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AL Code § 17-13-104 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 13 - Primary Elections.|Article 4 - Presidential Preference Primary Elections.|Section 17-13-104 - Notice to Candidate of Qualification; Withdrawal by Candidate.

Section 17-13-104Notice to candidate of qualification; withdrawal by candidate. Whenever the chair shall receive petitions, timely filed, which appear to qualify the name of a candidate for President to be placed on the ballot, he or she shall forthwith notify the prospective candidate by the most expeditious means of communication and shall advise such prospective candidate that unless the candidate withdraws his or her name from the ballot no later than 76 days before the primary, it will appear on the ballot of the party at such presidential preference primary. If a candidate signifies the desire to withdraw his or her name within the above time limit, it shall not be printed on the ballot. (Code 1975, §17-18A-5; Acts 1978, No. 691, p. 994, §5; Acts 1979, No. 79-547, p. 994, §1; §17-16A-5; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §65; Act 2015-477, §1.)
AL Code § 17-13-105 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 13 - Primary Elections.|Article 4 - Presidential Preference Primary Elections.|Section 17-13-105 - Political Party to File Resolution With Secretary of State.

Section 17-13-105Political party to file resolution with Secretary of State. Each political party authorized to hold a primary and wishing to hold such a presidential preference primary shall, not less than 116 days before such primary is to be held, adopt and file with the Secretary of State a resolution stating that intention, the method by which electors are to indicate one or more preferences, the method by which delegates are to be selected, elected, chosen, and replaced, and the pledge, if any, by which delegates are to be bound. (Code 1975, §17-18A-7; Acts 1978, No. 691, p. 994, §7; Acts 1979, No. 79-547, p. 994, §1; Acts 1990, No. 90-699, p. 1359, §1; §17-16A-6; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §65; Act 2015-477, §1.)
AL Code § 17-14-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 17-14-1 - State and County Officers Who Are Elected by the People.

Section 17-14-1State and county officers who are elected by the people. 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. (Code 1876, §243; Code 1886, §338; Code 1896, §1573; Code 1907, §331; Code 1923, §413; Code 1940, T. 17, §65; §17-2-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §68.)
AL Code § 17-14-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 17-14-2 - Holding of General Election.

Section 17-14-2Holding of general election. General elections throughout the state shall be held for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Auditor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, three public service commissioners, no two of whom shall be elected from the same congressional district, Chief Justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the courts of appeals, electors for President and Vice President of the United States, United States senators, and such other officers as may be required by law to be elected by the voters of the entire state; for a member of Congress in each congressional district; judges of the circuit court in each judicial circuit; judges of the district courts in each district; district attorneys in each judicial circuit; a senator in each senatorial district; a representative in the Legislature in each house district; a judge of the probate court, sheriff, clerks of the circuit courts, tax assessor, tax collector, a county treasurer in counties of more than 56,000 population, as provided by law, coroner, and members of the county commission in each county, and constables in each precinct of the county.  (Code 1876, §244; Code 1886, §339; Code 1896, §1574; Code 1907, §332; Code 1923, §414; Code 1940, T. 17, §66; §17-2-2; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, p. 1331, §68.)
AL Code § 17-14-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 17-14-3 - Time of General Elections.

Section 17-14-3Time of general elections. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Auditor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, senators and representatives in the Legislature, a sheriff in each county, one coroner in all counties having a coroner, and other officers not otherwise provided for, shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2006, and every fourth year thereafter. A president of the Public Service Commission shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2008, and every fourth year thereafter. Two associate public service commissioners shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2006, and every fourth year thereafter. (Code 1876, §245; Code 1886, §340; Code 1896, §1575; Code 1907, §333; Code 1923, §416; Code 1940, T. 17, §68; §17-2-3; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §68.)
AL Code § 17-14-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 17-14-4 - When County Officers Elected.

Section 17-14-4When county officers elected. 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.  (Code 1876, §341; Code 1886, §1577; Code 1896, §1576; Code 1907, §334; Code 1923, §417; Code 1940, T. 17, §69; §17-2-4; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §68.)
AL Code § 17-14-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 17-14-5 - County Boards of Education.

Section 17-14-5County boards of education. Except as otherwise provided by local law, at the general election of state and county officers in November 2006, and biennially thereafter, a member or members of the county board of education shall be elected for a term of six years to succeed those whose term or terms of office shall expire at that time. Each member shall hold office until his or her successor has been elected and qualified.  (Acts 1915, No. 220, p. 281; Code 1923, §418; Code 1940, T. 17, §70; §17-2-5; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §68.)
AL Code § 17-14-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 17-14-6 - Judges and Clerks; Vacancies.

