, as soon as they have ascertained...
Section 17-12-10 - Posting of Certificate of Result. - Immediately after the election the inspectors shall post in front...
Section 17-12-11 - Returns of Election - How Made; Duty of Judge of Probate. - One copy of the certificate of the result of the...
Section 17-12-12 - Returns of Election - Sealing, Delivery, and Disposition of Records. - After completing and signing the certificate of result, the election...
Section 17-12-13 - Procedure; Improperly Marked Ballots. - Except where precinct ballot counters are used in counting the...
Section 17-12-14 - Ballots to Be Counted, Labeled, Sealed, and Delivered to Returning Officer. - Except where precinct ballot counters are used, the inspectors must...
Section 17-12-15 - Time and Manner of Canvassing. - On the second Friday next after the election, at the...
Section 17-12-16 - Certification of Results. - Immediately after ascertaining the results of an election for county...
Section 17-12-17 - Canvass of Election Returns by State Officials. - All returns of elections required by law to be sent...
Section 17-12-18 - Governor Proclaims Result of Certain Elections. - Except as to officers provided for in Sections 17-12-16 and...
Section 17-12-19 - Returns of Election of State Officers. - The certificates of the canvassing board forwarded to the Secretary...
Section 17-12-20 - List of Registered Voters Open to Inspection. - After having ascertained the result of an election, made declarations...
Section 17-12-21 - Certificates of Election to Members of Congress and Legislators. - The Secretary of State shall, within 10 days after receiving...
Section 17-12-22 - Results of Election of State Officers; Resolution of Tie Votes. - The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, within the...
Section 17-12-23 - How Tie Vote Decided. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-337 IN THE 2022...
Section 17-12-24 - Penalty for Failure to Make Returns. - If any officer required to make returns of any election...
Section 17-12-25 - Notice of Failure to Make Return. - Whenever the return of any officer, required to be made...
Chapter 13 - Primary Elections.
Section 17-13-1 - "Primary Election" Defined. - A primary election, including a separate and special presidential preference...
Section 17-13-2 - Applicability of Chapter; Applicability of General Election Laws to Primary Elections. - All primary elections held by any political party in this...
Section 17-13-3 - Time and Place for Holding Primary Elections. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (d),...
Section 17-13-4 - Payment of Compensation of Officers and Other Expenses of Elections. - The compensation of officers and other expenses of any and...
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...
Section 17-13-6 - Only Qualified Candidates to Be Listed on Ballots. - The name of no candidate shall be printed upon any...
Section 17-13-7 - Persons Entitled to Vote; Voter to Certify Political Party Preference by Signing Poll List. - (a) All persons who are qualified electors under the general...
Section 17-13-7.1 - Persons Entitled to Vote in Primary Runoff Elections - (a) If an elector votes in a primary election, he...
Section 17-13-8 - Ballots, Stationery, and Supplies; Pledge Printed on Ballot; Spoiling of Ballot. - Separate official ballots and other election stationery and supplies for...
Section 17-13-8.1 - Instant Runoff Primary Elections in Certain Situations. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17-6-23 and Section 17-13-18,...
Section 17-13-9 - Duty of Judge of Probate to Furnish and Deliver Election Supplies. - The judge of probate of each county is hereby required...
Section 17-13-10 - Ballots to Be Secret and Inviolate. - The ballot of every voter shall be kept secret and...
Section 17-13-11 - Watchers at Polls. - A candidate who has qualified may have a single watcher...
Section 17-13-12 - Returning Officers. - The inspector shall perform the duty of precinct returning officer...
Section 17-13-13 - Counting of Votes; Results to Be Posted for Public Inspection. - (a) At the close of the primary election at each...
Section 17-13-14 - Counting of Ballots; Materials to Be Sealed; Delivery and Retention of Materials; Posting of Certificate of Result. - (a) No ballot shall be counted until the polls are...
Section 17-13-15 - When Voted Ballots Container and Records of Election Container May Be Opened. - After the result has been canvassed and declared by the...
Section 17-13-16 - Public Proclamation of Results of Election; Distribution of Certificates of Results. - The counting of the ballots having been completed, the results...
Section 17-13-17 - Canvass, Tabulation, and Declaration of Results. - The county executive committee of the party or parties participating...
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,...
