Ala. Code § 17-9-30 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-9-30
Section 17-9-30 Identification of Electors; Alabama Photo Voter Identification Card
Status: in_force

(a) Each elector shall provide valid photo identification to an appropriate election official prior to voting. A voter required to show valid photo identification when voting in person shall present to the appropriate election official one of the following forms of valid photo identification:

(1) A valid Alabama driver’s license or nondriver identification card which was properly issued by the appropriate state or county department or agency.

(2) A valid Alabama photo voter identification card issued under subsection (g) or other valid identification card issued by a branch, department, agency, or entity of the State of Alabama, any other state, or the United States authorized by law to issue personal identification, provided that such identification card contains a photograph of the elector.

(3) A valid United States passport.

(4) A valid employee identification card containing the photograph of the elector and issued by any branch, department, agency, or entity of the United States government, this state, or any county, municipality, board, authority, or other entity of this state.

(5) A valid student or employee identification card issued by a public or private college, university, or postgraduate technical or professional school located within the state, provided that such identification card contains a photograph of the elector.

(6) A valid United States military identification card, provided that such identification card contains a photograph of the elector.

(7) A valid tribal identification card containing a photograph of the elector.

(b) Voters requesting an absentee ballot shall submit with the absentee ballot application a copy of one of the forms of identification listed in subsection (a). Notwithstanding subsection (e), an absentee ballot shall not be issued unless the required identification is submitted with the absentee ballot application except as provided in subsection (c).

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), if an absentee election manager receives an absentee ballot application on or after the eighth day prior to the election without a copy of one of the forms of identification listed in subsection (a), the absentee election manager, if the applicant is otherwise qualified to vote, shall issue the absentee ballot as a provisional ballot pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of Section 17-10-2.

(d) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a voter who is entitled to vote by absentee ballot pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (subchapter I-G of Chapter 20 of Title 42 U.S.C.); Section 3(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act (subchapter I-F of Chapter 20 of Title 42 U.S.C.); or any other federal law, shall not be required to produce identification prior to voting.

(e) An individual required to present valid photo identification in accordance with this section who is unable to meet the identification requirements of this section shall be permitted to vote by a provisional ballot, as provided for by law.

(f) In addition, an individual who does not have valid photo identification in his or her possession at the polls shall be permitted to vote if the individual is positively identified by two election officials as a voter on the poll list who is eligible to vote and the election officials sign a sworn affidavit so stating.

(g) The Secretary of State shall issue, upon application, an Alabama photo voter identification card to registered Alabama electors which shall under state law be valid only for the purposes of voter identification under subsection (a) and available only to registered electors of this state. No fee shall be charged or collected for the application for or issuance of an Alabama photo voter identification card.

(h) No person shall be eligible for an Alabama photo voter identification card if such person has a valid unexpired driver’s license, nondriver identification card, or any other photo identification described in subsection (a).

(i) The Alabama photo voter identification card shall be captioned ALABAMA PHOTO VOTER IDENTIFICATION CARD and shall contain a prominent statement that under Alabama law the card is valid only as identification for voting purposes. The Alabama photo voter identification card shall be laminated, shall contain a digital color photograph of the applicant, shall have the signature of the Secretary of State, and shall include the following information:

(1) Full legal name.

(2) Address as reflected in the person’s voter registration record.

(3) Date of birth.

(4) Eye color.

(5) Gender.

(6) Height.

(7) Weight.

(8) Date identification card was issued.

(9) Other information as required by rule of the Secretary of State.

(j) The application for an Alabama photo voter identification card shall elicit the information required under subdivisions (1) to (7), inclusive, of subsection (i). The application shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant, and any falsification or fraud in the making of the application shall constitute a Class C felony.

(k) The Secretary of State shall require presentation and verification of the following information before issuing an Alabama photo voter identification card to a person:

(1) A photo identity document, except that a non-photo identity document is acceptable if the document includes both the person’s full legal name and date of birth.

(2) Documentation showing the person’s date of birth.

(3) Documentation showing the person is registered to vote in this state.

(4) Documentation showing the person’s name and address as reflected in the voter registration record.

(l) An Alabama photo voter identification card shall remain valid so long as the person resides at that same address and remains qualified to vote. It shall be the duty of a person who moves his or her residence within the State of Alabama to surrender his or her card to the Secretary of State, and such person may after such surrender apply for and receive a new card if the person is otherwise eligible under this section. It shall be the duty of a person who moves his or her residence outside the State of Alabama or who ceases to be qualified to vote to surrender his or her card to the Secretary of State.

(m) The Secretary of State is authorized to contract with a private provider for the production of the Alabama photo voter identification card pursuant to any applicable state bid laws.

(n) The expenses for the production of the Alabama photo voter identification card shall be paid from funds appropriated in the state General Fund for Registration of Voters.

(o) The Secretary of State is directed to inform the public regarding the requirements of subsection (a) through whatever means deemed necessary by the Secretary of State.

(p) The Secretary of State is granted rulemaking authority for the implementation of this section under the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act.
Ala. Code § 17-3-54 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-3-54
Section 17-3-54 Refusal of Registration - Authorized; Notice Required
Status: in_force

Any person making application to the board of registrars for registration who fails to establish by evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the board of registrars that he or she is qualified to register, may be refused registration. The board shall give written notice to each applicant deemed unqualified, within 10 days of its refusal to register, stating the specific reason for such refusal.
Ala. Code § 17-4-9 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-4-9
Section 17-4-9 Inactive Voter List; Voter Reidentification
Status: in_force

Any voter who fails to vote for four years in his or her county shall have his or her name placed on an inactive voter list by the local board of registrars. Once on the inactive list, the voter shall reidentify with the local board of registrars in order to again have his or her name placed on the active voter registration list. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a voter on the inactive list goes to his or her polling place to vote on an election day and identifies himself or herself to the election official responsible for the voter registration list update, such voter shall be permitted to vote provided the voter completes a voter reidentification form.
Ala. Code § 17-6-2 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-6-2
Section 17-6-2 Establishment of Precincts; Boundaries; Precinct Map; Reapportionment Coordination
Status: in_force

(a) The governing body of each county shall establish precincts, define the territorial limits for which each precinct is established, prescribe their boundaries using the most recent federal decennial census tract and block map, and designate the precincts. The governing body of each county shall, by resolution, adopt the establishment and boundaries of each precinct in accordance with the timetable as set forth herein.

(b) Each precinct shall be a contiguous, compact area having clearly defined and clearly observable boundaries coinciding with visible features readily distinguishable on the ground such as designated highways, roads, streets, or rivers or be coterminous with a county boundary.

(c) Each county governing body shall provide and maintain at all times a suitable map showing the current geographical boundaries with designation of precincts and a legal description of the geographical boundaries of each precinct. Each county governing body shall send a copy of each map, with description attached, to the county board of registrars, the judge of probate, and the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment. All features, names, titles, and symbols on the map shall be clearly shown and legible. Each map sheet shall indicate the date of the base map or the date of last revision.

(d)(1) In complying with the provisions of this section for the establishment of precincts and the prescription of their boundaries, each county governing body and the board of registrars shall coordinate with the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment or their designees, pursuant to their authority to submit a plan for census data for reapportionment under the provisions of Section 199 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and shall adopt or adjust precinct boundaries as may be necessary to comply with this section.

(2) Each county governing body shall by resolution adopt a proposal for the establishment or adjustment of precinct boundaries, in compliance with this section. Any establishment of a precinct or adjustment of a precinct boundary that complies with this section shall be effective for the purpose of establishing block boundaries for the federal decennial census and for all other election purposes.
Ala. Code § 17-3-1 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-3-1
Section 17-3-1 Promulgation of Rules for Registration Applications
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State may promulgate rules for the receipt of applications for registration and the expedient administration of those applications, but no person shall be registered until a majority of the board of registrars has passed favorably upon the person’s qualifications.
Ala. Code § 17-6-44 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-6-44
Section 17-6-44 Number of Ballots Per Elector
Status: in_force

There shall be provided for each voting place at least one ballot for each registered elector at that place.
Ala. Code § 17-3-12 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-3-12
Section 17-3-12 Per Diem for Board Members; Appointments to Fill Board Vacancies
Status: in_force

Each member of the board of registrars shall receive sixty dollars ($60) per day, for each day’s attendance upon the special sessions of the board required under this article; but if such special session is held on the same day a regular session is required to be held under the laws of this state, registrars shall receive only one per diem allowed for performing their regular duties, it being the intent and purpose of this article that registrars shall be entitled to receive only one per diem allowance for one day’s service.
Ala. Code § 17-17-3 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-3
Section 17-17-3 Neglect of Duties by Election Official
Status: in_force

Any election official who wilfully and knowingly neglects, fails, or refuses to perform any of the duties prescribed in this title, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. No person shall be deemed an election official until the person takes an oath to well and truly discharge the duties of such office, to the best of his or her ability, or until he or she shall have performed some of the duties pertaining to such office. The failure or refusal of any person to accept office or to discharge and perform the duties of such office at any time after appointment thereto and prior to taking the oath of such office shall not be deemed a violation of this section.
Ala. Code § 17-16-71 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 16 / Section 17-16-71
Section 17-16-71 Evidence Confined to Allegations; Exceptions
Status: in_force

No evidence shall be taken on the part of the contestant unless to sustain some one of the specific allegations of the original or amended statement of grounds of contest. Nor shall any evidence be taken on the part of the contestee except in rebuttal of the specific allegations of the original or amended statement of the grounds of contest. But upon five days’ notice the contestee shall have the right to take evidence of any malconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of any inspector, clerk, returning officer, canvassing board, or other person; of illegal votes cast for some person other than the contestee; of the rejection of legal votes cast for the contestee; of offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other malconduct which prevented a fair, free, and full exercise of the elective franchise in any election precinct in the State of Alabama, the election in which is not put in issue by the original or amended statement of the grounds of contest; and when the contestee shall take evidence as herein provided, the contestant shall be permitted to take evidence in rebuttal.
Ala. Code § 17-17-38 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-38
Section 17-17-38 Bribing or Attempting to Influence Voter
Status: in_force

Any person who, by bribery or offering to bribe, or by any other corrupt means, attempts to influence any elector in giving his or her vote, deter the elector from giving the same, or disturb or hinder the elector in the free exercise of the right of suffrage, at any election, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 17-17-49 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-49
Section 17-17-49 Failure of Returning Office to Return Ballots and Election Supplies
Status: in_force

Any precinct returning officer failing to perform the duties of returning ballots and election supplies to the returning officer of the county shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 17-17-29 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-29
Section 17-17-29 Violation of Requirements for Disposition of Election Records
Status: in_force

Any person violating any provision of Section 17-12-12 shall be deemed guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 17-13-6 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-6
Section 17-13-6 Only Qualified Candidates to Be Listed on Ballots
Status: in_force

The name of no candidate shall be printed upon any official ballot used at any primary election unless such person is legally qualified to hold the office for which he or she is a candidate and unless he or she is eligible to vote in the primary election in which he or she seeks to be a candidate and possesses the political qualifications prescribed by the governing body of his or her political party.
Ala. Code § 17-5-13 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-5-13
Section 17-5-13 Cards, Pamphlets, Circulars, Etc., to Bear Name of Candidate, Committee, Etc
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, candidate, principal campaign committee, or political action committee to publish or distribute or display, or cause to be published or distributed or displayed, any card, pamphlet, circular, poster, or other printed material relating to or concerning any election, which does not contain the identification required by Section 17-5-2(a)(5) of the person, candidate, principal campaign committee, or political action committee responsible for the publication or distribution or display of the same.
Ala. Code § 17-17-17 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-17
Section 17-17-17 Loitering About Polling Place; Standing in Line of Voters After Having Voted
Status: in_force

Any person who loiters in, around, or about a polling place on election day for the purpose of discouraging qualified electors from entering the voting place, or from voting, or whoever having voted enters or stands in a line or file of voters waiting to vote, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 17-17-15 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-15
Section 17-17-15 Signing Name of Other Person on Poll List
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully and intentionally signs on the poll list the name of any person other than himself or herself, including any signing by mark, in violation of Section 17-9-11, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony.
Ala. Code § 17-6-37 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-6-37
Section 17-6-37 Procedure to Vote for Two or More Candidates on Different Party Tickets
Status: in_force

When two or more candidates are to be elected to the same office and the elector desires to vote for candidates on different party tickets for such office, the elector may mark the names of the candidates for whom he or she desires to vote on the ballot.
Ala. Code § 17-5-19.2 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-5-19.2
Section 17-5-19.2 Administrative Review
Status: in_force

(a) Any person upon whom a civil penalty has been imposed pursuant to Section 17-5-19.1 may seek a review of the penalty by filing a written notice with the Secretary of State no later than 14 days after the date on which notification of the imposition of the penalty was mailed to the person’s last known address in accordance with Section 17-5-19.1. The Secretary of State shall refer the review to the State Ethics Commission.

(b) The commission may set aside or reduce a civil penalty upon a showing of good cause. The person seeking review shall bear the burden of proof.
Ala. Code § 17-7-17 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-7-17
Section 17-7-17 Unlawful Use of Poll List
Status: reserved

THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2006-570.
Ala. Code § 17-13-23 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-23
Section 17-13-23 Filling of Vacancies in Nominations
Status: in_force

The state executive committee, in cases where the office to be filled is not a county office, and the county executive committee, in cases where the office to be filled is a county office, but subject to the approval of and in accordance with the method prescribed by the state executive committee, where a vacancy may occur in any nomination, either by death, resignation, revocation, or otherwise, or in case of any special election, may fill such vacancy, either by action of the committee itself or by such other method as such committee may see fit to pursue. The respective state or county executive committee shall file with the Secretary of State, for a state or federal office, or with the judge of probate, for a county office, the name of the candidate to fill such vacancy not later than 76 days before the election.
Ala. Code § 17-5-14.1 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-5-14.1
Section 17-5-14.1 Establishment of Segregated, Separate Political Funds; Voluntary Contributions; Filing of Disclosure Reports; Violations
Status: in_force

(a) Any business or nonprofit corporation, incorporated under the laws of or doing business in this state, or any officer or agent acting on behalf of the corporation may give, pay, expend, or contribute money, services, anything of value for the purposes of establishing, administering, or soliciting voluntary contributions to a separate, segregated fund which can be utilized for political purposes (i) to aid or promote the nomination or election of any person, including an incumbent political officeholder or any other person who is or becomes a candidate for political office; or (ii) to aid or promote the interest or success, or defeat of any political party or political proposition. Any separate, segregated fund established hereunder for any of the above enumerated purposes shall be established and administered pursuant to the following requirements and prohibitions:

(1) Any such business or nonprofit corporation, or any officer or agent acting on behalf of such business or nonprofit corporation, may solicit voluntary contributions to the fund only from the corporation’s, or its affiliates’, stockholders and their families and its employees and their families; or in the case of a nonprofit corporation, its members and their employees. However, the funds may accept voluntary contributions from any individuals.

(2) The custodians of any separate, segregated political fund established hereunder shall file with the Secretary of State such financial disclosure reports or statements now required of a candidate for public office. Filing with the Secretary of State a copy of the information required to be filed with the Federal Election Commission by such separate, segregated fund shall constitute compliance with the reporting provisions of this section.

(b) It shall be unlawful:

(1) For any separate, segregated political fund established pursuant to this section or for any person acting on behalf of the fund to solicit or secure any money or anything of value by physical force, job discrimination, or financial reprisals, or by threats thereof; by dues, fees, or other moneys required as a condition of employment; or by moneys obtained in any commercial transaction;

(2) For any person soliciting contributions to the fund to fail to inform any person being solicited of the political purposes of the fund at the time of the solicitation;

(3) For any person soliciting for a contribution to the fund to fail to inform the person being solicited, at the time of the solicitation, of his or her right to refuse to contribute without any reprisal; and

(4) For any corporation regulated by the Public Service Commission to pass on to its customers any contribution made for the purpose of establishing, administering, or soliciting voluntary contributions to a separate, segregated fund to be utilized for political purposes.
Ala. Code § 17-14-55 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 14 / Section 17-14-55
Section 17-14-55 Duty of State Comptroller to Ascertain Expenses and File Same
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Comptroller to ascertain the expense of an election under Section 17-14-54 and, within 30 days after the holding of the same, to present to and file with the clerk of such municipality a statement of the expense, duly certified by such officer, and the governing body of such municipality, by whatever name called, shall cause the expense to be paid out of the funds of the municipality to the Treasurer of the State of Alabama. Every such claim shall be a preferred claim against such municipality, and the courts may enforce by writ of mandamus performance of the duty herein entailed upon the Comptroller and the members of the governing body of such municipality.
Ala. Code § 17-13-81 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-81
Section 17-13-81 Contest of Nomination to County Office - Duty of Chair of County Executive Committee in Case of Contest
Status: in_force

The chair of the county executive committee, upon the filing with him or her of any contest as provided in this article, shall call the committee together at the county seat and the committee shall meet not more than five calendar days from the filing of such contest to hear and determine the same.
Ala. Code § 17-2-4 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 2 / Section 17-2-4
Section 17-2-4 Voting System Requirements; Vote Standards; Uniform Polling System; Purchase of Equipment
Status: in_force

(a) On or before January 1, 2005, each voting system used in an election shall meet the following requirements:

(1) The voting system shall:

a. Permit the voter to verify, in a private and independent manner, the votes selected by the voter on the ballot before the ballot is cast and counted.

b. Provide the voter with the opportunity, in a private and independent manner, to change the ballot or correct any error before the ballot is cast and counted, including the opportunity to correct the error through the issuance of a replacement ballot if the voter was otherwise unable to change the ballot or correct any error.

c. If the voter selects votes for more than one candidate for a single office:

1. Notify the voter that the voter has selected more than one candidate for a single office on the ballot.

2. Notify the voter before the ballot is cast and counted of the effect of casting multiple votes for the office.

3. Provide the voter with the opportunity to correct the ballot before the ballot is cast and counted.

(2) A voting system may meet the requirements of paragraph c. of subdivision (1) by:

a. Establishing a voter education program specific to that voting system that notifies each voter of the effect of casting multiple votes for an office.

b. Providing the voter with instructions on how to correct the ballot before it is cast and counted, including instructions on how to correct the error through the issuance of a replacement ballot if the voter was otherwise unable to change the ballot or correct any error.