Section 17-14-6Judges and clerks; vacancies. The judges of the circuit and district courts, the judge of probate, the judges of the courts of appeals, and clerks of the circuit court shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2006, and they 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.  Unless otherwise provided in the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, vacancies in any judicial office shall be filled by appointment by the Governor. The office of a judge shall be vacant if the incumbent dies, resigns, retires, or is removed. The appointment of a judge of probate is for the remainder of the unexpired term. A judge, other than a judge of probate, 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 the election the judicial office shall be filled for a full term of office beginning at the end of the appointed term. (Code 1876, §247; Code 1886, §342; Code 1896, §1578; Code 1907, §336; Code 1923, §420; Code 1940, T. 17, §72; §17-2-7; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §68.)
AL Code § 17-14-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 17-14-7 - Certification of Vacancies in Judicial Offices.

Section 17-14-7Certification of vacancies in judicial offices.  The Administrative Director of Courts shall certify vacancies in offices of judges of circuit courts, district courts, courts of appeals, and the Supreme Court, and clerks of circuit courts to the Secretary of State by December 1 of the year preceding the next general election. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §69.)
AL Code § 17-14-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 17-14-8 - District Attorneys.

Section 17-14-8District attorneys. One district attorney for each judicial circuit shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2010, and every six years thereafter, and they shall hold office for a 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.  (Code 1923, §422; Code 1940, T. 17, §74; §17-2-9; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §70.)
AL Code § 17-14-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 17-14-9 - Justices of the Supreme Court.

Section 17-14-9Justices of the Supreme Court. 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. (Code 1876, §247; Code 1886, §342; Code 1896, §1578; Code 1907, §335; Code 1923, §419; Code 1940, T. 17, §71; Acts 1969, No. 602, p. 1087, §2; §17-2-6; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §70.)
AL Code § 17-14-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 17-14-10 - When Presidential Electors and Members of Congress Elected.

Section 17-14-10When presidential electors and members of Congress elected. Electors for President and Vice President of the United States shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2008, and every fourth year thereafter. A member of Congress from each congressional district shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2006, and every second year thereafter. (Code 1876, §248; Code 1886, §343; Code 1896, §1579; Code 1907, §338; Code 1923, §423; Code 1940, T. 17, §75; §17-2-10; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §70.)
AL Code § 17-14-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 17-14-11 - United States Senators.

Section 17-14-11United States Senators. At the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2008, and each six years thereafter, a senator of and from the State of Alabama in the Senate of the United States shall be elected by the people for a term of six years, beginning on the third day of January next after the election. At the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2010, and every six years thereafter, a senator of and from the State of Alabama in the Senate of the United States shall be elected by the people for a term of six years, beginning on the third day of January next after the election. (Acts 1915, No. 410, p. 364; Code 1923, §424; Code 1940, T. 17, §76; Acts 1942, Ex. Sess., No. 3, p. 10; §17-2-11; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §70.)
AL Code § 17-14-30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 2 - Elections for Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors.|Section 17-14-30 - Number of Presidential Electors.

Section 17-14-30Number of presidential electors. On the day prescribed in Section 17-14-10, there are to be elected, in the manner provided in this chapter, a number of electors for President and Vice President of the United States equal to the number of senators and representatives in Congress to which this state is entitled at the time of such election. (Code 1852, §339; Code 1867, §388; Code 1876, §342; Code 1886, §435; Code 1896, §1653; Code 1907, §446; Code 1923, §536; Code 1940, T. 17, §222; §17-19-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §72.)
AL Code § 17-14-31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 2 - Elections for Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors.|Section 17-14-31 - Certification of Names of Candidates; Nominating Petitions; Names of Electors; Statement of Electors.

Section 17-14-31Certification of names of candidates; nominating petitions; names of electors; statement of electors. (a) When presidential electors are to be chosen, the Secretary of State of Alabama shall certify to the judges of probate of the several counties the names of all candidates for President and Vice President who are nominated by any national convention or other like assembly of any political party or by written petition signed by at least 5,000 qualified voters of this state. (b) The certificate of nomination by a political party convention must be signed by the presiding officer and secretary of the convention and by the chair of the state executive or central committee of the political party making the nomination. Any nominating petition, to be valid, must contain the signatures as well as the addresses of the petitioners. Such certificates and petitions must be filed in the office of the Secretary of State no later than the 82nd day next preceding the day fixed for the election. (c) Each certificate of nomination and nominating petition must be accompanied by a list of the names and addresses of persons, who shall be qualified voters of this state, equal in number to the number of presidential electors to be chosen. Each person so listed shall execute the following statement which shall be attached to the certificate or petition when the same is filed with the Secretary of State: "I do hereby consent and do hereby agree to serve as elector for President and Vice President of the United States, if elected to that position, and do hereby agree that, if so elected, I shall cast my ballot as such elector for _____ for President and _____ for Vice President of the United States" (inserting in the blank spaces the respective names of the persons named as nominees for the respective offices in the certificate to which this statement is attached). (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 138, p. 370, §2; Act 2003-311, p. 731, §1; §17-19-2; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §72.)
AL Code § 17-14-32 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 2 - Elections for Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors.|Section 17-14-32 - Names on Ballots; Vote for Candidate Counted as Vote for Designated Electors.