Section 17-13-19 - Procedure When One Candidate Declines to Enter Second Primary. - In the event either of the two candidates receiving the...
Section 17-13-20 - Determination of Majority of Votes Cast. - If a nominee for a single office is to be...
Section 17-13-21 - Tie Votes. - If, in any primary election held under the provisions of...
Section 17-13-22 - Certification of Nominees to Judge of Probate. - The Secretary of State shall, not later than 74 days...
Section 17-13-23 - Filling of Vacancies in Nominations. - The state executive committee, in cases where the office to...
Section 17-13-24 - Voting More Than Once. - Any voter in this state who votes more than once,...
Section 17-13-25 - Changing or Altering Returns of Primary Elections. - Any person who shall change or in any wise alter...
Section 17-13-26 - Additional Duties of Sheriff, Chief of Police, Etc. - The sheriff of each county on the day of such...
Article 2 - Political Parties.
Section 17-13-40 - "Political Party" Defined. - An assemblage or organization of electors which, at the general...
Section 17-13-41 - Determination of Total Vote of Political Party. - In determining the total vote of a political party whenever...
Section 17-13-42 - Political Parties May Elect Whether to Participate in Primary Elections. - Primary elections are not compulsory. A political party may, by...
Section 17-13-43 - Selection of Delegates to National Conventions by Political Parties. - Political parties may provide for the selection of delegates to...
Section 17-13-44 - Party Committees for State and Political Subdivisions. - There may be provided a committee of each party for...
Section 17-13-45 - Provision for Election of Members of State Executive Committees. - The state or county executive committee of any political party...
Section 17-13-46 - Notice by Governing Body of Political Party of Desire to Enter Primary. - When the governing body of any political party desires to...
Section 17-13-47 - Assessments and Other Qualifications for Candidates for Nomination. - The governing body of a party may fix assessments upon...
Section 17-13-48 - Selection and Appointment of Officers to Conduct Elections. - Each candidate for nomination may, at least 45 days before...
Section 17-13-49 - State and Other Conventions. - The state executive committee or other governing body of any...
Section 17-13-50 - Party Meetings to Nominate Candidates, Select Delegates, Party Officers, Etc. - (a) When any political party shall desire to hold any...
Section 17-13-51 - Applicability of Sections 17-13-50 and 17-17-50. - Sections 17-13-50 and 17-17-50 shall not apply where a special...
Section 17-13-52 - Certificate of Nomination by Convention, Mass Meeting, Etc. - The certificate of nomination by any caucus, convention, mass meeting,...
Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections.
Section 17-13-70 - Time for Contesting Generally; Hearing. - Any contest to a nomination made by primary election must...
Section 17-13-71 - Grounds. - The contests of nomination by a party for office, other...
Section 17-13-72 - Effect of Contest on Declared Nomination. - None of the grounds of contest enumerated in Section 17-13-71...
Section 17-13-73 - Certification of Candidate in Case of Contest. - When a contest of a nomination is instituted or where...
Section 17-13-74 - Summoning Witnesses and Production of Documents. - In the hearing of any contest before any committee or...
Section 17-13-75 - Witnesses - Testifying as to Vote. - Any person examined as a witness on a contest of...
Section 17-13-76 - Witnesses - Oaths; Summoning Witnesses; Expenses. - The chair of any committee or subcommittee before which may...
Section 17-13-77 - Registration Lists to Be Furnished Upon Request. - The judge of probate of any county, upon the application...
Section 17-13-78 - Statement by Elector Contesting Election. - (a) Any elector of a party desiring to contest the...
Section 17-13-79 - Contestant to Notify Contestee of Votes Sought to Be Proved Illegal. - No testimony shall be received of any illegal votes or...
Section 17-13-80 - Contest of Nomination to County Office - Time and Manner of Commencement. - Any contest of a nomination to any county office must...
Section 17-13-81 - Contest of Nomination to County Office - Duty of Chair of County Executive Committee in Case of Contest. - The chair of the county executive committee, upon the filing...
Section 17-13-82 - Contest of Nomination to County Office - Appeals From Decisions of County Executive Committee. - (a) Either party to a contest under this article shall...
Section 17-13-83 - Manner of Commencing Contest of Nomination to Office Other Than County Office. - Any qualified elector of a party participating in any primary...