(3) The voting system shall ensure that any notification required under this section preserves the privacy of the voter and the confidentiality of the ballot.

(b)(1) The voting system shall produce a record with an audit capacity for such system.

(2)a. The voting system shall produce a permanent paper record with a manual audit capacity for such system.

b. The voting system shall provide the voter with an opportunity to change the ballot or correct any error before the permanent paper record is produced.

c. The paper record produced under paragraph a. shall be available as an official record for any recount conducted with respect to any election in which the system is used.

(c) The voting system shall:

(1) Be accessible for individuals with disabilities, including nonvisual accessibility for the blind and visually impaired, in a manner that provides the same opportunity for access and participation, including privacy and independence, as for other voters.

(2) Satisfy the requirement of subdivision (1) through the use of at least one direct recording electronic voting system or other voting system equipped for individuals with disabilities at each polling place.

(d) The voting system shall provide alternative language accessibility pursuant to the requirements of Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973aa-1a).

(e) The error rate of the voting system in counting ballots, determined by taking into account only those errors which are attributable to the voting system and not attributable to an act of the voter, shall comply with the error rate standards established under Section 3.2.1 of the voting systems standards issued by the Federal Elections Commission which are in effect on June 19, 2003.

(f) The Secretary of State by administrative rule shall adopt uniform and nondiscriminatory standards that define what constitutes a vote and what will be counted as a vote for each category of voting system used in the state.

(g) The Secretary of State shall recommend to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2005, a uniform polling system, which includes machine capabilities to count each ballot at the polling place, a uniform ballot, and prepare necessary legislation for implementation.

(h) Purchases of voting equipment made by a county in order to comply with the voting system guidelines established by the Secretary of State and the committee established in Section 17-2-2 shall be approved for reimbursement from the Help America Vote Fund created in Section 17-2-1 by the Secretary of State.
Ala. Code § 17-5-5 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-5-5
Section 17-5-5 Statement of Organization; Notice of Termination or Dissolution
Status: in_force

(a) The treasurer or designated filing agent of each political action committee that anticipates either receiving contributions or making expenditures during the calendar year in an aggregate amount exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000) shall file with the Secretary of State a statement of organization, within 10 days after its organization or within 10 days after the date on which it has information that causes the committee to anticipate it will receive contributions or make expenditures in an aggregate amount in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(b) The statement of organization shall include all of the following:

(1) The name and complete address of the committee.

(2) The identification of affiliated or connected organizations, if any.

(3) The purposes of the committee.

(4) The identification of the chair and treasurer.

(5) The identification of principal officers, including members of any finance committee.

(6) A description of the constitutional amendments or other propositions, if any, that the committee is supporting or opposing, and the identity, if known, of any candidate or elected official whom the committee is supporting or opposing.

(7) A statement whether the committee is a continuing one, and if not, the expected termination or dissolution date.

(8) The disposition of residual funds which will be made in the event of dissolution.

(c) Whenever there is any material change in information previously submitted in a statement of organization, except for the information described in subdivision (b) (6), the treasurer or designated filing agent of the political action committee shall report the change to the Secretary of State within 10 days following the change.

(d) Any political action committee or any principal campaign committee after having filed its initial statement of organization shall continue in existence until terminated or dissolved as provided herein. When any political action committee determines it will no longer receive contributions or make expenditures during any calendar year in an aggregate amount exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or when any candidate through his or her principal campaign committee determines that he or she will not receive contributions or make expenditures in the amounts specified in Section 17-5-2, the treasurer, designated filing agent, or candidate of the political committee shall notify the Secretary of State of the termination or dissolution of the political committee and shall file a termination report in the same format as that required by subsection (b) of Section 17-5-8. The Secretary of State may dissolve or terminate any political action committee that has maintained a zero balance for one calendar year after providing a 90-day notice of intent to do so by certified mail with return receipt.
Ala. Code § 17-4-3 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-4-3
Section 17-4-3 County Board of Registrars to Purge Disqualified Electors
Status: in_force

(a) Each county board of registrars shall purge the computerized statewide voter registration list on a continuous basis, whenever it receives and confirms information that a person registered to vote in that county has died, become a nonresident of the state or county, been declared mentally incompetent, been convicted of any offense designated pursuant to Section 17-3-30.1 as a felony involving moral turpitude for the purposes of Article VIII of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 since being registered, or otherwise become disqualified as an elector. Except as provided below, a person convicted of a disqualifying criminal offense shall be notified by certified mail sent to the voter’s last known address of the board’s intention to strike his or her name from the list. No person convicted of a disqualifying crime may be stricken from the poll list while an appeal from the conviction is pending.

(b) On the date set in the notice, or at a later date to which the case may have been continued by the board, the board shall proceed to consider the case of the elector whose name it proposes to strike from the registration list and make its determination. Any person whose name is stricken from the list may appeal from the decision of the board without giving security for costs, and the board shall forthwith certify the proceedings to the judge of probate who shall docket the case in the probate court.

(c) An appeal from the judge of probate shall be as appeals set forth in Section 17-3-55.

(d) In the event the Board of Pardons and Paroles is supervising a person convicted of a disqualifying criminal offense on probation or parole, and the person has received face-to-face counseling from the supervising officer regarding voter disqualification and executed documentation explaining the loss and restoration of civil and political rights, upon receipt of the documentation, signed by the disqualified elector, the county board of registrars shall be exempt from providing notice as otherwise required by this section. The document administered by the Board of Pardons and Paroles and to be signed by the disqualified elector shall contain the following statement: “Any person convicted of a disqualifying felony loses his or her civil and political rights, which includes the right to vote. Restoration of these rights may be applied for through the Central Montgomery Office of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, but only upon completion of the requirements of Section 15-22-36.1.”

(e) The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall provide signed documentation to county boards of registrars to indicate those persons under probation or parole supervision with the board who have been convicted of a disqualifying criminal offense and been counseled regarding voter disqualification and the restoration of civil and political rights, and may otherwise share privileged records and files with county boards of registrars for the limited purpose of implementing the requirements of this section.

(f) When the board has sufficient evidence furnished it that any elector has permanently moved from one precinct to another within the county, it shall change the elector’s precinct designation in the voter registration list, and shall give notice by mail to the elector of the precinct in which the elector is registered to vote.

(g) The Secretary of State and the Board of Pardons and Paroles may promulgate rules in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act as necessary to implement this section.
Ala. Code § 17-6-24 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-6-24
Section 17-6-24 Printing and Design
Status: in_force

(a) All ballots shall be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and shall contain a party emblem for each political party represented on the ticket. The arrangement of the ballot shall in general conform substantially to the plan hereinafter given, and in all cases the party columns must be placed in alphabetical order, beginning on the left of the ballot. The list of candidates of the several parties shall be printed in parallel and perpendicular columns, each column to be headed by the chosen device of such party and the party name or other designation in such order as the Secretary of State may direct. The number of columns shall exceed by one the number of separate tickets of candidates to be voted for at the polling place for which the ballot is provided, and in the appropriate place the words vote for one (or two or other number, as the case may be) to indicate the number which may be elected to each office. On the right of each ballot shall be a column in which shall be printed only the titles of the office for which candidates may be voted for by the electors at the polling places for which the ballot is printed. The column is designated as “blank column,” and in such column the voting spaces shall be omitted, but in all other respects such blank column shall be a duplicate of the political party columns upon such ballot.

(b) The ballot style and design shall be in substantial conformity with rules promulgated by the Secretary of State under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Ala. Code § 17-11-14 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-11-14
Section 17-11-14 Compensation of Absentee Election Manager
Status: in_force

The county commission shall determine the amount of compensation to be paid to the absentee election manager or other absentee election manager for the performance of his or her duties with respect to absentee ballots for which his or her services are required during the 55-day period prior to the election, the day of the election, and the seven-day period following the election during which ballots under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act may be returned, but such compensation shall be at least fifty dollars ($50) per day or the same pay as an inspector as authorized under Section 17-8-12, and the total number of days worked may not exceed 46 days. In all counties in which the compensation of absentee election managers is prescribed by local law or general law of local application at an amount in excess of the amount prescribed, the compensation of the absentee election manager shall not be increased or decreased. The amount shall be the total compensation allowed the absentee election manager for duties relating to absentee ballots in all elections held on the same day and shall be paid from the county treasury. Any reimbursement shall be as provided in Chapter 16.
Ala. Code § 17-13-80 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-80
Section 17-13-80 Contest of Nomination to County Office - Time and Manner of Commencement
Status: in_force

Any contest of a nomination to any county office must be commenced within 24 hours after the result has been canvassed and the nomination declared by the county executive committee of the party holding the primary, by filing a statement of contest with the chair of such county committee, in the same manner and form as is provided in this article for contest of other nominations, and depositing at the same time with such chair the sum of fifty dollars ($50) in cash to be used by the county executive committee in paying the expenses of such contest from time to time as such expenses may be authorized or directed by the county executive committee. The person whose nomination is contested under this section shall be notified of such contest in accordance with Section 17-13-83 and shall have five days after notice of the filing of the contest within which to file with such chair his or her objections and answers to such contest.
Ala. Code § 17-5-18 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-5-18
Section 17-5-18 Failure to File Required Statement or Report
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2013-311, §3, effective August 1, 2013.
Ala. Code § 17-8-3 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 8 / Section 17-8-3
Section 17-8-3 When Officers Ineligible to Serve on Appointing Board
Status: in_force

When the judge of probate, sheriff, or clerk of the circuit court is a candidate for election to any office at that election and has opposition named on the ballot, he or she shall not serve on the appointing board. The judge of probate, as the chief election official for the county, shall certify to the qualified members of the appointing board the fact of the candidacy of any member of the appointing board immediately after the certificate of nomination, or petition, as provided in Section 17-9-3, is filed.
Ala. Code § 17-13-7 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-7
Section 17-13-7 Persons Entitled to Vote; Voter to Certify Political Party Preference by Signing Poll List
Status: in_force

(a) All persons who are qualified electors under the general laws of the State of Alabama and who are also members of a political party and entitled to participate in such primary election under the rules of the party shall be entitled to vote therein and shall receive the official primary ballot of that political party, and no other; but every governing body of a party shall have the right, power, and authority to fix and prescribe the political or other qualifications of its own members and shall, in its own way, declare and determine who shall be entitled and qualified to vote in such primary election or to be candidates therein or to otherwise participate in such political parties and primaries. The qualifications of electors entitled to vote in such primary election shall not necessarily be the same as the qualifications for electors entitled to become candidates therein. Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prohibit any state executive committee of a party from fixing such qualifications as it may deem necessary for persons desiring to become candidates for nomination to offices at a primary election.

(b) A political party may require all poll lists for primary elections to state at the top thereof that by participating in the primary election a voter shall indicate a preference for the party holding the primary, and will support the nominees of that party in the general election, and that he or she is qualified under the rules of such party to vote in its primary election. No person shall be eligible to participate in the primary unless he or she signs the poll list and thereby certifies to the truth of the statement.
Ala. Code § 17-5-17 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-5-17
Section 17-5-17 Solicitation by Force, Job Discrimination, Threats, Etc., Prohibited
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, principal campaign committee, or political action committee established pursuant to this chapter or for any person acting on behalf of such person or committee, to solicit or secure any money or anything of value by physical force, job discrimination or financial reprisals, or by threats thereof or by the imposition of dues, fees, or other moneys required as a condition of employment.
Ala. Code § 17-11-13 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-11-13
Section 17-11-13 Disqualification of Circuit Clerk from Serving as Absentee Election Manager
Status: in_force

When the circuit clerk is a candidate for any office and has opposition, he or she shall be disqualified from performing any of the duties imposed by this chapter with reference to the handling of absentee ballots. At least 55 days prior to the election, the circuit clerk shall certify to the appointing board of the county his or her candidacy with opposition and that he or she is disqualified to serve or otherwise prevented from serving. The appointing board shall thereupon appoint a person to serve as absentee election manager in the manner provided for in Section 17-11-2.
Ala. Code § 17-4-2.1 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-4-2.1
Section 17-4-2.1 Electronic Poll Books
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary of State may allow the use of electronic poll books in lieu of the printed lists of qualified voters provided for in Section 17-4-2 and the poll lists provided for in Sections 17-9-11 and 17-13-7. A county, with consent of the county commission and judge of probate, may use electronic poll books in lieu of the printed lists of qualified voters. In addition, the Secretary of State and municipal governing bodies may allow the use of electronic poll books in lieu of the printed lists of qualified voters provided for in Section 11-46-36 or any local law governing a municipal election.

(b) A participating county or municipality may adopt the use of any electronic poll book that has been certified by the Secretary of State for use in this state.

(c) To be certified for use by the Secretary of State, an electronic poll book shall do all of the following:

(1) Be secure.

(2) Be compatible with the statewide voter registration system.

(3) Include a failsafe data recovery procedure for information included in the electronic poll book.

(4) Contain the same information as the printed lists provided for in Section 11-46-36 and any local law governing a municipal election and in Section 17-4-2 and the poll lists provided for in Section 11-46-50 and any local law governing a municipal election and in Sections 17-9-11 and 17-13-7.

(5) Indicate whether the voter applied for an absentee ballot and the registration status of the voter in the statewide voter registration list.

(6) Provide an electronic process to check in a voter on election day that incorporates the signature requirements set forth in Section 11-46-50 and any local law governing a municipal election and in Section 17-9-11; provided that this process may not be used for checking in a voter who is required to cast a provisional ballot as provided for in Chapter 10 of this title, or whose name is not contained in the electronic poll book as an eligible voter for the precinct.

(7) Provide functionality for quickly and accurately uploading voter history into the statewide voter registration list in accordance with Section 17-4-33.

(8) Provide for the retention of the voter data contained in the electronic poll book for the applicable retention period applicable to the records of election, which may be accomplished by archiving the data in electronic format on an external data storage device.

(9) When used in a primary election or primary runoff election, provide for the recording and subsequent printing or exporting of electronic data of names and electronic signatures of the voters participating in the primary election or primary runoff election of each political party.

(10) Comply with additional requirements as determined to be necessary and promulgated by the Secretary of State by rule pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.

(d) Electronic poll books may not be populated with data for eligible voters until the 10-day period immediately prior to an election in accordance with Section 17-4-2.

(e) The Secretary of State shall develop and provide to each participating county and municipality instructions, directives, and advisories regarding the examination, testing, and use of the electronic poll books.

(f) All expenses and costs incurred by a county commission in carrying out this section may be paid from funds made available to the Secretary of State under state and federal law to pay all such expenses and costs in all participating counties, from county general funds, or from municipal general funds.

(g) The Secretary of State may promulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this section.
Ala. Code § 17-11-41 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-11-41
Section 17-11-41 Alabama Electronic Overseas Voting Advisory Committee
Status: in_force

(a) The Alabama Electronic Overseas Voting Advisory Committee is created to determine whether secure electronic means may be established for conducting absentee voting for overseas voters and to advise and assist the office of the Secretary of State in the establishment, testing, and implementation of absentee overseas balloting by secure electronic means.

(b) The membership of the committee shall include all of the following:

(1) The Secretary of State as chair.

(2) A representative of the Alabama Sheriff’s Association appointed by that association.

(3) A representative of the Alabama Probate Judge’s Association appointed by that association.

(4) A representative of the Alabama Circuit Clerks Association appointed by that association.

(5) A representative of the Alabama National Guard appointed by the Adjutant General.

(6) The Chair of the Senate Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections Committee.

(7) The Chair of the House Constitution and Elections Committee.

(8) A representative of the county boards of registrars appointed by the Secretary of State.

(9) A representative of the Association of County Commissions of Alabama appointed by that association.

(10) One person appointed by the Governor.

(11) One person appointed by the Attorney General.

(12) The Director of the Alabama State Department of Veterans Affairs.

(13) The Executive Director of the Veterans of Foreign Wars for the State of Alabama.

(c) The membership of the committee shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. The committee shall annually report to the Legislature by the second legislative day of each regular session the extent to which the committee has complied with the diversity provisions provided for in this article. Members of the committee shall be appointed July 9, 2011, and shall serve without compensation but shall be eligible for reimbursement for necessary and reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.

(d) The chair of the committee shall convene an organizational meeting of the committee by July 24, 2011.