Section 17-14-32Names on ballots; vote for candidate counted as vote for designated electors. The names of all candidates for President and Vice President who are nominated as provided in this chapter shall be printed on the official ballots under the emblem of their respective political parties, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Alabama. The names of the electors of the candidates for President and Vice President shall not be printed upon the ballots. A vote for a candidate for President or Vice President shall be counted as a vote for the electors of the political party or independent body by which such candidates were named, as listed on the certificate of nomination or nominating petition. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 138, p. 370, §3; §17-19-3; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §72.)
AL Code § 17-14-33 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 2 - Elections for Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors.|Section 17-14-33 - Making Returns to Secretary of State.

Section 17-14-33Making returns to Secretary of State. In all elections for electors for President and Vice President, the canvassing board of each county must, within five days after making the statement of the county vote by precincts, return the result of the same to the Secretary of State. (Code 1876, §343; Code 1886, §436; Code 1896, §1654; Code 1907, §447; Code 1923, §537; Code 1940, T. 17, §223; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-908, p. 482, §5; §17-19-4; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §72.)
AL Code § 17-14-34 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 2 - Elections for Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors.|Section 17-14-34 - Governor to Estimate Returns and Give Notice of Election.

Section 17-14-34Governor to estimate returns and give notice of election. Within 15 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 certify the returns, ascertain which electors are elected, and notify them by proclamation.  (Code 1876, §344; Code 1886, §437; Code 1896, §1655; Code 1907, §448; Code 1923, §538; Code 1940, T. 17, §224; §17-19-5; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §72.)
AL Code § 17-14-35 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 2 - Elections for Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors.|Section 17-14-35 - Tie Vote.

Section 17-14-35Tie vote. If, at the time of making the certification under Section 17-14-34, it is found that an election of the number of electors to which the state is entitled is not made by reason of two or more candidates having received an equal number of votes, the Governor must forthwith decide between those having an equal number of votes. (Code 1852, §342; Code 1867, §391; Code 1876, §345; Code 1886, §438; Code 1896, §1656; Code 1907, §449; Code 1923, §539; Code 1940, T. 17, §225; §17-19-6; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §72.)
AL Code § 17-14-36 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 2 - Elections for Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors.|Section 17-14-36 - Electoral Meeting; Filling of Vacancies.

Section 17-14-36Electoral meeting; filling of vacancies. 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. (Code 1852, §345; Code 1867, §394; Code 1876, §346; Code 1886, §439; Code 1896, §1657; Code 1907, §450; Code 1923, §540; Acts 1935, No. 425, p. 895; Code 1940, T. 17, §226; Acts 1945, No. 386, p. 605; Acts 1951, No. 557, p. 973; §17-19-7; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §72.)
AL Code § 17-14-37 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 2 - Elections for Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors.|Section 17-14-37 - Compensation of Electors.

Section 17-14-37Compensation of electors. Each elector for President and Vice President shall receive eight dollars ($8) for each day he or she necessarily attends at the seat of government, and twenty cents ($.20) for every mile traveled to and from the same, to be estimated in the same manner as is provided by law in relation to members of the Legislature from his or her county, to be paid, on oath of such elector, by warrant on the Treasurer. (Code 1876, §347; Code 1886, §440; Code 1896, §1658; Code 1907, §451; Code 1923, §541; Code 1940, T. 17, §227; §17-19-8; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §72.)
AL Code § 17-14-50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 3 - Amendments to the Constitution.|Section 17-14-50 - Counting and Returning Vote on Constitutional Amendment.

Section 17-14-50Counting and returning vote on constitutional amendment. 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. (Code 1852, §352; Code 1867, §401; Code 1876, §352; Code 1886, §445; Code 1896, §1662; Code 1907, §436; Code 1923, §526; Code 1940, T. 17, §210; §17-17-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §74.)
AL Code § 17-14-51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 14 - General Elections.|Article 3 - Amendments to the Constitution.|Section 17-14-51 - Returns Made to Secretary of State.

Section 17-14-51Returns made to Secretary of State. 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.  (Code 1852, §354; Code 1867, §403; Code 1876, §354; Code 1886, §446; Code 1896, §1663; Code 1907, §437; Code 1923, §527; Code 1940, T. 17, §211; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-908, p. 482, §4; §17-17-2; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §74.)