Section 17-13-84 - Filing Statements of Contests; Depositions; Costs; Service of Process; Contempt. - Upon the filing of any contest of nomination, the chair...
Section 17-13-85 - Meeting of State Executive Committee. - The chair of the state executive committee shall, upon the...
Section 17-13-86 - Declaration of Result of Contest. - Upon the hearing of any contest, if the state or...
Section 17-13-87 - New Primary in Case Contest Cannot Be Decided. - If, upon the hearing of any contest for any office,...
Section 17-13-88 - Power of State Committee to Provide Rules of Party Procedure. - The state executive committee may prescribe such other additional rules...
Section 17-13-89 - Commissioners to Take Testimony. - Upon filing of any contest as herein provided, the executive...
Article 4 - Presidential Preference Primary Elections.
Section 17-13-100 - When Held; Reimbursement of County. - (a) Primary elections for the purpose of determining the preferred...
Section 17-13-101 - Applicability of Section 17-9-3 and This Chapter. - The provisions of Section 17-9-3 and this chapter shall apply...
Section 17-13-102 - Petition Requirements. - In order to qualify the name of any person to...
Section 17-13-103 - Filing Fee. - No candidate shall be allowed to have his or her...
Section 17-13-104 - Notice to Candidate of Qualification; Withdrawal by Candidate. - Whenever the chair shall receive petitions, timely filed, which appear...
Section 17-13-105 - Political Party to File Resolution With Secretary of State. - Each political party authorized to hold a primary and wishing...
Chapter 14 - General Elections.
Section 17-14-1 - State and County Officers Who Are Elected by the People. - The following officers in this state shall be elected by...
Section 17-14-2 - Holding of General Election. - General elections throughout the state shall be held for Governor,...
Section 17-14-3 - Time of General Elections. - The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Auditor, Secretary of State,...
Section 17-14-4 - When County Officers Elected. - Except as otherwise provided by local law, members of county...
Section 17-14-5 - County Boards of Education. - Except as otherwise provided by local law, at the general...
Section 17-14-6 - Judges and Clerks; Vacancies. - The judges of the circuit and district courts, the judge...
Section 17-14-7 - Certification of Vacancies in Judicial Offices. - The Administrative Director of Courts shall certify vacancies in offices...
Section 17-14-8 - District Attorneys. - One district attorney for each judicial circuit shall be elected...
Section 17-14-9 - Justices of the Supreme Court. - The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the associate...
Section 17-14-10 - When Presidential Electors and Members of Congress Elected. - Electors for President and Vice President of the United States...
Section 17-14-11 - United States Senators. - At the general election to be held on the first...
Article 2 - Elections for Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors.
Section 17-14-30 - Number of Presidential Electors. - On the day prescribed in Section 17-14-10, there are to...
Section 17-14-31 - Certification of Names of Candidates; Nominating Petitions; Names of Electors; Statement of Electors. - (a) When presidential electors are to be chosen, the Secretary...
Section 17-14-32 - Names on Ballots; Vote for Candidate Counted as Vote for Designated Electors. - The names of all candidates for President and Vice President...
Section 17-14-33 - Making Returns to Secretary of State. - In all elections for electors for President and Vice President,...
Section 17-14-34 - Governor to Estimate Returns and Give Notice of Election. - Within 15 days after the time for making the returns,...
Section 17-14-35 - Tie Vote. - If, at the time of making the certification under Section...
Section 17-14-36 - Electoral Meeting; Filling of Vacancies. - The electors of President and Vice President are to assemble...
Section 17-14-37 - Compensation of Electors. - Each elector for President and Vice President shall receive eight...
Article 3 - Amendments to the Constitution.
Section 17-14-50 - Counting and Returning Vote on Constitutional Amendment. - The vote on an amendment proposed to the Constitution of...
Section 17-14-51 - Returns Made to Secretary of State. - The canvassing board shall ascertain the number of votes given...
Section 17-14-52 - Returns Counted; Result Proclaimed. - The Secretary of State, in the presence of the Governor...
Section 17-14-53 - Expense of Publication of Proclamation. - Whenever any proposed amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of...
Section 17-14-54 - Cost of Elections on Constitutional Amendments. - Unless otherwise stated in the act or resolution calling such...
Section 17-14-55 - Duty of State Comptroller to Ascertain Expenses and File Same. - It shall be the duty of the Comptroller to ascertain...