(e) For the purposes of this committee, eight members present at a meeting shall constitute a quorum.
Ala. Code § 17-3-7 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-3-7
Section 17-3-7 Quorum
Status: in_force

The action of a majority of the board of registrars shall be the action of the board, and a majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business.
Ala. Code § 17-5-12 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-5-12
Section 17-5-12 Identification of Paid Advertisements
Status: in_force

(a) Any paid political advertisement or electioneering communication appearing in any print media or broadcast on any electronic media shall clearly and distinctly identify the entity responsible for paying for the advertisement or electioneering communication. It shall be unlawful for any person, nonprofit corporation, entity, candidate, principal campaign committee, or other political action committee to broadcast, publish, or circulate any campaign literature, political advertisement, or electioneering communication without a notice appearing on the printed matter with a clear and unmistakable identification of the entity responsible for directly paying for the advertisement or electioneering communication, or on the broadcast at the beginning, during, or end of a radio or television spot, stating that the communication was a paid advertisement, clearly identifying the entity directly responsible for paying for the advertisement or electioneering communication, and giving the identification of the person, nonprofit corporation, entity, principal campaign committee, or other political action committee or entity that paid for such communication.

(b) This section does not apply to any political advertisement or electioneering communication used by a candidate and the candidate’s supporters or by a political committee if the message or advertisement is:

(1) Designed to be worn by a person.

(2) Placed as a paid link on an Internet website, provided the message or advertisement is no more than 200 characters in length and the link directs the user to another Internet website that complies with subsection (a).

(3) Placed as a graphic or picture link where compliance with the requirements of this section is not reasonably practical due to the size of the graphic or picture link and the link directs the user to another Internet website that complies with subsection (a).

(4) Placed at no cost on an Internet website for which there is no cost to post content for public users.

(5) Placed or distributed on an unpaid profile account which is available to the public without charge or on a social networking Internet website, as long as the source of the message or advertisement is patently clear from the content or format of the message or advertisement. A candidate or political committee may prominently display a statement indicating that the website or account is an official website or account of the candidate or political committee and is approved by the candidate or political committee. A website or account may not be marked as official without prior approval by the candidate or political committee.

(6) Distributed as a text message or other message via Short Message Service, provided the message is no more than 200 characters in length or requires the recipient to sign up or opt in to receive it.

(7) Connected with or included in any software application or accompanying function, provided that the user signs up, opts in, downloads, or otherwise accesses the application from or through a website that complies with subsection (a).

(8) Sent by a third-party user from or through a campaign or committee’s website, provided the website complies with subsection (a).

(9) Contained in or distributed through any other technology related item, service, or device for which compliance with subsection (a) is not reasonably practical due to the size or nature of such item, service, or device as available, or the means of displaying the message or advertisement makes compliance with subsection (a) impracticable.
Ala. Code § 17-4-39 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-4-39
Section 17-4-39 Maintenance of State Voter Registration List; Removal of Improperly Registered Individuals; Alabama Voter Integrity Database
Status: in_force

(a) The board of registrars shall be responsible for entering and updating in a timely manner the names and information of the electors who register to vote and vote in each election into the state voter registration list and for conducting regular voter list maintenance activities as directed by the Secretary of State and otherwise provided by law, including processing registered individuals identified by programs conducted pursuant to subsection (b). Removal of any registered individual determined to be improperly registered may be accomplished at any time by a majority vote of the board.

(b)(1) The Secretary of State shall be responsible for directly conducting regular state voter registration list maintenance programs to ensure database integrity. These programs shall be known as the Alabama Voter Integrity Database (AVID). The Alabama Voter Integrity Database shall compare the state voter registration list to:

a. Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency driver license and nondriver identification card data to identify registered voters in Alabama who have moved and obtained a driver license or nondriver identification card in another state or who have registered to vote in Alabama and then applied for a foreign national driver license or nondriver identification card;

b. State-to-state voter list data to identify individuals who are registered to vote in Alabama but who are also registered to vote in another state, including individuals who may have voted in the same or a similar election in both states, with priority given to data from states in close geographical proximity to Alabama;

c. The National Change of Address database to identify individuals who are registered to vote in Alabama but have notified the United States Postal Service that they have relocated to a new county within the state or an address outside of Alabama;

d. Social Security Death Index data to identify deceased individuals who are registered to vote and may have died out of state; and

e. United States Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services data to identify individuals who are registered to vote in Alabama but are ineligible to vote because they are noncitizens.

(2) Individuals identified shall be timely communicated by the Secretary of State to the appropriate board or boards of registrars to process.

(c) Not later than February 1, annually, the Secretary of State shall collect and publish data from each county specifying the number of voters who were removed from the voter registration list during the previous calendar year.
Ala. Code § 17-17-47 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-47
Section 17-17-47 Assessment of Unauthorized Fees Against Candidate
Status: in_force

Any person who, as a condition for standing for nomination to any office in a primary election, shall assess or cause to be assessed a fee by any committee or other governing body of any political party in this state in excess of that allowed by law shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation.
Ala. Code § 17-12-7 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 12 / Section 17-12-7
Section 17-12-7 Preservation of Ballots by Sheriff
Status: in_force

When no federal elections are on the ballot, the sheriff shall keep the ballots six months in the voted ballot box, without opening or unsealing the voted ballot box, and thereafter destroy the ballots unless within six months the sheriff having them in custody is notified that the election of some officer for which the election was held will be contested, in which case the sheriff must preserve the box containing the ballots cast for such contestant until such contest is finally determined or until such box is demanded by some legally constituted custodian during such contest.
Ala. Code § 17-16-68 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 16 / Section 17-16-68
Section 17-16-68 Commission to Take Testimony
Status: in_force

The commission shall take testimony on the part of the contestant, and also on the part of the contestee, and shall have power to send for witnesses, books, and papers anywhere in the State of Alabama; shall have power to issue warrants, under the hand of the chair, to any judge, or clerk of any court of record or such other competent and discreet person as the commission may appoint, to take the deposition of witnesses at such time and place as the warrant shall direct, and the points as to which the testimony is to be taken shall be set forth in such warrant. The evidence taken in the case of a contest of the election of one officer may be used in the contest of the election of any other officer voted for at the same election and contested before the Legislature; provided, that notice that such evidence will be used, or offered, shall be given to the party or parties interested in such other office, so that all parties interested may be present and participate in the taking of such testimony, and provided the party instituting the contest does not object by filing a written objection with the commission.
Ala. Code § 17-4-62 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-4-62
Section 17-4-62 Voter Registration Fund
Status: in_force

There is established a separate trust fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Voter Registration Fund. All receipts collected under this article by the Secretary of State are to be deposited in this fund. The receipts shall be disbursed only by warrant of the state Comptroller drawn upon the State Treasury supported by itemized vouchers approved by the Secretary of State. No funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted according to Sections 41-4-80 to 41-4-96, inclusive, and 41-19-1 to 41-19-12, inclusive, and only in amounts as stipulated in the general appropriations act, or other appropriations acts.
Ala. Code § 17-12-18 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 12 / Section 17-12-18
Section 17-12-18 Governor Proclaims Result of Certain Elections
Status: in_force

Except as to officers provided for in Sections 17-12-16 and 17-12-19, the Governor must immediately declare the results of the election as ascertained in Section 17-12-17 by publishing them in some newspaper at the seat of government.
Ala. Code § 17-13-101 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-101
Section 17-13-101 Applicability of Section 17-9-3 and This Chapter
Status: in_force

The provisions of Section 17-9-3 and this chapter shall apply to presidential preference primaries held under the provisions of this article unless clearly inconsistent herewith or inappropriate for the conduct of a presidential preference primary. Any political party holding a presidential preference primary may promulgate rules for the conduct of such primary not inconsistent with the provisions of this article.
Ala. Code § 17-7-26 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-7-26
Section 17-7-26 Limitation on Committee’s Authority
Status: in_force

The authority of the Alabama Electronic Voting Committee relative to voting equipment shall be limited to the electronic vote counting equipment authorized under the provisions of this article and such committee shall have no authority to examine, approve, disapprove, or otherwise affect the use of other voting equipment.
Ala. Code § 17-5-14 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-5-14
Section 17-5-14 Corporate Contributions or Expenditures to Political Action Committees; Establishment by Corporation; Actions by Utilities
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation incorporated or organized under the laws of this state, or doing business in this state, may make a contribution or expenditure to or on behalf of any candidate or political action committee in the same manner that an individual is permitted to make under the laws of this state, except as otherwise expressly prohibited by subsection (c).

(b) Any corporation may establish a political action committee, subject to the provisions of this section. Any corporation or any officer, employee, or agent acting on behalf of such corporation, is also permitted to give, pay, expend, or contribute money, services, or anything of value for the purposes of establishing, administering, or soliciting voluntary contributions to a separate, segregated fund to be utilized for political purposes as permitted by Section 17-5-14.1.

(c) A utility regulated by the public service commission may not make a contribution to any candidate for the public service commission, but shall otherwise be entitled to take any action permitted corporations under this section.
Ala. Code § 17-6-45 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-6-45
Section 17-6-45 Performance of Duties Under Chapter for Municipal Elections
Status: in_force

In case of any municipal election held at a time different from a general state or federal election, the duties herein prescribed for the judge of probate in respect to receiving nominations, printing and distributing ballots and cards of instructions shall be discharged under the same sanctions by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the city or town.
Ala. Code § 17-4-61 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-4-61
Section 17-4-61 Additional Personnel
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State may hire a computer programmer or other necessary personnel to carry out the additional responsibilities placed on his or her office by state implementation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The programmer and other personnel employed shall be under the state Merit System.
Ala. Code § 17-9-2 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-9-2
Section 17-9-2 Duties of Judge of Probate to Devolve Upon Circuit Court in Event of Failure to Perform
Status: in_force

In the event the judge of probate of any county is unable, or neglects, fails, or refuses to perform the duties prescribed in this title, the duties, responsibilities, penalty, and authority of the judge of probate shall devolve upon the judge of the circuit court of the county.
Ala. Code § 17-6-25 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-6-25
Section 17-6-25 Order of Listing of Candidates on Ballots
Status: in_force

The names of candidates for each office shall be listed on the ballot in alphabetical order by surname, and the offices shall be listed in the following order:

(1) President (if preference primary).

(2) Governor.

(3) Lieutenant Governor.

(4) United States Senator.

(5) United States Representative.

(6) Attorney General.

(7) State Senator.

(8) State Representative.

(9) Supreme Court Justice.

(10) Court of Civil Appeals Judge.

(11) Court of Criminal Appeals Judge.

(12) Secretary of State.

(13) State Treasurer.

(14) State Auditor.

(15) Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.

(16) Public Service Commissioner.

(17) State Board of Education Member.

(18) Circuit Court Judge.

(19) District Attorney.

(20) District Court Judge.

(21) Circuit Clerk.

(22) Other public officers (to be listed in the order prescribed by the judge of probate).

(23) Delegate to national convention.

(24) Other party officers (to be listed in the order prescribed by the judge of probate).
Ala. Code § 17-11-17 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-11-17
Section 17-11-17 Promulgation of Rules and Regulations with Respect to Challenged Absentee Ballots
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2006-581, p. 496, §2, effective January 1, 2007.
Ala. Code § 17-3-52 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-3-52
Section 17-3-52 Examination and Oath of Applicants; Disclosure of Information
Status: in_force

The board of registrars shall have power to examine, under oath or affirmation, all applicants for registration, and to take testimony touching the qualifications of such applicants, but no applicant shall be required to answer any question, written or oral, not related to his or her qualifications to register. In order to aid the registrars to judicially determine if applicants to register have the qualifications to register to vote, each applicant shall be furnished by the board a written application, which shall be uniform in all cases with no discrimination as between applicants, the form and contents of which application shall be promulgated by rule by the Secretary of State of the State of Alabama. The application shall be so worded that there will be placed before the registrars information necessary or proper to aid them to pass upon the qualifications of each applicant. The application shall be completed in writing. There shall be incorporated in such application an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Alabama of 1901 and a statement in such oath by the applicant disavowing belief in or affiliation with any group or party which advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States or the State of Alabama by unlawful means. The application and oath shall be duly signed by the applicant. If the applicant is unable to read or write, then the applicant shall be exempt from the above stated requirements which the applicant is unable to meet and in such cases a witness shall read to the applicant the application and oath herein provided for and the applicant’s answers thereto shall be written down by the witness, and the applicant shall be registered as a voter if he or she meets all other requirements herein set out. Each member of the board is authorized to administer the oaths to be taken by applicants and witnesses. Except as provided in Section 17-3-53, the applications of persons applying for registration shall not become public records as public records are defined under the laws of the State of Alabama, nor shall the board disclose the information contained in such applications and written answers, except with the written consent of the person who filed the answer or pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction in a proper proceeding.
Ala. Code § 17-1-1 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 1 / Section 17-1-1
Section 17-1-1 Applicability of Title to Primary Elections and County or Municipal Elections
Status: in_force

All of the provisions of this title shall apply to all primary elections and all elections by counties or municipalities held in this state, except in cases where the provisions of this title are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of a law governing special primary, county or municipal elections.
Ala. Code § 17-16-1 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 16 / Section 17-16-1
Section 17-16-1 Preservation of Voted Ballot Containers and Records of Election Containers; Electronic Voting Specialists
Status: in_force

(a) The voted ballot containers and records of election containers shall remain sealed for the time provided by law for the filing of contests and then shall have the seal broken only on the order of that body which, under the general provisions of law, now has charge of and control over voted ballot containers and records of election containers in that county, municipality, or other political subdivision. If, in the opinion of such body, a contest has developed or is likely to develop, the containers shall remain sealed until such time as ordered opened by the court hearing the contest, or until a final determination of the contest. On the order of any court of competent jurisdiction or on the order of any legislative body or governing body having jurisdiction over such election, the seal may be broken for the purpose of proper investigation and when such investigation is completed, the voted ballot containers and records of election containers shall again be sealed and across the containers shall be written the signature of the person or persons having broken the seal. The inspector shall securely seal all records taken from an electronic voting machine in an envelope or container and on the outside thereof label the envelope or container in such manner as to indicate plainly the electronic voting machine from which they were removed and the month, day, and the year of the election of which they are records. Each election official shall certify to the accuracy of the record and shall sign the envelope or container across the seal. This certificate and all other records removed from the electronic voting machines shall be delivered to the sheriff after an election and preserved by the sheriff for the appropriate length of time and then destroyed.

(b) In addition to the custodian now authorized by law, a county commission may employ electronic voting specialists to serve as trouble shooters during elections. These persons are to be trained in the operation of electronic voting equipment and in these procedures. Specialists may be sent to assist in any precinct when accompanied by the sheriff or sheriff’s deputy, but they shall not assume the title or authority of the regular poll workers assigned to a precinct.
Ala. Code § 17-13-72 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-72
Section 17-13-72 Effect of Contest on Declared Nomination
Status: in_force

None of the grounds of contest enumerated in Section 17-13-71 shall serve to annul or set aside any declared nomination, unless such ground alone or in conjunction with other of such grounds alleged shall serve to show to the reasonable satisfaction of the committee trying the contest that the person who was declared nominated and whose nomination is contested did not receive at such primary the number of legal votes necessary under this chapter to be nominated. But upon such contest, the committee shall have power to declare who was legally nominated at such primary for such office.
Ala. Code § 17-3-11 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-3-11
Section 17-3-11 Registration of Voters at Colleges and Universities
Status: in_force

(a) The board of registrars in each county shall visit each college or university, whether public or private, having an enrollment of 500 or more, which is located therein, at least once during the school year for the purpose of registering voters, and shall remain there for one full working day, weekends and holidays excepted. They shall give at least 12 days’ notice of the time and place where they will attend to register applicants for registration, by bills posted at three or more public places and by advertisement once a week for three consecutive weeks in a campus newspaper, if there is one published on the campus. Each college or university receiving state funds that is affected by the provisions of this section shall provide space and accommodations for the board of registrars on their campus.

(b) Each member of the board of registrars shall be entitled to receive their usual salary and per diem for attending the meetings of the board of registrars provided for in this section.
Ala. Code § 17-4-1 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-4-1
Section 17-4-1 Lists of Registered Voters to Be Published
Status: in_force

The judge of probate shall publish from the state voter registration list a correct alphabetical list of qualified electors either by county, precinct, district, or subdivision wherein each elector is registered to vote, in some newspaper with general circulation in the county, on or before the twentieth day preceding the regularly scheduled primary election. The list shall be accompanied by a printed certification generated by the state voter registration system verifying that the list contains the names of all qualified electors registered as of the specified time and date when it was printed. The list shall further state that any elector whose name was inadvertently omitted from the list shall have 10 days in which to have his or her name entered upon the list of qualified voters. If within 10 days any voter shall reasonably satisfy the board of registrars by proper proof that any name should be added to the list, the board shall add such name to the list. The supplemental list of registered voters inadvertently omitted from the original list shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county on or before the seventh day preceding the date of the primary election. The lists required to be published pursuant to this section may be published, at the discretion of the county commission, as a preprinted or inserted advertising supplement at a cost no greater than the selected newspaper’s lowest applicable national insertion rates. If the list is published as a preprinted supplement in the selected newspaper, the supplement size shall conform to the size requirements set by the selected newspaper and shall be printed on standard newsprint paper. The type size shall be no smaller than nine point standard type. The list shall also be delivered to the newspaper for insertion in a manner required for other advertising supplements. The supplement may not contain any other advertising. Any newspaper accepting a preprinted insertion that is not prepared by the newspaper shall not be responsible for the content of such insertion. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a county commission from publishing the list of voters in more than one newspaper within the county at the county commission’s discretion.
Ala. Code § 17-6-81 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-6-81
Section 17-6-81 Fair Ballot Commission; Ballot Statements
Status: in_force

(a)(1) There is created the Fair Ballot Commission. The purpose of the commission is to provide to the public a fair and accurate explanation of what a vote for and what a vote against a statewide ballot measure represents.

