Code of Alabama
Title 17 - Elections.
Chapter 14 - General Elections.

Article 1 - General Provisions.

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,...