Article 4 - Congressional Districts and Elections.
Section 17-14-70 - Congressional Districts; Official Maps. - THIS SECTION WAS REENACTED IN THE 2021 REGULAR SESSION BY...
Section 17-14-71 - Election of Congressional Representative. - Each congressional district described in Section 17-14-70 is entitled to...
Section 17-14-72 - Making Returns to Secretary of State. - In all elections for representatives in Congress, the canvassing board...
Section 17-14-73 - Governor to Estimate Returns and Give Notice of Election. - Within 22 days after the time for making the returns,...
Chapter 15 - Special Elections.
Section 17-15-1 - When and for What Offices Held. - Special elections are to be held in the following cases:...
Section 17-15-2 - Day for Holding Special Elections. - All special elections shall be held on such day as...
Section 17-15-3 - Special Elections Ordered by Governor. - All special elections provided for by this chapter are to...
Section 17-15-4 - Proclamation of Election for Congress or State Officers. - The Governor must give notice of any special election for...
Section 17-15-5 - Judge of Probate to Give Notice of Elections in County. - Whenever the judge of probate of any county receives a...
Section 17-15-6 - Notification of Sheriff and Clerk of Circuit Court. - When any special election is ordered by the Governor, the...
Section 17-15-7 - How Conducted and Certificates Given. - Special elections are to be held and conducted, the returns...
Chapter 16 - Post Election Procedures.
Section 17-16-1 - Preservation of Voted Ballot Containers and Records of Election Containers; Electronic Voting Specialists. - (a) The voted ballot containers and records of election containers...
Section 17-16-2 - Reimbursing Counties for Election Expenses - "Expenses" Defined. - As used in this chapter, the term "expenses" shall include...
Section 17-16-2.1 - Reimbursing Counties for Election Expenses - Election Expense Reimbursement Committee. - (a) There is hereby established an Election Expense Reimbursement Committee...
Section 17-16-3 - Reimbursing Counties for Election Expenses - Both Federal or State and County Offices. - Except as provided in Section 17-8-12, the State of Alabama...
Section 17-16-4 - Reimbursing Counties for Election Expenses - Only Federal or State Offices. - The State of Alabama shall reimburse a county for all...
Section 17-16-5 - Reimbursing Counties for Election Expenses - Constitutional Amendments in General. - Except as provided in Section 17-8-12, the State of Alabama...
Section 17-16-6 - Reimbursing Counties for Election Expenses - Constitutional Amendments Affecting State as a Whole. - The State of Alabama shall reimburse a county for all...
Section 17-16-7 - Reimbursing Counties for Election Expenses - Appropriation. - There is hereby appropriated of any funds in the State...
Article 2 - Recounts Generally.
Section 17-16-20 - Recounts Generally. - (a) When, in a general election, the election returns for...
Section 17-16-21 - Recount Procedures. - (a) Any person with standing to contest the election under...
Article 3 - Election Contests.
Section 17-16-40 - Grounds of Contest. - The election of any person declared elected to the office...
Section 17-16-41 - When Election Not Annulled. - No malconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of the...
Section 17-16-42 - Voter Must Answer as to Qualifications. - Any person examined as a witness may be required to...
Section 17-16-43 - Either Party May Have Copy of Registration and Poll Lists. - It shall be the duty of the judge of probate...
Section 17-16-44 - Jurisdiction in Election Contests; Appeal. - No jurisdiction exists in or shall be exercised by any...
Section 17-16-45 - Examination of Ballots, Voting Equipment, Etc. - In all election contests other than political party primaries or...
Section 17-16-46 - Procedure for Examination of Ballots, Voting Machines, etc.; Bond. - In all election contests involving elections other than party primaries...
Section 17-16-47 - Statement of Grounds of Contest. - When any elector chooses to contest the election of any...
Section 17-16-48 - Notice of Nature of Evidence. - No testimony must be received of any illegal votes or...
Section 17-16-49 - When Contest Commenced; Security for Costs. - All contests of elections provided for in this article must...
Section 17-16-50 - Contest of Senator or Representative in Legislature - Filing. - If the contest is of the election of a senator...
Section 17-16-51 - Contest of Senator or Representative in Legislature - Testimony. - The testimony in the case of a contest provided for...