(2) The commission shall consist of the following 18 members: The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of State, or their designees, shall each serve as a member on the commission and shall each appoint to the commission one member who is an attorney licensed in the state and one member who is a private citizen of the state who is not an attorney. The Alabama State University School of Public Policy, the Samford University School of Public Policy, and the Miles College School of Law shall each appoint a member to the commission. Other than the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of State, or their designees, no public official, as that term is defined in Section 36-25-1(27), shall serve on the commission. The Chair, Vice Chair, and Ranking Minority Member of the House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee and the Chair, Vice Chair, and Ranking Minority Member of the Senate Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections Committee shall serve as non-voting advisors to the commission.

(3) The appointments shall reflect the geographic, gender, racial, and ethnic diversity of the state with at least one appointed member from each congressional district.

(4) The initial terms of the members appointed by the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Lieutenant Governor shall be for two years while the initial terms of the members appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries and the Secretary of State shall be for four years. After the initial term, each subsequent member shall be appointed to a four-year term. No appointed member of the commission shall serve more than two full consecutive terms.

(5) Members of the commission shall serve without compensation. Members of the commission, except for the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of State, or their designees, shall be reimbursed for travel expenses to commission meetings in Montgomery, Alabama, at the same rate as state employees receive, to be paid from funds provided from the Legislature. The members of the commission who are attorneys shall not be paid any fees other than travel expenses at the same rate as state employees. The Legislative Fiscal Office, the Legislative Reference Service, the Alabama Law Institute, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of the Senate shall provide clerical assistance to the commission as determined by the chair of the commission.

(6) The commission may participate in a meeting of the commission by means of telephone conference, video conference, or similar communication equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting may hear each other at the same time. Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person at a meeting for all purposes, except for purposes of establishing a quorum. Non-voting advisors to the commission may participate in meetings, but their presence at a meeting shall not be used in determining the existence of a quorum of the commission. The first commission meeting shall be held at the Capitol at the call of the Governor, at which time the commission, by majority vote, shall elect from their membership a chair and vice chair.

(b) No later than 60 calendar days prior to a vote on a statewide ballot measure, the commission shall post the following information, to be known as a ballot statement, in a conspicuous and publicly accessible location on the website of the Secretary of State:

(1) The text of the statewide ballot measure, including sponsors, cosponsors, and the text of the question that will appear on the statewide ballot.

(2) A summary of and the text of any implementing legislation directly related to the statewide ballot measure.

(3) The placement of the statewide ballot measure on the statewide ballot.

(4) A plain language summary of the statewide ballot measure, which shall include, at a minimum, the legal or constitutional authority for its passage, the effect of the statewide ballot measure if it is passed, including its cost and source of funding, and the effect of the statewide ballot measure if it is defeated.

(c) Ballot statements shall be written in plain, nontechnical language and in a clear and coherent manner using words with common and every day meaning that are understandable to the average reader. Ballot statements shall be true and impartial statements of the effect of a vote for and a vote against the measure in language neither intentionally argumentative nor likely to create prejudice for or against the proposed measure. In addition, ballot statements shall include language as to whether the measure will increase, decrease, or have no impact on taxes, including the specific category of tax.

(d) Ballot statements may be approved only at meetings of the commission and only by a majority of the commission members present at the commission meeting. In the event a majority of the commission cannot agree on a ballot statement within the 60-day time frame prescribed in subsection (b), the portion of the website of the Secretary of State containing the commission’s ballot statements shall contain a statement that a majority of the commission cannot agree on the ballot statement as well as an explanation written by the chair of the commission as to why the commission failed to reach an agreement. Additionally, in the event a majority of the commission cannot agree on a ballot statement within the 60-day time frame prescribed in subsection (b), those portions of ballot statements which can be agreed upon by a majority of the commission shall be posted on the portion of the website of the Secretary of State containing the commission’s ballot statements, along with links to other websites included pursuant to subsection (f) and individual statements of support and opposition included pursuant to subsection (g).

(e) Ballot statements approved by the commission or, in the event the commission does not approve a ballot statement, those portions of ballot statements which can be agreed upon by a majority of the commission, shall be printed, posted, and distributed in the same manner and by the same officials as sample ballots are printed, posted, and distributed. Additionally, a printed copy of each ballot statement approved by the commission or, in the event the commission does not approve a ballot statement, those portions of ballot statements which can be agreed upon by a majority of the commission, not later than 55 calendar days prior to a vote on a statewide ballot measure, shall be made available for the purpose of public distribution at the office of the Secretary of State or at the office of each judge of probate, provided that these offices may cover their printing costs by requiring that the person requesting a printed copy pay a printing fee, the maximum amount of which shall equal the costs of fulfilling each printing request.

(f) The chair of the commission shall allow the portion of the website of the Secretary of State containing the commission’s ballot statements to also include links to other websites that discuss upcoming statewide ballot measures. This portion of the website of the Secretary of State shall clearly state that members of the commission are not responsible for the content of any linked website and that the linking of a website does not represent the commission’s endorsement of the website’s contents.

(g) Any member of the Legislature or their designees, may post individual statements supporting or opposing a statewide ballot measure on the portion of the website of the Secretary of State containing the commission’s ballot statements within 3 calendar days of receipt. Each of these individual statements of support or opposition shall not exceed 300 words, shall be provided to the chair of the commission at least 10 calendar days prior to the vote on the statewide ballot measure at issue, and shall be posted not later than seven calendar days prior to the vote on the statewide ballot measure at issue.
Ala. Code § 17-8-2 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 8 / Section 17-8-2
Section 17-8-2 Notice of Appointment
Status: in_force

The judge of probate shall notify such inspector and clerk of their appointment by mail and publish a list of them in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county.
Ala. Code § 17-4-63 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-4-63
Section 17-4-63 Rules, Forms, and Instructions; Inter-Agency Agreements
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall promulgate rules and prescribe forms and instructions as shall be necessary to implement the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 in Alabama or the Help America Vote Act of 2002, including any rules and forms necessary for the administration of the acts by state departments and agencies. The Secretary of State is further authorized to enter into inter-agency agreements with other government agencies for the implementation of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 and the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
Ala. Code § 17-17-41 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-41
Section 17-17-41 Candidate Barred by Bribery
Status: in_force

Any candidate for office in any election, upon conviction of bribing or attempting to influence a voter under Section 17-17-38, shall, in addition to the fine, be declared ineligible for the office to which elected for that term.
Ala. Code § 17-13-42 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-42
Section 17-13-42 Political Parties May Elect Whether to Participate in Primary Elections
Status: in_force

Primary elections are not compulsory. A political party may, by its state executive committee, elect whether it will come under the primary election law. All political parties are presumed to have accepted and come under the provisions of the primary election law, but any political party may signify its election not to accept and come under the primary election law by filing with the Secretary of State, at least 60 days before the date herein fixed for the holding of any general primary election, a statement of the action of its state executive committee, certified by its chair and secretary, which statement shall contain a copy of the resolution or motion adopted declining to accept and come under the primary election law. If a political party declines to accept and come under the primary election law, it shall not change its action and accept and come under the primary election law until after the next general election held thereafter. The governing body of a political party may determine from time to time what party officers shall be elected in the primary; provided, that candidates for all party offices shall be elected under the provisions of this chapter unless the method of their election is otherwise directed by the governing body of the party involved.
Ala. Code § 17-16-56 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 16 / Section 17-16-56
Section 17-16-56 Contest of Election of Judge of Probate Court and Other County and Municipal Officers - Generally
Status: in_force

If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the probate court, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, county treasurer, clerk of the circuit court, or any other office filled by the vote of a single county or any subdivision thereof, or any office of a city or town not in this article otherwise provided for, the party contesting must file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the election was held, a statement in writing, verified by affidavit, of the grounds of the contest as provided in this article and must give good and sufficient security for the costs of the contest, to be approved by the clerk. On the filing of the statement and the giving of the security, the clerk must enter the contest on the trial docket as a civil action pending in the court for trial, and, after having made such entry, the clerk must issue a summons, accompanied by a copy of the statement directed to the party whose election is contested, requiring the party, within five days after the service of the summons, to appear and make answer to the statement, which summons must be served by the sheriff or by a constable, if the contest is with respect to the office of sheriff. The contest is triable by the court without the intervention of a jury and must be heard and tried in precedence of all other cases, civil or criminal, standing for trial in the court. Either party is entitled to the writ of subpoena to compel the personal attendance of witnesses on the trial of the contest, and against defaulting witnesses such proceedings may be had as against other defaulting witnesses in civil cases pending in the court. Testimony may also be taken by depositions in the case, and in like manner as depositions are taken in other civil cases.
Ala. Code § 17-5-8 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-5-8
Section 17-5-8 Electronic Filings; Reports of Contributions and Expenditures; Filing Requirements
Status: in_force

(a) All filings with the Secretary of State under this section shall be made electronically. Electronic filings shall be available to the public on a searchable database maintained on the Secretary of State’s public website.

(b) The treasurer, designated filing agent, or candidate shall file with the Secretary of State periodic reports of contributions and expenditures at the following times once a principal campaign committee files its statement under Section 17-5-4 or a political action committee files its statement of organization under Section 17-5-5:

(1) Regardless of whether a candidate has opposition in any election, monthly reports not later than the second business day of the subsequent month, beginning 12 months before the date of any primary, special, runoff, or general election for which a political action committee or principal campaign committee receives contributions or makes expenditures with a view toward influencing the election’s result. A monthly report shall include all reportable transactions for the previous full month period. Reports shall be required as provided in subdivisions (2) and (3).

(2) With regard to a primary, special, runoff, or general election, a report shall be required weekly on the Monday of the succeeding week for each of the four weeks before the election that includes all reportable activities for the previous week.

(3) In addition to the reporting dates specified in subdivisions (1) and (2), reports required to be filed with the Secretary of State shall be filed with the Secretary of State on the eighth, seventh, sixth, fifth, fourth, third, and second day preceding a legislative, state school board, or other statewide primary, special, runoff, or general election, and by 12:01 p.m. on the day preceding a legislative, state school board, or statewide, primary, special, runoff, or general election if any principal campaign committee or political action committee receives or spends in the aggregate five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more on that day with a view toward influencing an election’s results. If a daily report is required pursuant to this subdivision, the report shall include all reportable activity occurring on the day of the report as well as all reportable activity that has occurred on each day since the most recent prior report.

(c) Except as provided in subsection (i), each principal campaign committee, political action committee, and elected state and local official covered under this chapter who has not closed his or her principal campaign committee shall file annually with the Secretary of State reports of contributions and expenditures made during that year. No annual report is required to be filed by a person who holds office because he or she was appointed to serve the remainder of a term vacated by another person until the person serving has created a principal campaign committee. The annual reports required under this subsection shall be made on or before January 31 of the succeeding year.

(d) Each report under this section shall disclose all of the following:

(1) The amount of cash or other assets on hand at the beginning of the reporting period and forward until the end of that reporting period and disbursements made from same.

(2) The identification of each person who has made contributions to the committee or candidate within the calendar year in an aggregate amount greater than one hundred dollars ($100), together with the amount and date of all the contributions; provided, however, in the case of a political action committee, identification shall mean the name and city of residence of each person who has made contributions within the calendar year in an aggregate amount greater than one hundred dollars ($100).

(3) The total amount of other contributions received during the calendar year but not reported under subdivision (2).

(4) Each loan to or from any person within the calendar year in an aggregate amount greater than one hundred dollars ($100), together with the identification of the lender, the identification of the endorsers, or guarantors, if any, and the date and amount of the loans.

(5) The total amount of receipts from any other source during the calendar year.

(6) The grand total of all receipts by or for the committee during the calendar year.

(7) The identification of each person to whom expenditures have been made by or on behalf of the committee or elected official within the calendar year in an aggregate amount greater than one hundred dollars ($100), the amount, date, and purpose of each expenditure, and, if applicable, the designation of each constitutional amendment or other proposition with respect to which an expenditure was made.

(8) The identification of each person to whom an expenditure for personal services, salaries, or reimbursed expenses greater than one hundred dollars ($100) has been made, and which is not otherwise reported or exempted from this chapter, including the amount, date, and purpose of the expenditure.

(9) The grand total of all expenditures made by the committee or elected official during the calendar year.

(10) The amount and nature of debts and obligations owed by or to the committee or elected official, together with a statement as to the circumstances and conditions under which any debt or obligation was extinguished and the consideration therefor.

(e) Each report required by this section shall be signed and filed by the elected official or on behalf of the political action committee by its chair or treasurer and, if filed on behalf of a principal campaign committee, by the candidate represented by the committee. There shall be attached to each report an affidavit subscribed and sworn to by the official or chair or treasurer and, if filed by a principal campaign committee, the candidate represented by the committee, setting forth in substance that the report is to the best of his or her knowledge and belief in all respects true and complete, and, if made by a candidate, that he or she has not received any contributions or made any expenditures which are not set forth and covered by the report.

(f) In connection with any electioneering communication paid for by a person, nonprofit corporation, entity, principal campaign committee, or other political committee or entity, the payor shall disclose its contributions and expenditures in accordance with this section. The disclosure shall be made in the same form and at the same time as is required of political action committees in this section; provided, however, no duplicate reporting shall be required by a political committee.

(g) Notwithstanding any disclosure requirements of subsection (f), churches are exempt from the requirements of this section unless the church’s expenditures are used to influence the outcome of an election. Nothing herein shall require a church to disclose the identities, donations, or contributions of members of the church. As used in this section, the term church is defined in accordance with and recognized by Internal Revenue Service guidelines and regulations.

(h) Notwithstanding the disclosure requirements of this section, this section shall not be interpreted to nor shall they require any disclosure for expenses incurred for any electioneering communication used by any membership or trade organization to communicate with or inform its members, its members’ families, or its members’ employees or for any electioneering communication by a business entity of any type to its employees or stockholders or their families.

(i) Each report required by this section shall include all reportable transactions occurring since the most recent prior report; however, duplicate reporting is not required by this section. A political action committee or principal campaign committee that is required to file a daily report is not required to also file a weekly report for the week preceding an election specified in subdivision (b) (3); a committee required to file a weekly report is not required to also file a monthly report in the month in which the election is held; and a committee required to file a monthly report is not required to also file an annual report in the year in which the election is held. The monetary balance in a report of each committee shall begin at the monetary amount appearing in the most recent prior report.

(j) The Secretary of State may adopt administrative rules pursuant to the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act as are necessary to implement and administer this section.
Ala. Code § 17-17-20 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-20
Section 17-17-20 Inspector Refusing to Advise Elector Regarding Assistants, or to Allow Selection Thereof
Status: in_force

Any inspector who willfully fails or refuses to advise any elector, entitled thereto, that he or she is entitled to an assistant, or refuses to let the elector select an assistant as required by law, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 17-17-35 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-35
Section 17-17-35 Violations of Fair Campaign Practices Act
Status: reserved

Repealed by Act 2013-311, §3, effective August 1, 2013.
Ala. Code § 17-5-15.1 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-5-15.1
Section 17-5-15.1 (Amended by Act 2026-266) Limitation on Receipt and Spending of Funds by Principal Campaign Committee of a State or Local Candidate
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-266, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) A principal campaign committee of a state or local candidate and any person authorized to make an expenditure on its behalf may not receive or spend, in a campaign for state or local office, campaign funds in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) that were raised by a principal campaign committee of a federal candidate.

(b) Any person who intentionally receives or expends campaign funds in violation of subsection (a) shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony.
Ala. Code § 17-7-27 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-7-27
Section 17-7-27 Secretary of State May Implement Uniform System of Electronic Voting in Certain Counties
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State may implement a uniform system of electronic voting in any county participating in the pilot project for establishing a uniform system of electronic voting provided for in Act 91-562. The Secretary of State may provide through the pilot project for the administration and educational support of a uniform system to enable counties to immediately and electronically obtain all vote totals and to enable a county to immediately transfer by electronic means all election vote totals, and other totals from a participating county directly to the office of the Secretary of State on a timely and economic basis.
Ala. Code § 17-16-6 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 16 / Section 17-16-6
Section 17-16-6 Reimbursing Counties for Election Expenses - Constitutional Amendments Affecting State as a Whole
Status: in_force

The State of Alabama shall reimburse a county for all sums expended by the county in payment of expenses incurred in holding and conducting an election at which only amendments to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 affecting the State of Alabama as a whole are voted upon.
Ala. Code § 17-4-36 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-4-36
Section 17-4-36 Duties of Boards of Registrars; Voter Registration Identification Number
Status: in_force

(a) In order to establish the statewide voter file and to ensure its continued accuracy, it shall be the duty of the boards of registrars, on forms or in a rule prescribed by the Secretary of State:

(1) To provide the Secretary of State the name, driver’s license number or non-driver’s identification number, if such number is known, the last four digits of the Social Security number, if such number is known, date of birth, address, race, sex, and political subdivision or voting place of each registered voter in their respective counties within one month after a written request from the Secretary of State.

(2) To provide the Secretary of State the name, driver’s license number or non-driver’s identification number, if such number is known, the last four digits of the Social Security number, if such number is known, date of birth, address, race, sex, political subdivision or voting place, place of previous registration, if applicable, and date of registration of each newly registered voter as such voter is registered.

(3) To provide to the Secretary of State the name, driver’s license number or non-driver’s identification number, if such number is known, the last four digits of the Social Security number, if such number is known, date of birth, address, race, sex, political subdivision or voting place, and date of reidentification of every voter who reidentifies, pursuant to this chapter.

(b) Where an applicant for voter registration is unable to produce either a driver’s license number, a non-driver’s identification number, or the last four digits of the Social Security number, the state voter registration list shall assign a unique number which shall serve as the registrant’s voter registration identification number.
Ala. Code § 17-6-27 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-6-27
Section 17-6-27 Write-In Votes; Listing of Independent Candidates; Form of Ballots
Status: in_force

The elector may write in the column under the title of the office the name of any person whose name is not printed upon the ballot for whom the elector may desire to vote. In case of nomination by independent bodies, the ballot shall be so arranged that at the right of the last column for party nomination the several tickets of the names of the independent candidates shall be printed in one or more columns according to the space required, having above each of the tickets the political or other names selected to designate such independent nominations. The ballot form shall be designated by rule promulgated by the Secretary of State under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Ala. Code § 17-17-43 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-43
Section 17-17-43 Disturbing Elector on Election Day
Status: in_force

Any person who, on election day, disturbs or prevents, or attempts to prevent, any elector from freely casting a ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 17-11-44 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-11-44
Section 17-11-44 Receipt of Request
Status: in_force

In determining the requirements for receipt of a request for an overseas absentee ballot, the committee and the Secretary of State shall consider verification by the absentee election manager of the information provided, a determination that the overseas voter is qualified and registered to vote in the election, and the provision of:

(1) An absentee ballot.

(2) Instructions for voting.

(3) Instructions for returning the voted ballot.

(4) An overseas voter certificate.
Ala. Code § 17-17-30 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-30
Section 17-17-30 Failure to Provide Notice in Contested Election
Status: in_force

Any sheriff or constable who fails to give the notices necessary to be served in cases of contested elections, within the time and in the mode prescribed, if practicable for him or her to do so, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation.
Ala. Code § 17-3-32 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-3-32
Section 17-3-32 Domicile Not Acquired or Lost by Temporary Absence
Status: in_force

No person shall lose or acquire a domicile either by temporary absence from his or her domicile without the intention of remaining or by navigating any of the waters of this state, the United States, or the high seas, without having acquired any other lawful domicile, or by being absent from his or her domicile in the civil or military service of the state or the United States.
Ala. Code § 17-6-49 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-6-49
Section 17-6-49 Office Sought to Be Designated by Number
Status: in_force

Every person who seeks an office mentioned in Section 17-6-48 shall, when becoming a candidate pursuant to Section 17-5-2, designate the number of the office for which he or she is a candidate.
Ala. Code § 17-6-22 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-6-22
Section 17-6-22 Political Parties Not Included on Ballot Unless Requirements Met
Status: in_force

(a) No political party, except those qualified as a political party under Chapter 13, shall be included on any general election ballot unless:

(1) The party shall have filed with the Secretary of State or other appropriate official on the date of the first primary election a list of the signatures of at least three percent of the qualified electors who cast ballots for the office of Governor in the last general election for the state, county, city, district, or other political subdivision in which the political party seeks to qualify candidates for office; and unless

(2) The party shall have fulfilled all other applicable requirements of federal, state, or local laws.

(b) The provisions of this section are supplemental to the provisions of Chapter 13, and other laws regarding the conduct of elections in Alabama, and shall repeal only those laws or parts of laws in direct conflict herewith.
Ala. Code § 17-7-5.1 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-7-5.1
Section 17-7-5.1 Time of Holding Elections
Status: in_force

THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-9-6 BY ACT 2006-570 IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2007.
Ala. Code § 17-16-64 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 16 / Section 17-16-64
Section 17-16-64 Statement - Contents of Statement; Verification; Service; Amendments
Status: in_force

The written statement of the grounds of contest must set forth specifically:

(1) The name of the person contesting and that the person was a qualified voter when the election was held.

(2) The office which the election was held to fill, and the time of holding the same.

(3) The particular grounds of contest.

(4) The name of the counties in which any of the alleged grounds of the contest may have occurred, and shall state with particularity the names of the election precinct in each of such counties in which the grounds of contest may be alleged to have occurred.

(5) The grounds on which the declared voter of each of the named election precincts in each county is contested.

Such statement of the grounds of contest must be sworn to by the elector making the contest before some officer authorized to administer oaths in the State of Alabama, and may be amended from time to time as may be determined by the two houses of the Legislature in joint convention assembled. The Speaker of the House shall cause the Clerk of the House forthwith to serve a copy of the statement on the person who may have been declared to have been elected to the contested office.
Ala. Code § 17-9-50.1 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-9-50.1
Section 17-9-50.1 Photographing or Revealing Contents of Another Voter’s Ballot
Status: in_force

(a) At any polling place in any state, county, or municipal election, an individual may not do either of the following:

(1) Take a photograph of a ballot, other than the individual’s own ballot.

(2) Reveal another voter’s ballot in a manner that would disclose its contents to anyone other than an individual lawfully assisting the voter.

(b) An individual who violates subsection (a), upon conviction, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(c) This section does not prohibit a voter from making available a photograph of the voter’s own ballot by posting the photograph on the Internet or in some other electronic medium, and any retransmittal of the photograph does not constitute a violation of this section.
Ala. Code § 17-13-24 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-24
Section 17-13-24 Voting More Than Once
Status: in_force

Any voter in this state who votes more than once, or attempts to vote more than once, in any primary election held in this state, or who votes in both this state and another state or territory in the same or equivalent election, shall be punished in the same manner as provided for voting or attempting to vote more than once in a general election as provided in Section 17-17-36.
Ala. Code § 17-16-58 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 16 / Section 17-16-58
Section 17-16-58 Ballots May Be Examined
Status: in_force

In all contests of elections before the judge of probate or the circuit court, the judge presiding is authorized to make an examination of the ballots given or rejected in the election so far as the judge may deem it necessary to arrive at a correct judgment, and may make and enforce by attachment all necessary orders to obtain possession of the same, and must make all proper orders necessary for the return of the ballots to the proper custody after same have been examined by him or her.
Ala. Code § 17-14-4 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 14 / Section 17-14-4
Section 17-14-4 When County Officers Elected
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by local law, members of county commissions, one county treasurer in all counties having a county treasurer, and one constable for each election precinct shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2008, and every fourth year thereafter.
Ala. Code § 17-13-51 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-51
Section 17-13-51 Applicability of Sections 17-13-50 and 17-17-50
Status: in_force

Sections 17-13-50 and 17-17-50 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. Sections 17-13-50 and 17-17-50 shall not apply to municipal elections.
Ala. Code § 17-17-51 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-51
Section 17-17-51 Intoxication at Polling Place
Status: in_force

Any person found drunk or intoxicated about any polling place during any primary election shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation.
Ala. Code § 17-12-5 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 12 / Section 17-12-5
Section 17-12-5 Retest of Equipment
Status: in_force

The judge of probate may order a post-election retest of any precinct ballot counter or memory pack tabulator using the same procedures prescribed for the pre-election test. If the retest shows a malfunction or error in the equipment or its program, the judge of probate shall order a recount at county expense.
Ala. Code § 17-4-33 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-4-33
Section 17-4-33 Computerized Statewide Voter Registration List
Status: in_force

(a) The State of Alabama shall provide, through the Secretary of State, a nondiscriminatory, single, uniform, official, centralized, interactive computerized statewide voter registration list defined, maintained, and administered by the Secretary of State, with advice from the Voter Registration Advisory Board and the President of the Alabama Probate Judges Association, which contains the name and registration information of every legally registered voter in the state. The computerized list shall comply with the following requirements:

(1) It shall serve as the single system for storing and managing the official list of registered voters throughout the state.

(2) It shall contain the name, address, and voting location, as well as other information deemed necessary by the Voter Registration Advisory Board or the Secretary of State, of every legally registered voter in the state.

(3) A unique identifier shall be assigned to each legally registered voter in the state.

(4) It shall contain the voting history of each registered voter.

(5) It shall be coordinated with the driver’s license database of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency and the appropriate state agency to assist in the removal of deceased voters.

(6) Any election official in the state, including any local election official, may obtain immediate electronic access to the information contained in the computerized list.

(7) All voter registration information obtained by any registrar in the state shall be electronically entered into the computerized list on an expedited basis at the time information is provided to the registrar.

(8) The Secretary of State shall provide such support as may be required so that registrars are able to enter voter registration information.

(9) It shall serve as the official voter registration list for the conduct of all elections.

(10) Following each state and county election, the Secretary of State shall provide one electronic copy of the computerized voter list free of charge to each political party that satisfied the ballot access requirements for that election. The electronic copy of the computerized voter list shall be provided within 30 days of the certification of the election or upon the completion of the election vote history update following the election, whichever comes first. In addition, upon written request from the chair of a political party, the Secretary of State shall furnish up to two additional electronic copies of the computerized voter file during each calendar year to each political party that satisfied the ballot access requirements during the last statewide election held prior to that calendar year. The electronic copies provided pursuant to this section shall contain the full, editable data as it exists in the computerized voter list maintained by the Secretary of State.

(11) The list shall be maintained so that it is technologically secure.

(b)(1) The Secretary of State, or judge of probate, or absentee election manager, or municipal clerk, or registrar shall include the name and omit all other information of a registered voter on any generally available list of registered voters, except for those lists provided to federal and state agencies, upon the written signed affidavit of the registered voter to the board of registrars of the county in which the individual is registered or intends to register, affirming one of the following:

a. That the registered voter, or a minor who is in the legal custody of the registered voter, is or has been the victim of domestic violence as provided in Article 7, commencing with Section 13A-6-130, of Chapter 6 of Title 13A.

b. That a domestic violence order is or has been issued by a judge or magistrate pursuant to the Domestic Violence Protection Order Enforcement Act, to restrain access to the registered voter or a minor who is in the legal custody of the registered voter.

c. That the registered voter is a federal or state prosecutor, federal, state, probate, or municipal judge, legislator, or law enforcement officer as defined in Chapter 21 of Title 36 or the spouse of a federal or state prosecutor, federal, state, probate, or municipal judge, legislator, or law enforcement officer as defined in Chapter 21 of Title 36.

(2) The Secretary of State shall develop and provide to each county the affidavit to be completed under this subsection.
Ala. Code § 17-3-2 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-3-2
Section 17-3-2 Qualifications and Appointment of Registrars; Chair
Status: reserved

(a)(1) Registration shall be conducted in each county by a board of three reputable and suitable individuals to be appointed, unless otherwise provided by law, by the Governor, Auditor, and Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, or by a majority of them acting as a state board of appointment. In making appointments on or after October 1, 2025, the state board of appointment shall consider the racial, gender, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the county.

(2) The registrars shall:

a. Be qualified electors and be residents of the county;

b. Have a high school diploma or equivalent;

c. Possess excellent communication skills evident by reportable experience in areas such as electronic mail, online communications, and use of multi-line telephones;

d. Demonstrate intermediate level experience and proficiency in data processing and use of computer programs used in the current day-to-day workplace, including, but not limited to, web-based operating systems;

e. Demonstrate the ability to download and upload reports and files and conduct spreadsheet manipulation; and

f. Demonstrate the ability to operate office equipment, including printers, copiers, scanners, and cameras.

(3) The Secretary of State shall prescribe guidelines to assist the state board of appointment in determining the qualifications of registrars. The registrars shall not hold an elective office during their term. One of the members shall be designated by the state board of appointment as chair of the board of registrars for each county.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Legislature may provide by local law for the appointment of additional members to the board of registrars for a county that has two courthouses.

(c) This section shall not apply in any county having a population of not less than 600,000 inhabitants according to the 1970 or any succeeding federal decennial census, and any currently effective local law or general law of local application providing for the appointment of any member of the board of registrars in the county shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be repealed by operation of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 17-17-48 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-48
Section 17-17-48 Unauthorized Assistance to Voter in Preparation of Ballot
Status: in_force

Any person who assists a voter in preparing his or her ballot to be voted at a primary election, except as authorized under Chapter 13, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 17-11-7 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-11-7
Section 17-11-7 Form of Affidavit to Be Printed on Envelope - General, Special, or Municipal Elections
Status: in_force

(a) Each absentee ballot shall be accompanied by an envelope upon which shall be printed an affidavit.

(b) With respect to an absentee ballot cast pursuant to Section 17-11-3, the affidavit shall read as follows:

“State of Alabama

County of ___________

I, the undersigned, do swear (or affirm) that:

My date of birth is: __________ month day year

I am entitled to vote an absentee ballot because:

Check at least one:

___ I expect to be out of the county or the state on election day.

___ I am physically incapacitated and will not be able to vote in person on election day.

___ I expect to work a required workplace shift which has at least 10 hours which coincide with the polling hours at my regular polling place.

___ I am a student at an educational institution located outside the county of my permanent residence and am therefore unable to vote at my usual polling place on election day.

___ I am a member of or a spouse or dependent of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or am otherwise entitled to vote pursuant to the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973ff.

___ I have been appointed as an election officer at a polling place which is not my regular polling place.

___ I will be out of the county on election day responding to a state of emergency as declared by this state or any other state, or by the federal government.

___ I am a caregiver for a family member to the second degree of kinship by affinity or consanguinity and the family member is confined to his or her home.

___ I am currently incarcerated in prison or jail and I have not been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude.

I further swear (or affirm) that I have not voted nor will I vote in person in the election to which this ballot pertains.

I have marked the enclosed absentee ballot voluntarily and I have read or had read to me and understand the instructions accompanying this ballot and I have carefully complied with such instructions.

Moreover, I further swear (or affirm) that all of the information given above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and that I understand that by knowingly giving false information so as to vote illegally by absentee ballot that I shall be guilty of a misdemeanor which is punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or confinement in the county jail for not more than six months, or both.

_________________ (Signature or mark of voter.) ___________________ (Printed name of voter.)

IF YOUR AFFIDAVIT IS NOT SIGNED (OR MARKED), AND IF YOUR AFFIDAVIT IS NOT WITNESSED BY TWO WITNESSES 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER OR A NOTARY PUBLIC OR OTHER OFFICER AUTHORIZED TO ACKNOWLEDGE OATHS, PRIOR TO BEING DELIVERED OR MAILED TO THE ABSENTEE ELECTION MANAGER, YOUR BALLOT WILL NOT BE COUNTED.

Sworn to and subscribed before me this _____ day of _____, 2__.

I certify that the affiant is known (or made known) to me to be the identical party he or she claims to be. ___________________ (Signature of official) (Title of official) ___________________ (Address of official) OR 1st Witness____________ Signature _____________ Print name _____________ Address ______________ City Zip Code

2nd Witness______________ Signature _____________ Print name _____________ Address ______________ City Zip Code”

(c) Unless running unopposed, a candidate may not witness or notarize any absentee ballot.
Ala. Code § 17-13-25 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-25
Section 17-13-25 Changing or Altering Returns of Primary Elections
Status: in_force

Any person who shall change or in any wise alter the returns of any primary election, or remove the copy of the returns posted at any polling place before the result of the election is announced by the committee or governing authority, shall be punished in the same form and manner as provided by the general law for the punishment of any person who changes or in any wise alters the returns of the regular state elections.
Ala. Code § 17-13-22 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-22
Section 17-13-22 Certification of Nominees to Judge of Probate
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State, not later than 69 days before the general election, shall certify to the judge of probate of each county in the state a separate list of nominees of each party for office and for each candidate who has requested to be an independent candidate and has filed a written petition in accordance with Section 17-9-3, except nominees for county offices, to be voted for by the voters of such county.
Ala. Code § 17-17-52 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-52
Section 17-17-52 False or Fraudulent Returns
Status: in_force

Any person who makes a false or fraudulent return of the result of any primary election, or who falsely or fraudulently changes the votes, ballots, figures, or results of any election shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 17-16-72 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 16 / Section 17-16-72
Section 17-16-72 Each Party Entitled to Be Present
Status: in_force

Each party shall have the right to be present at the taking of any evidence, in person or by agent or attorney.
Ala. Code § 17-6-47 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-6-47
Section 17-6-47 Blank Forms and Stationery for Election
Status: in_force

The judge of probate for each county shall have printed, at the expense of the county, ballots, blank poll lists, certificates of results, oaths, and any other stationery or blank forms necessary in the conduct of an election. The judge of probate shall also superintend and insure the delivery by the sheriff to the inspectors of the election of the ballots, blank poll lists, certificates of results, oaths, and other stationery or blank forms necessary in the conduct of the elections.
Ala. Code § 17-11-40 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-11-40
Section 17-11-40 Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) COMMITTEE. The Alabama Electronic Overseas Voting Advisory Committee.