Section 17-16-52 - Contest of Senator or Representative in Legislature - Depositions Returned. - The commissioner must carefully envelop the depositions taken, with the...
Section 17-16-53 - Contest of Senator or Representative in Legislature - Costs Taxed. - The package mailed by the clerk must be opened by...
Section 17-16-54 - Contest of Election of Judge of Circuit or District Court - Procedure Generally. - If the contest is of an election to the office...
Section 17-16-55 - Contest of Election of Judge of Circuit or District Court - Testimony; Heard Without Jury. - The testimony on the contest must be taken by deposition...
Section 17-16-56 - Contest of Election of Judge of Probate Court and Other County and Municipal Officers - Generally. - If the contest is of an election to the office...
Section 17-16-57 - Contest of Election of Judge of Probate Court and Other County and Municipal Officers - Court Open at All Times. - For the purpose of hearing and determining any contest instituted...
Section 17-16-58 - Ballots May Be Examined. - In all contests of elections before the judge of probate...
Section 17-16-59 - Judgment of Court. - If, on the trial of the contest of any election,...
Section 17-16-60 - Contest Not Abated by Death of Contestant. - In all contests of elections, such contests are not abated...
Section 17-16-61 - Appeals - Generally. - In all contested elections before the judge of probate, an...
Section 17-16-62 - Appeals - Costs. - On the taking of an appeal as provided in Section...
Section 17-16-63 - Statement - Filing; Bond. - When any elector shall choose to contest any election for...
Section 17-16-64 - Statement - Contents of Statement; Verification; Service; Amendments. - The written statement of the grounds of contest must set...
Section 17-16-65 - Tried by Joint Convention of House and Senate. - The two houses of the Legislature, in joint convention assembled,...
Section 17-16-66 - Commission Elected to Take Testimony. - When any contest shall have been commenced under the provisions...
Section 17-16-67 - Sitting of Commission. - The commission provided for in Section 17-16-66 shall sit at...
Section 17-16-68 - Commission to Take Testimony. - The commission shall take testimony on the part of the...
Section 17-16-69 - Notice to Adverse Party. - Whenever either party shall apply to the commission to examine...
Section 17-16-70 - Commission Has Power to Punish for Contempt. - If any witness, being summoned, fails to attend, or being...
Section 17-16-71 - Evidence Confined to Allegations; Exceptions. - No evidence shall be taken on the part of the...
Section 17-16-72 - Each Party Entitled to Be Present. - Each party shall have the right to be present at...
Section 17-16-73 - Commission to Report Conclusions and Evidence. - It shall be the duty of the commission to examine...
Section 17-16-74 - Compensation of Witnesses. - The witnesses shall be allowed for their attendance one dollar...
Section 17-16-75 - Sheriffs to Serve Commission's Writs. - The sheriffs of Alabama in their respective counties are required...
Section 17-16-76 - Execution for Costs. - After the determination of the contest, the Clerk of the...
Article 4 - Alabama Voter Confidence Act
Section 17-16-90 - Limited Post-Election Audit of the November 8, 2022, Statewide General Election. - (a) This section shall be known and may be cited...
Chapter 17 - Election Offenses.
Section 17-17-1 - Arrest of Electors Attending, Going To, or Returning From Elections. - An elector must not be arrested during attendance at elections,...
Section 17-17-2 - Duty of Sheriff to Preserve Order at Elections. - Any sheriff or deputy who wilfully or corruptly fails to...
Section 17-17-3 - Neglect of Duties by Election Official. - Any election official who wilfully and knowingly neglects, fails, or...
Section 17-17-4 - Improper Use of Official Authority or Position for Political Activities. - Any person who attempts to use his or her official...
Section 17-17-5 - Improper Use of State Property, Time, etc., for Political Activities - (a) No person in the employment of the State of...
Section 17-17-6 - Penalty for Failure to Purge Disqualified Electors. - Any member of the board of registrars who neglects or...
Section 17-17-7 - Officers Not to Compare Poll List With Ballot. - Any inspector, clerk, watcher, or chair of an executive committee...
Section 17-17-8 - Penalties for Making False Statements to Board, Etc. - Any person who willfully makes a false statement to the...
Section 17-17-9 - Penalties for Violating the National Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act of 2002. - Any person who violates Article 3 of Chapter 4 shall...