(2) OVERSEAS VOTER. Includes all of the following:

a. A member of the uniformed services while in the active service, or an eligible spouse or dependent of such a member, who is a permanent resident of the state and is temporarily residing outside of the territorial limits of the United States and the District of Columbia, who is qualified and registered to vote as provided by law.

b. A member of the Merchant Marine of the United States, or an eligible spouse or dependent of such a member, who is a permanent resident of the state and is temporarily residing outside of the territorial limits of the United States and the District of Columbia, who is qualified and registered to vote as provided by law.

c. Any other citizen of the United States who is a permanent resident of the state and is temporarily residing outside of the territorial limits of the United States and the District of Columbia, who is qualified and registered to vote as provided by law.
Ala. Code § 17-3-6 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-3-6
Section 17-3-6 Oath of Office; Registrars Designated as Judicial Officers
Status: in_force

Before entering upon the performance of the duties of office, each registrar shall take the same oath as required by the judicial officers of the state, which oath may be administered by any person authorized to administer oaths. The oath shall be in writing, subscribed by the registrar, and filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county. Registrars are judicial officers and shall act judicially in all matters pertaining to the registration of applicants.
Ala. Code § 17-14-73 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 14 / Section 17-14-73
Section 17-14-73 Governor to Estimate Returns and Give Notice of Election
Status: in_force

Within 22 days after the time for making the returns, the Governor, in the presence of the Secretary of State and Attorney General, or either of them in the absence of the other, must estimate the returns, ascertain which candidates are elected and notify them by proclamation.
Ala. Code § 17-11-51 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-11-51
Section 17-11-51 Funding
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other laws to the contrary, all expenses and costs incurred by the state or any county commission in carrying out the responsibilities and duties required in this article shall be paid by the State of Alabama. All costs associated with this article shall be drawn from funds made available to the Secretary of State under state and federal law to pay all such expenses and costs in all counties regardless of whether a state elective office or referendum appears on the ballot in a particular county.
Ala. Code § 17-17-4 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-4
Section 17-17-4 Improper Use of Official Authority or Position for Political Activities
Status: in_force

Any person who attempts to use his or her official authority or position for the purpose of influencing the vote or political action of any person shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony.
Ala. Code § 17-11-8 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-11-8
Section 17-11-8 Form of Affidavit to Be Printed on Envelope - Primary Elections
Status: in_force

The form of the affidavit which shall be printed on the envelope used in primary elections shall be the same as that used in general, special, and municipal elections; except, that the following sentence shall be added and inserted therein immediately above the signature of the voter:

“I am a member of the ________ Party and subscribe to all conditions and qualifications laid down by that party’s committee as a requisite for participation in the election ________ (Signature of Voter).”

Such affidavit shall be sworn to in the same manner and form as in general, special, and municipal elections.
Ala. Code § 17-14-54 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 14 / Section 17-14-54
Section 17-14-54 Cost of Elections on Constitutional Amendments
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise stated in the act or resolution calling such election, whenever any special election is ordered by the Legislature upon any proposed amendment or amendments to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and the amendment affects only one municipality in this state, and if no amendment or amendments other than those affecting the municipality are submitted to the voters of the state at the election, the expense of holding such election, including the cost of publishing the notices and proclamation required by the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, shall be paid by such municipality.
Ala. Code § 17-7-14 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-7-14
Section 17-7-14 When Registration Certificate Not Required
Status: reserved

THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2006-570.
Ala. Code § 17-9-13 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-9-13
Section 17-9-13 Voting Assistance; Time Allowed to Finish Voting
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who wishes assistance in voting may receive assistance from any person the voter chooses except the voter’s employer, an agent of the employer, or an officer or agent of the voter’s union. The voter is not required to state a reason for requesting assistance. To obtain assistance, the voter must specifically request assistance by naming the person from whom assistance is sought and by signing in the appropriate column of the voters’ poll list. The person providing assistance shall legibly sign in the adjacent column on the same line as the assisted voter’s name. By signing the poll list, the assistant shall certify that he or she is not the voter’s employer, an agent of the employer, or an officer or agent of the voter’s union. If the voter is unable to sign the poll list, the person giving assistance shall write the voter’s name in the appropriate column and then sign his or her own name in the third column.

(b) Any voter remaining in a voting station, including, but not limited to, a voting machine, table, booth, or device that permits a voter to complete a ballot in privacy, for four minutes or longer may be asked by a poll official if he or she requires assistance. At the same time, the voter shall be reminded that he or she has the right to have the assistance of any other person as permitted by law in this section, and that the poll officials may assist the voter if he or she so desires. If the voter does not desire assistance, the voter shall be permitted to remain in the voting station for no less than one additional minute. At the end of this additional minute, and if there exists a line of individuals waiting to vote, the voter may be informed that time is up and be asked to leave. If there is no line, the voter shall have as much time as necessary to finish voting. If the voter does request assistance, the voter may have the assistance of any person of his or her choosing currently in the voting place, as permitted by law in this section, and may have no less than an additional five minutes to vote. At the end of this additional five minutes, and if there exists a line of individuals waiting to vote, the voter may be informed that the time is up and be asked to leave the voting station. If there is no line, the voter shall have as much time as necessary to finish voting. Before an assigned voter exits the voting place, the voters’ poll list must be revised to reflect that assistance was received.

(c) An election official shall allow any voter who is mobility disabled or over the age of 70, who so requests, to move to the front of the line at the polling place.

(d) This section applies to general, primary, and special elections.

(e) The Chief election official at each polling place shall post a public notice at each polling place explaining mobility disabled voters or voters over the age of 70 are allowed, upon their request, to move to the front of the line at the polling place.
Ala. Code § 17-3-13 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-3-13
Section 17-3-13 Compensation Increases
Status: in_force

(a) A county commission, upon the adoption of a resolution, may increase the per diem compensation paid to each member of the county board of registrars without the necessity of enacting a local law of authorization, provided that no state funds shall be used for such additional compensation.

(b) As an alternate to subsection (a), beginning October 1, 2006, each member of the county board of registrars may receive the same cost-of-living increases in compensation that are granted to county employees by a county commission at the time of the adoption of the county budget. The increases shall be in the same amount or percentage, as the case may be, as that amount or percentage increase provided to county employees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any percentage increases shall be calculated based upon the salary or compensation provided under general law and shall not include any current or future local supplements granted to a member of the county board of registrars by local law. Any increases granted pursuant to this section shall be terminated upon the appointment of a new member, who shall be entitled to increases to his or her base salary or compensation commencing on the October 1 immediately following his or her appointment.

(c) A supplement under this section can only occur one time after which legislative approval must be obtained.
Ala. Code § 17-13-5 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-5
Section 17-13-5 Filing of Declaration of Candidacy; Certification of Names of Candidates; Preparation of Ballots; Unopposed Candidates
Status: in_force

(a) All candidates for nomination to public office or for election to party office in the primary election provided for in this chapter shall file their declaration of candidacy with the state party chair if they seek any federal, state, circuit, or district office, or the state Senate, House of Representatives, or any other office that is not a county office not later than 5:00 P.M. 116 days before the date of the primary election. All candidates for nomination or election to a county office shall file their declaration with the county party chair not later than 5:00 P.M. 116 days before the date of the primary election.

(b) The state party chair shall, no later than 5:00 P.M. 82 days before the primary election, certify the names of all primary election candidates, except candidates for county offices, to the Secretary of State. The county party chair shall, not later than 5:00 P.M. 82 days prior to the date of the primary election, certify to the judge of probate the names of all candidates for nomination to county offices or election to county party offices. The Secretary of State shall, not less than 74 days prior to the date of the primary election, certify to the judge of probate of every county in which the election is to be held the names of the opposed candidates for nomination to federal, state, circuit, or district offices, the state Senate, House of Representatives, and all other opposed candidates to public or party office, except candidates for county offices.

(c) The judge of probate of each county shall have the ballots prepared for the primary election. If a legally qualified candidate for nomination to an office is unopposed when the last date for filing declarations of candidacy has passed, his or her name shall not appear on the ballots to be used in the primary election, and he or she shall be the nominee of the party with which he or she has qualified for the office. If a legally qualified candidate for election to a party office is unopposed when the last date for filing declarations of candidacy has passed, his or her name shall not appear on the ballots to be used in the primary election, and he or she shall be declared elected to the party office for which he or she qualified.
Ala. Code § 17-16-48 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 16 / Section 17-16-48
Section 17-16-48 Notice of Nature of Evidence
Status: in_force

No testimony must be received of any illegal votes or of the rejection of any legal votes in any contested election commenced under the provisions of this article unless the party complaining thereof has given to the adverse party notice in writing of the number of illegal votes and by whom given and for whom given, and at what precinct or voting place cast, or the number of legal votes rejected, and by whom offered, and at what precinct or voting place cast, which the party expects to prove on the trial. Such notice must be served personally or left at the residence or usual place of business of the adverse party at least 10 days before the taking of testimony in reference to such votes.
Ala. Code § 17-4-5 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-4-5
Section 17-4-5 Notice of Previous Registration to Be Given
Status: in_force

When a person makes application for registration before a county board of registrars, it shall be the duty of that board, if the elector has been previously registered before in any other county or state, to notify the registrar of voters in the county or state of the previous registration that such elector has applied for and been registered as an elector in the county where such application for registration is made. In addition to asking an elector whether he or she has been previously registered before in any other county or state, the board of registrars shall ascertain if an elector has been previously registered before in any other county of this state by conducting a computerized search of the statewide voter registration list, using the elector’s name along with any other identifying information provided by the elector.

When the notice required in this section is received by the board of registrars of any county where such person had been previously registered, it shall be the duty of the board of registrars receiving such notice to remove forthwith the name of such person from the list of qualified electors of the county of previous registration, and such person shall thereafter be disqualified to vote in any election held in any county of previous registration unless the person is duly reregistered.
Ala. Code § 17-7-25 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-7-25
Section 17-7-25 Implementation of Article
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of the committee to recommend procedures to be implemented by the Secretary of State under the Administrative Procedure Act where appropriate to achieve and maintain the maximum degree of correctness and impartiality of voting, counting, tabulating, and recording votes, by electronic vote counting systems provided by this article.

(b) To the extent practicable, statutes and procedures implemented by the Secretary of State pursuant to this chapter shall apply in all municipal elections that are conducted using automatic tabulating equipment or an electronic official vote counting system. The duties assigned in the rules and statutes to a state or county election official shall be performed by the corresponding municipal official. Where there is no corresponding municipal official, the duties shall be performed by the municipal clerk or other election official appointed by the municipal governing body where the clerk is ineligible to perform these duties. Where the rules or statutes refer to a statutory provision or act that conflicts with a statutory provision or act specifically applicable in municipal elections, the provision governing municipal elections shall prevail.
Ala. Code § 17-6-1 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-6-1
Section 17-6-1 Purpose
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for participation by the State of Alabama in programs of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce which provide for furnishing census information to the states for purposes of reapportionment, pursuant to federal laws for that purpose. It is further the purpose of this chapter to reduce voter confusion and facilitate the election process in Alabama.
Ala. Code § 17-12-6 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 12 / Section 17-12-6
Section 17-12-6 Counting Upon Close of Polls
Status: in_force

Inspectors of elections in the voting places shall, immediately on the closing of the polls, count the votes polled, and no votes shall be counted until the polls are closed.
Ala. Code § 17-13-83 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-83
Section 17-13-83 Manner of Commencing Contest of Nomination to Office Other Than County Office
Status: in_force

Any qualified elector of a party participating in any primary election held under the provisions of this chapter may, if the elector participated in the primary, contest a nomination declared by his or her party to any office, other than a county office, by filing with the chair of the state executive committee a statement of contest and grounds thereof, as required by this article, for contest before a committee, verified and with averments the same as therein provided and by giving security as provided in this article. The person whose nomination is contested shall at once be notified by such chair in writing of such fact, and such contestee shall have five days after the receipt of such notice of such contest within which to file with the chair of the state executive committee his or her objections and answers to the statement of contest.
Ala. Code § 17-4-38 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-4-38
Section 17-4-38 Dissemination of Information on Voter Registration. (Amended by Act 2026-570)
Status: in_force

AMENDED BY ACT 2026-570, EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2026. SEE ACT FOR REVISED LANGUAGE.

(a) The Secretary of State shall ensure that all applicants obtain requested voter lists in a timely manner. Methods shall be established for the transmission of tapes, discs, or lists to any applicant. Hindrances shall not be created or devised to delay transmission of tapes, discs, or lists to any applicant.

(b) Except as provided in this section, there shall be a uniform charge for the production of voter lists. The reproduction costs of the basic electronic copy of the statewide file shall be reasonable as determined by the Secretary of State and a fee schedule shall be conspicuously posted in the office of the Secretary of State. Costs of printed copies of lists are as otherwise provided by law.

(c) Access to the lists and voter history information contained on the central computer in the office of the Secretary of State is accessible to anyone making application, except Social Security numbers which are not to be released.

(d) Proceeds from the sale of tapes, discs, lists, labels, or other materials from the Secretary of State shall be retained by the Secretary of State for use in voter registration.

(e) The Secretary of State shall provide, without charge, each legislator one copy of the voter list in his or her district within 90 days of his or her assuming office.

(f) Upon application and without charge, the Administrative Office of Courts shall be provided with an electronic copy of the statewide voter list no more than once a year for its use in the production of a master jury list or for any other lawful purpose.

(g) Upon application and without charge, the chief elections officer of any other state shall be provided with an electronic copy of the statewide voter list no more than once a year for any lawful purpose, on the condition that the chief elections officer of the requesting state agrees to reciprocate and provide a copy of the statewide voter list of that state to the chief elections officer of this state upon request and without charge, to be used for any lawful purpose. The Secretary of State may enter into an agreement with any other state, at any time, regarding the exchange of statewide voter lists.

(h) Resale of any portion of the list by the Administrative Office of Courts, or the office of the chief elections officer of any other state, shall be strictly prohibited.
Ala. Code § 17-12-22 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 12 / Section 17-12-22
Section 17-12-22 Results of Election of State Officers; Resolution of Tie Votes
Status: in_force

The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall, within the first five days of the session of the Legislature, in the presence of a majority of the members of the Legislature, open the returns furnished under Section 17-12-19, ascertain and proclaim the result of such election, after which such returns shall be filed and kept in the office of the Secretary of State, subject to the inspection of any elector of the state. The person having the highest number of votes for either of the offices shall be declared duly elected; but if two or more shall have an equal and the highest number of votes for the same office, the Legislature, by joint vote, without delay, shall choose one of the persons for the office. The duty of the speaker and of the joint conventions, under this section, shall be purely ministerial.
Ala. Code § 17-13-13 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-13
Section 17-13-13 Counting of Votes; Results to Be Posted for Public Inspection
Status: in_force

(a) At the close of the primary election at each voting place, and nowhere else, the inspectors and clerks shall proceed forthwith, without adjournment, in the manner provided by law in the case of general elections, to count the votes. This section shall not apply to provisional ballots governed by Section 17-10-2.

(b) No later than two hours after the polls are closed, the election results for the voting place as tabulated by the inspectors shall be posted by the inspectors for public inspection at a place in the county courthouse designated by the judge of probate.
Ala. Code § 17-17-10 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-10
Section 17-17-10 Notice of Ineligibility for Appointing Board; Serving on Board When Ineligible
Status: in_force

Any judge of probate who shall fail to certify to the clerk of the circuit court the fact of the candidacy of the judge of probate, the clerk of the circuit court, or the sheriff, thus rendering them ineligible to serve as members of the appointing board of election managers, in the manner and time he or she is required to so certify such fact under the election laws of this state, shall be guilty , upon conviction, of a violation.

Any judge of probate, sheriff, or circuit clerk who shall act as a member of the appointing board of election managers while a candidate for public office, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation
Ala. Code § 17-14-9 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 14 / Section 17-14-9
Section 17-14-9 Justices of the Supreme Court
Status: in_force

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the associate justices of the court shall hold their respective offices for the term of six years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next after their election and until their successors are elected and qualified.

The office of a justice of the Supreme Court shall be vacant if the incumbent dies, resigns, retires, or is removed. A vacancy in the office of a justice of the Supreme Court shall be filled by appointment by the Governor. A justice appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve an initial term lasting until the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January following the next general election held after he or she has completed one year in office. At such election, the office shall be filled for a full term of office beginning at the end of the appointed term.
Ala. Code § 17-17-25 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-25
Section 17-17-25 Failure to Perform Duties as to Absentee Voting
Status: in_force

Any person who shall willfully fail or refuse to perform or discharge any duty required by Chapter 11 shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation.
Ala. Code § 17-12-10 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 12 / Section 17-12-10
Section 17-12-10 Posting of Certificate of Result
Status: in_force

Immediately after the election the inspectors shall post in front of the polling place a copy of their certificate of the result of the election.
Ala. Code § 17-16-73 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 16 / Section 17-16-73
Section 17-16-73 Commission to Report Conclusions and Evidence
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the commission to examine the evidence adduced upon the contest, and shall report its conclusions to the joint convention of the two houses, and all evidence taken under the provisions of this article shall be returned by the commission to the Speaker of the House at such time as the joint convention may direct.
Ala. Code § 17-3-30.1 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-3-30.1
Section 17-3-30.1 Disqualification of Electors for Felonies Involving Moral Turpitude
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Felony Voter Disqualification Act.

(b)(1) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:

a. That Section 177 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, provides that Alabama citizens shall lose the right to vote when convicted of a crime only if the conviction was for a felony involving moral turpitude.

b. That under general law, there is no comprehensive list of felonies that involve moral turpitude that disqualify an individual from exercising his or her right to vote. Neither individuals with felony convictions nor election officials have a comprehensive, authoritative source for determining if a felony conviction involves moral turpitude and is therefore a disqualifying felony.

(2) The purposes of this section are all of the following:

a. To give full effect to Section 177 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022.

b. To ensure that no individual is wrongly excluded from the electoral franchise.

c. To provide a comprehensive list of acts that constitute moral turpitude for the limited purpose of disqualifying an individual from exercising his or her right to vote.

(c) For purposes of Section 177 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, an individual is disqualified to vote by reason of conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude only when convicted of any of the following offenses in a degree constituting a felony:

(1) Capital Murder as defined in Section 13A-5-40.

(2) Murder as defined in Section 13A-6-2.

(3) Manslaughter as defined in Section 13A-6-3.

(4) Assault as defined in Section 13A-6-20, except for subdivision (5) of subsection (a) of Section 13A-6-20, and Section 13A-6-21.

(5) Compelling streetgang membership as defined in subsection 13A-6-26(d).

(6) Aggravated stalking as defined in 13A-6-91.

(7) Domestic violence in the first degree as defined in Section 13A-6-130.

(8) Domestic violence in the second degree as defined in Section 13A-6-131.

(9) Domestic violence by strangulation or suffocation as defined in Section 13A-6-138.

(10) Elder abuse as defined in subsection 38-9-7(b).

(11) Kidnapping in the first degree as defined in Section 13A-6-43.

(12) Kidnapping in the second degree as defined in Section 13A-6-44.

(13) Rape as defined in Sections 13A-6-61 and 13A-6-62.

(14) Sodomy as defined in Sections 13A-6-63 and 13A-6-64.

(15) Sexual torture as defined in Section 13A-6-65.1.

(16) Sexual abuse as defined in Sections 13A-6-66, 13A-6-67, and 13A-6-69.1.

(17) Enticing a child to enter a vehicle for immoral purposes as defined in Section 13A-6-69.

(18) Facilitating solicitation of unlawful sexual conduct with a child as defined in Section 13A-6-121.

(19) Electronic solicitation of a child as defined in Section 13A-6-122.

(20) Facilitating the on-line solicitation of a child as defined in Section 13A-6-123.

(21) Traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act as defined in Section 13A-6-124.

(22) Facilitating the travel of a child for an unlawful sex act as defined in Section 13A-6-125.

(23) Human trafficking as defined in Sections 13A-6-152 and 13A-6-153.

(24) Terrorism as defined in Section 13A-10-152.

(25) Soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism as defined in Section 13A-10-153.

(26) Hindering prosecution of terrorism as defined in Section 13A-10-154.

(27) Endangering the water supply as defined in Section 13A-10-171.

(28) Possession, manufacture, transport, or distribution of a destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapon as defined in Section 13A-10-193.

(29) Selling, furnishing, giving away, delivering, or distribution of a destructive device, a bacteriological weapon, or biological weapon to a person who is less than 21 years of age as defined in Section 13A-10-194.

(30) Possession, manufacture, transport, or distribution of a detonator, explosive, poison, or hoax device as defined in Section 13A-10-195.

(31) Possession or distribution of a hoax device represented as a destructive device or weapon as defined in subsection (c) of Section 13A-10-196.

(32) Attempt to commit an explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime as defined in Section 13A-10-197.

(33) Conspiracy to commit an explosives or destructive device or bacteriological or biological weapons crime as defined in Section 13A-10-198.

(34) Hindrance or obstruction during detection, disarming, or destruction of a destructive device or weapon as defined in Section 13A-10-199.

(35) Possession or distribution of a destructive device or weapon intended to cause injury or destruction as defined in Section 13A-10-200.

(36) Treason as defined in Section 13A-11-2.

(37) Dissemination or public display of obscene matter containing visual depiction of persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts as defined in Section 13A-12-191.

(38) Possession and possession with intent to disseminate obscene matter containing visual depiction of persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts as defined in Section 13A-12-192.

(39) Parents or guardians permitting children to engage in production of obscene matter as defined in Section 13A-12-196.

(40) Production of obscene matter containing visual depiction of persons under 17 years of age involved in obscene acts as defined in Section 13A-12-197.

(41) Distribution, possession with intent to distribute, production of obscene material, or offer or agreement to distribute or produce, as defined in Section 13A-12-200.2.

(42) Trafficking in cannabis, cocaine, or other illegal drugs or trafficking in amphetamine and methamphetamine as defined in Section 13A-12-231.

(43) Bigamy as defined in Section 13A-13-1.

(44) Incest as defined in Section 13A-13-3.

(45) Torture or other willful maltreatment of a child under 18 years of age as defined in Section 26-15-3.

(46) Aggravated child abuse as defined in Section 26-15-3.1.

(47) Prohibited acts in the offer, sale, or purchase of securities as defined in Section 8-6-17.

(48) Burglary as defined in Sections 13A-7-5 and 13A-7-6.

(49) Aggravated theft by deception as defined in Section 13A-8-2.1.

(50) Theft of property as defined in Sections 13A-8-3 and 13A-8-4.

(51) Theft of lost property as defined in Sections 13A-8-7 and 13A-8-8.

(52) Theft of trademarks or trade secrets as defined in Section 13A-8-10.4.

(53) Robbery as defined in Sections 13A-8-41, 13A-8-42, and 13A-8-43.

(54) Forgery as defined in Sections 13A-9-2 and 13A-9-3.

(55) Any felony committed against an election official pursuant to Section 13A-5-14.

(56) Any crime as defined by the laws of the United States or by the laws of another state, territory, country, or other jurisdiction, which, if committed in this state, would constitute one of the offenses listed in this subsection.

(d) Any attempt as defined in Section 13A-4-2, conspiracy as defined in Sections 13A-4-3 and 13A-4-4, or solicitation as defined in Section 13A-4-1 to commit a crime of moral turpitude shall be considered a crime of moral turpitude for purposes of this section.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as determining moral turpitude for any purpose other than disqualifying an individual from exercising his or her right to vote.

(f) The felonies involving moral turpitude listed in subsection (c) are the only felonies for which an individual, upon conviction, may be disqualified from voting.
Ala. Code § 17-5-10 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-5-10
Section 17-5-10 Public Inspection of Reports; Date of Receipt
Status: in_force

(a) Each report or statement shall be preserved and a copy made available for public inspection by the Secretary of State.

(b) The date of filing of a report or statement filed pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed to be the date of receipt by the Secretary of State; provided, that any report or statement filed by certified or registered mail shall be deemed to be filed in a timely fashion if the date of the United States postmark stamped on the report or statement is the required filing date, and if the report or statement is properly addressed with postage prepaid.
Ala. Code § 17-5-4.1 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 5 / Section 17-5-4.1
Section 17-5-4.1 Exemption of Candidates for Municipal Office from Certain Filing Requirements
Status: in_force

A candidate running for a municipal office is exempt from the filing requirements of Sections 17-5-4 and 17-5-8, unless and until the candidate receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000).
Ala. Code § 17-13-12 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-12
Section 17-13-12 Returning Officers
Status: in_force

The inspector shall perform the duty of precinct returning officer as in general elections, unless someone else has been named and designated as authorized by law. It shall be the duty of the inspector or the duty of such returning officer as may be otherwise legally named and designated, as the case may be, to return and deliver to the sheriff, who is the county returning officer, or the sheriff’s designee, at the office of the judge of probate at the county seat or at such other place as designated by the judge of probate, the ballots and returns. The ballots and returns shall not be allowed to leave the county returning officer’s possession, except as provided by state and federal law.
Ala. Code § 17-13-3 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-3
Section 17-13-3 Time and Place for Holding Primary Elections
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (d), primary elections held at the expense of the state or counties shall be held on the Tuesday in May preceding Memorial Day. When necessary, as provided in this chapter, a second or runoff primary election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday following the primary election. Any second primary shall be held by the same election officers who held the first primary election and be held at the same places as the first primary election. No primary election shall be held by any political party except as provided in this subsection. Primary elections shall be held at the regular polling places established for the purpose of holding general elections.

(b) In years in which a presidential primary is conducted, the primary election shall be the first Tuesday in March.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any year in which the primary election is held in March and the primary election is held in conjunction with the presidential preference primary election, as provided in this section and Section 17-13-100, any reference in any existing statutes to a primary election being held in June or May shall be construed to refer to the primary election in March.

(d) Special primary elections, held at the expense of the state or counties, shall be held following the issuance of a proclamation by the Governor or as otherwise provided by law. When necessary, as provided in this chapter, a second or runoff special primary election shall be held on the fourth Tuesday following the special primary election. Any second special primary election shall be held by the same election officers who held the first special primary election and be held at the same places as the first special primary election. No special primary election shall be held by any political party, except as provided in this subsection. Special primary elections shall be held at the regular polling places established for the purpose of holding general elections.
Ala. Code § 17-7-18 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 7 / Section 17-7-18
Section 17-7-18 Proximity of Persons to Polling Place
Status: in_force

THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-9-50 BY ACT 2006-570.
Ala. Code § 17-15-6 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 15 / Section 17-15-6
Section 17-15-6 Notification of Sheriff and Clerk of Circuit Court
Status: in_force

When any special election is ordered by the Governor, the judge of probate of the counties in which such election is to be held must, within three days after receiving notice thereof, notify the sheriff and clerk of the circuit court of their respective counties of such special election.
Ala. Code § 17-14-53 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 14 / Section 17-14-53
Section 17-14-53 Expense of Publication of Proclamation
Status: in_force

Whenever any proposed amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, regardless of the nature thereof, is submitted to the people for ratification or adoption, the expense of publication of the Governor’s proclamation concerning such amendment shall be paid out of the General Fund of the State of Alabama. Payment of the expense of the publication of any such proclamation shall be made upon account stated, certified to be correct, approved by the Governor, upon warrant of the state Comptroller.

There is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund of the State of Alabama such sum or sums as may be necessary to pay the expense of the publication of any such proclamation.
Ala. Code § 17-9-8 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-9-8
Section 17-9-8 No Adjournment
Status: in_force

After the polls have opened, no adjournment or recess shall be taken until the certificate of the result of the election is signed.
Ala. Code § 17-17-19 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-19
Section 17-17-19 Deceiving Elector in Preparation of Ballot
Status: in_force

Any inspector, helper, or assistant who willfully deceives any elector in preparing his or her ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony.
Ala. Code § 17-16-90 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 16 / Section 17-16-90
Section 17-16-90 Limited Post-Election Audit of the November 8, 2022, Statewide General Election
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Voter Confidence Act.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Secretary of State may conduct a limited post-election audit of the November 8, 2022, statewide general election, as provided in this subsection.

(1) The post-election audit shall be conducted no earlier than November 30, 2022, and no later than January 31, 2023.

(2) Upon receiving from the county commission and judge of probate a request of a county to be added to a list of applicants, the Secretary of State may select up to three applicants to participate in the audit. To the extent possible, the three counties selected shall reflect the gender, race, and geographical areas of the state. The audit shall be conducted upon only one voting location in the county on only one statewide office selected by the Secretary of State and on one county office in each of the three selected counties.

(3) In the three selected counties, the Secretary of State shall consult with the respective judge of probate and sheriff to select the day to conduct the audit and the county office to be audited.

(4) To begin the audit process, the Secretary of State shall file a petition with the presiding circuit judge for the county stating the specific reason for the petition and include the specific voting location and races to be audited, and shall request a protective order in addition to the relief requested. If the circuit judge grants the petition, the judge shall deliver a written order to the respective judge of probate and sheriff granting them authority to open the appropriate ballot boxes and provide any other necessary election materials in order for the audit to be conducted. The order shall include the name of the voting location and the names of the statewide office and the county office to be audited. If the circuit judge does not grant the petition, the audit shall be considered concluded.

(5) Poll workers shall be appointed to conduct the post-election audit, and appointments shall be made in the same manner as for any other election activity.

(c) All expenses incurred by any county pursuant to this section shall be reimbursed from federal funds made available for use by the Secretary of State. If no federal funds are available, the Secretary of State shall be responsible for all costs associated with the audit.

(d) The judge of probate shall make all results from the post-election audit public by posting the results on the courthouse door at the conclusion of the audit and posting the results on the official website of the Secretary of State.

(e) The Secretary of State shall report all findings of the post-election audit to the Governor and the Legislature within 30 days of completion of the audit.
Ala. Code § 17-13-20 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-20
Section 17-13-20 Determination of Majority of Votes Cast
Status: in_force

If a nominee for a single office is to be selected, with more than one candidate, then the majority of votes cast for the office in such election shall be ascertained by dividing the total votes cast for all candidates for the office by two, and any number of votes in excess of one half of such total votes cast for all candidates for such office shall be a majority within the meaning of this section. If nominees for two or more offices, constituting a group, are to be selected and there are more candidates for nomination than there are such offices, then the majority of votes cast for the office in such election shall be ascertained by dividing the total votes cast for all such candidates by the number of positions to be filled, and then dividing the result by two. Any number of votes in excess of the number ascertained by such last division shall be the majority herein provided for necessary for nomination. If, in ascertaining the result in this way, it appears that more candidates have obtained this majority than there are positions to be filled, then those having the highest vote, if beyond the majority just defined, shall be declared the nominees for the positions to be filled.
Ala. Code § 17-12-9 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 12 / Section 17-12-9
Section 17-12-9 Delivery of Certificates to Judge of Probate; Forwarding to Secretary of State
Status: in_force

The canvassing board must, as soon as they have ascertained the result of an election, make on forms furnished by the Secretary of State certificates stating the exact number of votes cast in the county by voting place for each person voted for and the office for which such person was voted for, and file the certificates with the judge of probate who must immediately forward such certificate to the Secretary of State.
Ala. Code § 17-3-57 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 3 / Section 17-3-57
Section 17-3-57 Forms and Supplies; Publication of Notices; Expenses
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall furnish to each board of registrars the necessary forms and supplies for effectuating the purposes of this chapter, and the expense incurred thereby shall be paid by the state. The cost of the publication of the notices required to be given by the registrars shall be paid by the state. The bills shall be rendered to the Department of Finance and approved by the Department of Finance. The several counties shall pay all other reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the boards in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
Ala. Code § 17-13-41 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-41
Section 17-13-41 Determination of Total Vote of Political Party
Status: in_force

In determining the total vote of a political party whenever required by this chapter, the test shall be the total vote received by a candidate of that party who received the highest vote total of any of the candidates of that party.
Ala. Code § 17-16-76 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 16 / Section 17-16-76
Section 17-16-76 Execution for Costs
Status: in_force

After the determination of the contest, the Clerk of the House of Representatives must tax the costs accrued and certify the amount of each separate item, the name of the person entitled thereto, and the result of such contest and the names of the sureties on the bond for contest, to the clerk of the circuit court of Montgomery County, and the clerk must thereupon issue execution against the unsuccessful party, which execution must be made returnable in 30 days after its issue; and alias and pluries executions may be issued as often as may be necessary. And if it be certified that the determination of the contest was against the contestant, the execution must issue against the sureties on the bond for the contest as well as against the contestant.
Ala. Code § 17-14-50 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 14 / Section 17-14-50
Section 17-14-50 Counting and Returning Vote on Constitutional Amendment
Status: in_force

The vote on an amendment proposed to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, shall be counted and return made thereof as the vote for members of the Legislature is counted and returned, the amendments, if more than one, being designated by substantially the language used to designate them on the official ballot.
Ala. Code § 17-6-21 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-6-21
Section 17-6-21 Contents; Amendments; Withdrawal of Name
Status: in_force

(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 individual’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 71 days before the primary or general election. Any amendment to a certification of a candidate by a state executive committee shall be filed with the judge of probate in the case of a county office, or the Secretary of State in the case of a state or federal office. Any amendment filed after the 71st day before a primary or a general election shall be accepted by the judge of probate or the Secretary of State but shall not be cause for reprinting of the ballots. The name of a candidate who is the subject of the amendment and who is disqualified by a political party or who has withdrawn as a candidate shall remain on the ballot, not be replaced by the name of another candidate, and the appropriate canvassing board shall not certify any votes for the candidate. Any amendment to a certification to correct the spelling of the name of a candidate that is filed after the 71st day before a primary or general election, or after the printing of absentee ballots for a primary runoff election has commenced, shall not be cause for reprinting of the ballots and shall not affect the counting or certification of any votes cast for the candidate.