Section 17-17-10 - Notice of Ineligibility for Appointing Board; Serving on Board When Ineligible. - Any judge of probate who shall fail to certify to...
Section 17-17-11 - Failure of Inspector or Clerk to Attend Election. - Any inspector or clerk appointed by the county appointing board...
Section 17-17-12 - Consumption of Intoxicating Liquors During Election. - Any election official or watcher who drinks any intoxicating liquor...
Section 17-17-13 - Suppressing Nomination. - Any person who suppresses any nomination which has been duly...
Section 17-17-14 - Voting Without Registration and Oath. - Any person voting at any county or state election who...
Section 17-17-15 - Signing Name of Other Person on Poll List. - Any person who willfully and intentionally signs on the poll...
Section 17-17-16 - Unlawful Use of Poll Lists. - Any election officer or any other person who makes a...
Section 17-17-17 - Loitering About Polling Place; Standing in Line of Voters After Having Voted. - Any person who loiters in, around, or about a polling...
Section 17-17-18 - Disclosing Votes by Inspectors, Clerks, Etc. - Any inspector, clerk, or other person who discloses how any...
Section 17-17-19 - Deceiving Elector in Preparation of Ballot. - Any inspector, helper, or assistant who willfully deceives any elector...
Section 17-17-20 - Inspector Refusing to Advise Elector Regarding Assistants, or to Allow Selection Thereof. - Any inspector who willfully fails or refuses to advise any...
Section 17-17-21 - Disclosing or Removing Ballot; Interfering With or Influencing Elector; Remaining in Booth, Etc. - Any elector who takes or removes, or attempts to take...
Section 17-17-22 - Official Refusing Watcher to Exercise Rights. - An official who refuses to allow any poll watcher to...
Section 17-17-23 - Tampering With, Injuring, etc., Machines; Misuse; Unauthorized Possession of Keys. - Any election officer or other person, who shall tamper with,...
Section 17-17-24 - Changing Ballots, Unlawful Use of Absentee Ballots, etc.; Investigative Assistance; Encouraging Voter Participation. - (a) Any person who willfully changes an absentee voter's ballot...
Section 17-17-25 - Failure to Perform Duties as to Absentee Voting. - Any person who shall willfully fail or refuse to perform...
Section 17-17-26 - Preparation of Absentee Ballot of Person in Comatose or Other Noncommunicative State. - Any person who knowingly and willfully prepares or assists in...
Section 17-17-27 - Failure to Count Legal Vote. - Except as to provisional absentee ballots that have not been...
Section 17-17-28 - Failure to Require Proper Identification; Voting at Multiple or Unauthorized Locations; Liability of Officials. - Any polling official who knowingly fails to require proper identification...
Section 17-17-29 - Violation of Requirements for Disposition of Election Records. - Any person violating any provision of Section 17-12-12 shall be...
Section 17-17-30 - Failure to Provide Notice in Contested Election. - Any sheriff or constable who fails to give the notices...
Section 17-17-31 - Failure to Provide Notice Under Section 17-15-5. - Any judge of probate who fails to give notice of...
Section 17-17-32 - Failure to Provide Notice Under Section 17-15-6. - Any judge of probate who fails to notify the sheriff...
Section 17-17-33 - Obstruction, Intimidation, etc., of Voting Rights of Others. - It shall be unlawful for any person to obstruct, intimidate,...
Section 17-17-34 - Paying, etc., or Accepting Payment for Vote. - It shall be unlawful for any person to pay or...
Section 17-17-35 - Violations of Fair Campaign Practices Act. - Repealed by Act 2013-311, §3, effective August 1, 2013.
Section 17-17-36 - Unlawful or Fraudulent Voting. - (a) It shall be unlawful for an individual to vote...
Section 17-17-37 - Illegal Voting at Municipal Elections. - Any person who falsely impersonates another and thereby or otherwise...
Section 17-17-38 - Bribing or Attempting to Influence Voter. - Any person who, by bribery or offering to bribe, or...
Section 17-17-39 - Buying Votes. - Any person who buys or offers to buy any vote...
Section 17-17-40 - Selling Votes. - Any qualified elector at any election who takes or receives...
Section 17-17-41 - Candidate Barred by Bribery. - Any candidate for office in any election, upon conviction of...
Section 17-17-42 - Altering or Changing Vote of Elector. - Any person who fraudulently alters or changes the vote of...