(c) The notification deadline for individuals who do not wish to accept nomination in a primary election is 71 days before the date of the election. An individual who does not wish to accept nomination in a second primary election shall submit the notification set forth in subsection (a) before the printing of absentee ballots. The notification deadline for individuals who do not wish to accept nomination in a general election is 71 days before the date of the election. In the event that a candidate submits a notification of withdrawal after the applicable deadline, the name of the candidate shall remain on the ballot and the appropriate canvassing board may not certify any votes for the candidate.
Ala. Code § 17-9-15 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-9-15
Section 17-9-15 Disposition of Records and Forms After Close of Polls
Status: in_force

After the close of the polls in all primary, special, general, and municipal elections held in the state, the records and forms produced at the polling places shall be returned as follows:

(1) The list of registered voters, the affirmations of provisional voters, the statements of election officials challenging provisional voters, and the voter reidentification forms shall be sealed in an envelope addressed to the board of registrars and the inspectors and any poll watchers present shall sign across the seal. The board of registrars shall hold the list of registered voters while using it to update their voter histories in accordance with Article 2 of Chapter 4. A copy of the list of registered voters shall be made a public record after the information specified in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of Section 17-4-33 has been redacted by the board of registrars. The original and copies of the list shall then be returned to the city clerk in municipal elections and the judge of probate in all other elections.

(2) The signed voters’ poll list shall be sealed in an envelope and the inspectors and any poll watchers present shall sign across the seal. The envelope shall be delivered to the judge of probate in general and special elections and to the party chairs in primary elections. The “clerk’s poll list” shall be sealed in an envelope labeled “records of election” and the inspector and any poll watchers present shall sign across the seal and the envelope shall be placed in a “records of election” container and remain there during the period of time for the initiation of an election contest or recount as provided by law. The “records of election” container shall be delivered to the city clerk in municipal elections and the sheriff in all other elections to be retained in accordance with state and federal law.
Ala. Code § 17-16-51 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 16 / Section 17-16-51
Section 17-16-51 Contest of Senator or Representative in Legislature - Testimony
Status: in_force

The testimony in the case of a contest provided for in Section 17-16-50 must be taken by deposition under commission issued by the clerk of the court where the statement of contest is filed, which commission must issue upon the party applying for the same making and filing an affidavit stating the name of the witnesses, the place of residence of such witnesses, and that the testimony sought and expected is material. The depositions must be taken on interrogatories filed in the office of the clerk after making and filing the affidavit and of the interrogatories and affidavit and the names and residence of the commissioner or commissioners proposed to be appointed, 10 days’ notice must be given the adverse party by service on him or her personally or by leaving at his or her usual place of residence or business a copy of the interrogatories and affidavit, to which must be appended notice of the name and residence of the commissioner proposed to be appointed. Such service must be made by the sheriff or a constable of the county, and within 10 days thereafter such adverse party may file cross-interrogatories, to which the party filing the interrogatories may file rebutting interrogatories, and thereafter commission may issue. The commissioner must give each party five days’ notice in writing of the time and place of taking the depositions, which notice may be served by the sheriff or a constable of the county. If the witnesses reside or are to be examined within the county, the adverse party is entitled to demand that they be examined orally, separate and apart from each other, on giving notice within the 10 days allowed to file cross-interrogatories that such examination is required; and if such notice be given, the commission issued must not be accompanied by the interrogatories filed, and must authorize and direct the commissioner to examine the witnesses orally, separate and apart from each other, after giving each party five days’ notice of the time and place of the examination. In the execution of all commissions to take testimony under this section, the commissioner must conform to and observe the requirements of the statutes and rules concerning the taking of depositions in civil actions and has and may exercise all the power and authority by the statute conferred on commissioners; and against defaulting witnesses all such proceedings may be had and taken as are authorized by the statutes and rules.
Ala. Code § 17-16-41 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 16 / Section 17-16-41
Section 17-16-41 When Election Not Annulled
Status: in_force

No malconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of the inspector, clerk, returning officer, canvassing board, or other person, nor any offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other malconduct which prevented a fair, free, and full exercise of the elective franchise can annul or set aside any election unless thereby the person declared elected and whose election is contested is shown not to have received the highest number of legal votes, nor may any election contested under the provisions of this title be annulled or set aside because of illegal votes given to the person whose election is contested, unless it appears that the number of illegal votes given to such person, if taken from him or her, would reduce the number of votes given to him or her below the number of legal votes given to some other person for the same office. No election shall be annulled or set aside because of the rejection of legal votes unless it appears that such legal votes, if given to the person intended, would increase the number of the person’s legal votes to or above the number of legal votes received by any other person for the same office.
Ala. Code § 17-17-1 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-1
Section 17-17-1 Arrest of Electors Attending, Going To, or Returning from Elections
Status: in_force

An elector must not be arrested during attendance at elections, or while going to or returning therefrom, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace or for a violation on that day of any of the provisions of the election law. For such breach of the peace the sheriff or the sheriff’s deputy may arrest without process and commit to jail until the offender shall give bond with good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the sheriff, for appearance at the next session of the circuit court to answer any indictment which may be found against the offender.
Ala. Code § 17-14-1 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 14 / Section 17-14-1
Section 17-14-1 State and County Officers Who Are Elected by the People
Status: in_force

The following officers in this state shall be elected by the qualified electors thereof: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Auditor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, public service commissioners, senators and representatives in the Legislature, Chief Justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the courts of appeals, circuit courts, and district courts, district attorneys, judges of the probate court, sheriffs, coroners, clerks of the circuit courts, tax assessors, tax collectors, county treasurers in counties of more than 56,000 population, as provided by law, members of county commissions, constables, representatives in Congress, United States senators, electors for President and Vice President of the United States, and such other officers as may be required by law to be elected by the people, when not otherwise specially provided for.
Ala. Code § 17-13-10 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-10
Section 17-13-10 Ballots to Be Secret and Inviolate
Status: in_force

The ballot of every voter shall be kept secret and inviolate.
Ala. Code § 17-11-46 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-11-46
Section 17-11-46 Overseas Voter Certificate
Status: in_force

In determining the requirements for an overseas voter certificate, the committee and the Secretary of State shall consider including information including the following:

“OVERSEAS VOTER CERTIFICATE

“I, ______________ (print name), swear or affirm, under penalty of perjury, that:

“1. I am a member of the uniformed services or Merchant Marine on active duty temporarily residing outside the United States; or the eligible spouse or dependent of such a member temporarily residing outside the United States; or a United States citizen temporarily residing outside the United States; and

“2. I am a United States citizen, at least 18 years of age, as of the date of the applicable election, and eligible to vote in the requested jurisdiction; and

“3. I have not been convicted of a disqualifying felony or been adjudicated mentally incompetent or, if I have, my voting rights have been reinstated; and

“4. I am not registering, requesting a ballot, or voting in any other jurisdiction in the United States, except the jurisdiction cited in this voting form.

“In voting, I have marked and sealed my ballot in private and have not allowed any person to observe my marking of the ballot, except for those authorized to assist overseas voters under state or federal law. I have not been influenced in marking my ballot. My signature and date below indicate when I completed this certificate. The information on this form is true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge. I understand that a material misstatement of fact in completion of this document may constitute grounds for a conviction for perjury.

“Signed: ________________ Date: _____”
Ala. Code § 17-13-8 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-8
Section 17-13-8 Ballots, Stationery, and Supplies; Pledge Printed on Ballot; Spoiling of Ballot
Status: in_force

Separate official ballots and other election stationery and supplies for each political party shall be printed and furnished for use at each election district or precinct and shall be of a different color for each of the political parties participating in such primary election. All ballots for the same political party shall be alike, except as herein otherwise provided, printed in plain type and upon paper so thick that the printing cannot be distinguished from the back. Across the top of the ballot shall be printed the party’s emblem, if any, and the words, “Official Primary Election Ballot.” Beneath this heading shall be printed the year in which the election is held and the words “Democratic Party” or “Republican Party” or other proper party designation. Each group of candidates to be voted on shall be preceded by the designation of the office for which the candidates seek nomination, and in the proper place shall be printed the words “Vote for one” or “Vote for two” (or more) according to the number to be elected to such office at the ensuing election.

At the option of a political party at the bottom of the ballot and after the name of the last candidate shall be printed the following: “By casting this ballot I do pledge myself to abide by the result of this primary election and to aid and support all the nominees thereof in the ensuing general election.”

Should any voter scratch out, deface, or in any way mutilate or change the pledge printed on the ballot, the voter shall not be considered or held to have repudiated or to have refused to take the pledge, but shall, conclusively, be presumed and held to have scratched out, defaced, or mutilated or changed the same for the sole purpose of identifying the ballot; and, accordingly, such ballot shall be marked “spoiled ballot” and shall not be counted.
Ala. Code § 17-9-9 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-9-9
Section 17-9-9 Proclaiming Polls Open
Status: in_force

The inspectors, before they commence receiving ballots, must cause it to be proclaimed at the place of voting that the election is opened.
Ala. Code § 17-16-7 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 16 / Section 17-16-7
Section 17-16-7 Reimbursing Counties for Election Expenses - Appropriation
Status: in_force

There is hereby appropriated of any funds in the State Treasury not otherwise appropriated such sum or sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of Sections 17-16-2 through 17-16-6.
Ala. Code § 17-14-36 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 14 / Section 17-14-36
Section 17-14-36 Electoral Meeting; Filling of Vacancies
Status: in_force

The electors of President and Vice President are to assemble at the office of the Secretary of State, at the seat of government at 12:00 noon on the second Tuesday in December next after their election, or at that hour on such other day as may be fixed by Congress, to elect such President and Vice President, and those of them present at that hour must at once proceed by ballot and plurality of votes to supply the places of those who fail to attend on that day and hour.
Ala. Code § 17-4-32 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 4 / Section 17-4-32
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
Status: in_force

The judge of probate shall have access to and be provided with the current list of registered voters within his or her county at no cost within seven days after making the request. If computer access to the list of registered voters is available, upon request for access, the judge of probate shall be provided with immediate on-line availability to the list. No agency, department, or office of the State of Alabama shall pay any cost associated with printing or computer access to a list of registered voters available to a judge of probate under this section.
Ala. Code § 17-13-49 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-49
Section 17-13-49 State and Other Conventions
Status: in_force

The state executive committee or other governing body of any political party may provide for state conventions or conventions of other subdivisions and may provide for the election of delegates to such convention or other party officials at the general primary herein provided for.
Ala. Code § 17-11-48 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 11 / Section 17-11-48
Section 17-11-48 Processing of Voted Absentee Ballots
Status: in_force

The committee and the Secretary of State shall determine the procedures to be followed for the processing of voted absentee ballots received from eligible overseas voters.
Ala. Code § 17-17-2 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-2
Section 17-17-2 Duty of Sheriff to Preserve Order at Elections
Status: in_force

Any sheriff or deputy who wilfully or corruptly fails to perform any duty imposed by Section 17-9-1 shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony, and, upon conviction, the office of such sheriff is thereby vacated.
Ala. Code § 17-17-27 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-27
Section 17-17-27 Failure to Count Legal Vote
Status: in_force

Except as to provisional absentee ballots that have not been verified by seven days after the election, any election official who fails to count a legal vote cast by absentee ballot shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony.
Ala. Code § 17-13-77 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-77
Section 17-13-77 Registration Lists to Be Furnished Upon Request
Status: in_force

The judge of probate of any county, upon the application of either party to any contest or his or her agent or attorney, shall deliver to the party, agent, or attorney a certified copy of the registration list of the county or for any election district, ward, or precinct therein, upon payment of the fees for certifying and copying the same at the rate of one dollar ($1) per page in making such copy. Such copies, duly certified, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein; namely, copies of the registration lists that the persons named therein were duly registered. Any chair of any committee or other authority or person in whose possession, control, or custody there is any list of persons voting at the primary election or any other paper lawfully pertaining to the primary election, shall furnish a copy thereof for any state, county, district, ward, or precinct, duly certified by him or her, whenever required in writing by either party to a contest or his or her agent or attorney, upon the applicant’s paying in advance the reasonable cost of preparing such copy, and such duly certified copies shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the matter indicated or recited therein.
Ala. Code § 17-13-100 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-100
Section 17-13-100 When Held; Reimbursement of County
Status: in_force

(a) Primary elections for the purpose of determining the preferred candidates for President of the United States shall be held the first Tuesday in March each year in which a President is to be elected beginning in the year 2016.

(b) Subject to rules and procedures of the political party of any presidential candidate, the names of any candidates for delegate to the national conventions pledged to a presidential candidate shall be placed under his or her name and the delegates shall be elected in the primary election as provided herein.

(c) The State of Alabama shall reimburse a county for all sums expended in holding and conducting the presidential preference primary as provided in Section 17-16-4.
Ala. Code § 17-8-4 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 8 / Section 17-8-4
Section 17-8-4 Replacement of Ineligible Member of Appointing Board
Status: in_force

Upon receiving the certificate provided for in Section 17-8-3, the remaining members of the appointing board shall forthwith and without delay appoint a qualified elector to take the place of each member of the appointing board who is a candidate for election, and shall cause the elector so appointed to be informed of his or her appointment. No person shall be appointed who is a candidate for any office to be voted for in that election. If the remaining members of the appointing board are unable to agree as to who should take the place of an appointing board member who is a candidate for election or if all members of the appointing board are unable to serve, the presiding circuit court judge shall make the appointment.

The person so appointed shall perform all the duties and be vested with all the powers of the regular members of the appointing board, and shall take an oath to faithfully perform his or her duties.
Ala. Code § 17-14-51 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 14 / Section 17-14-51
Section 17-14-51 Returns Made to Secretary of State
Status: in_force

The canvassing board shall ascertain the number of votes given in their respective counties for and against the proposed amendment when ascertaining the vote given for officers; the canvassing board of such county shall thereupon make returns of such vote, by precincts, to the Secretary of State immediately, together with a certificate, prepared from the poll lists of the total number of qualified electors in the county who voted at such election.
Ala. Code § 17-17-40 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-40
Section 17-17-40 Selling Votes
Status: in_force

Any qualified elector at any election who takes or receives any money or other valuable thing, upon the condition that the same shall be paid at any future time, in exchange for the vote of such elector for any particular candidate, or the promise to vote for any particular candidate, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. No witness shall be prosecuted for any offense under this section as to which he or she testified before the grand jury.
Ala. Code § 17-17-42 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-42
Section 17-17-42 Altering or Changing Vote of Elector
Status: in_force

Any person who fraudulently alters or changes the vote of any elector, by which such elector is prevented from voting as intended, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class B misdemeanor.
Ala. Code § 17-6-34 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-6-34
Section 17-6-34 Secret Ballot
Status: in_force

Every voter in Alabama shall have the right to vote a secret ballot, and that ballot shall be kept secret and inviolate.
Ala. Code § 17-9-50 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 9 / Section 17-9-50
Section 17-9-50 Proximity of Persons to Polling Place
Status: in_force

Except as electors are admitted to vote and persons to assist them as herein provided, and except for the judge of probate, the sheriff, or his or her deputy, the precinct election officials, and watchers, no person shall be permitted within 30 feet of the door of the building of the polling place.
Ala. Code § 17-13-19 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 13 / Section 17-13-19
Section 17-13-19 Procedure When One Candidate Declines to Enter Second Primary
Status: in_force

In the event either of the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes in the first primary election shall determine not to enter the second primary election provided for in this chapter, the candidate, as soon as possible and not more than three days after holding of the first primary election, shall certify his or her declination to enter such second primary election to the chair of the state executive committee of his or her party, if the office is an office other than a county office, or to the chair of the county executive committee of his or her party if the office is a county office. Upon the receipt of such notification, the chair of such committee shall declare the other candidate the nominee of the party for such office and certify his or her name as such nominee to the Secretary of State or the judge of probate, as the case may require, and a second primary election for the nomination of a candidate for that particular office shall not be held.
Ala. Code § 17-6-8 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-6-8
Section 17-6-8 Cooperation with Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment
Status: in_force

All state and county agencies and officials shall cooperate with the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment in carrying out the purposes of this chapter and shall cooperate with the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment in the development of all information, maps, and other data as is needed to comply with requirements of the Census Bureau. Failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be a Class B misdemeanor punishable as prescribed by law.
Ala. Code § 17-12-14 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 12 / Section 17-12-14
Section 17-12-14 Ballots to Be Counted, Labeled, Sealed, and Delivered to Returning Officer
Status: in_force

Except where precinct ballot counters are used, the inspectors must count the ballots deposited in the box, and as soon as all the ballots contained in the box are counted, the inspectors shall roll up the ballots so counted and label the same so as to show for what officer or officers the ballots contained therein were received, and, when so rolled up and labeled, shall be securely sealed; the rejected ballots, if any, shall also be rolled up and labeled as rejected ballots and sealed up as the other parcels; and the packages so sealed up and labeled, together with one poll list, shall also be securely sealed up, shall be returned to and securely fastened up in the box from which such ballots were taken and counted and which shall also be securely sealed and labeled so as to show the nature of its contents and shall be delivered to the sheriff.
Ala. Code § 17-6-30 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 6 / Section 17-6-30
Section 17-6-30 Party Emblem - Certification to Judge of Probate
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall send a copy of the emblem adopted by each political party with a certification of the ballot to each judge of probate in the state of the adoption of the emblem by the political party filing it.
Ala. Code § 17-17-55 — Alabama Code / Title 17 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-17-55
Section 17-17-55 Unauthorized Marking of Ballot, Electioneering, or Divulging How Elector Voted
Status: in_force

Any person at a primary election who shall mark the ballot of a voter contrary to the voter’s direction or request, or who shall electioneer or attempt to electioneer with a voter or attempt to influence his or her vote by suggestion or otherwise, or who shall afterwards divulge how such elector voted in any race on the ballot, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor.