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AL Code § 17-6-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.|Article 1 - Precincts.|Section 17-6-3 - Voting Districts; Naming of Precincts.

Section 17-6-3Voting districts; naming of precincts. (a) Except as may be provided further by local election laws or by the electronic vote counting statutes, the counties in this state, as divided pursuant to this chapter into election precincts, and the boundaries of such precincts shall so remain until changed by order of the county governing body, but the county governing body, at its first regular meeting in March in each even-numbered year, shall subdivide any election precinct in which there are more than 2,400 qualified voters and electronic voting machines are used into voting districts or shall divide alphabetically the list of qualified voters in such precincts into groups and assign each qualified voter a designated voting place so as to provide an electronic voting machine for every person legally entitled to vote at a polling place at which not more than 2,400 votes on a single electronic voting machine will be cast. (b) Except as may be provided further by local election laws, the county governing body, at its first regular meeting in March in each even-numbered year, shall in their respective counties examine the state voter registration list, and if it shall appear from such examination and from other available sources of information that it is anticipated in any election precinct as constituted pursuant to this chapter in which electronic voting machines are used that more than 2,400 qualified votes will be cast by electronic voting machines, they shall immediately provide additional electronic voting machines at established polling places in such precinct and shall authorize the judge of probate to separate the list of qualified registered voters in the precinct, as shown by the state voter registration list as reported for the county, into groups in alphabetical order so that no group in a precinct where electronic voting machines are used shall cause a single electronic voting machine to record more than 2,400 votes. (c) If the manufacturers' recommended maximum number of ballots is less than 2,400, then that recommended number shall be used to determine the number of electronic voting machines. (d) Whenever any election precinct has been subdivided into voting districts, pursuant to subsection (a) or (b), the county governing body making the subdivision shall immediately cause a description of the boundaries of the voting districts to be filed in the office of the judge of probate and with the board of registrars and shall post a copy thereof at the county courthouse. (e) The precincts shall be named and designated by the county governing body numerically or alphabetically or by a combination thereof in a manner that shall be uniform statewide as determined by the Association of County Commissions and approved by the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment. (Acts 1989, No. 89-952, p. 1874, §4; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-5A-4; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §27.)
AL Code § 17-6-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.|Article 1 - Precincts.|Section 17-6-5 - List of Voters for Each Voting Place.

Section 17-6-5List of voters for each voting place. The judge of probate shall prepare a separate, correct alphabetical list of all the names of qualified electors or voters for each voting place from the state voter registration list, pursuant to Sections 17-4-1 and 17-4-2, for all elections hereafter held in this state, whether primary, general, or special, or federal, state, district, or county, and, except for municipal elections, shall certify separately for each voting place, to the election officials appointed for holding the election, which election official shall be an elector qualified to vote only in the box at the place for which he or she is chosen to serve, a list containing only the names of the voters or qualified electors entitled to vote at the voting place. Nothing in this section shall prevent a series of lists of names of voters or electors of other voting places from being certified by the judge of probate on the same general list for information. A vote cast at a place other than the voting place at which the voter is entitled to vote shall be illegal. (Acts 1989, No. 89-952, p. 1874, §6; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-5A-6; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §27.)
AL Code § 17-6-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.|Article 1 - Precincts.|Section 17-6-6 - Adjustment of Precinct Configuration, Boundaries, Etc.

Section 17-6-6Adjustment of precinct configuration, boundaries, etc. (a) The county governing body shall have sole authority to change the configuration, boundaries, or designation of an election precinct. Any change so determined shall be adopted by resolution of the county governing body. (b) A county governing body shall only change a precinct by dividing the precinct into two or more precincts except when in order to make it more convenient for voters to vote, or to facilitate the administration of the election process, or to accomplish reapportionment, it becomes necessary to consolidate all or part of a precinct with adjacent precincts, a part or parts may be consolidated. (c) Except as may be provided further by local election laws or by the electronic vote counting statutes, whenever at any general or primary election it is anticipated over 2,400 votes will be cast on an electronic voting machine , the county governing body shall adjust the boundary lines of the election precincts or shall authorize the judge of probate to separate the list of qualified registered voters in such precinct into alphabetical groups so as to provide one electronic voting machine for every 2,400 votes or fraction thereof cast and may divide or consolidate any number of precincts and resubdivide the same in order that not more than 2,400 votes shall be cast on a single electronic voting machine and voters are authorized to vote at only one place. (d) In changing any precinct boundary, the county governing body shall comply with the requirements of Section 17-6-2. (e) Within 30 days after the adoption of any resolution as provided in this section, the county governing body shall send to the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment a certified copy of the resolution and a copy of a map showing the new precinct boundaries together with a written description of such boundaries. (Acts 1989, No. 89-952, p. 1874, §7; §17-5A-7; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §27.)
AL Code § 17-6-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.|Article 1 - Precincts.|Section 17-6-7 - Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment as Liaison With Bureau of Census; Assistance to Counties.

Section 17-6-7Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment as liaison with Bureau of Census; assistance to counties. (a) The Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment, or its designees, shall serve as the state liaison with the United States Bureau of the Census on all matters related to the tabulation of population and other census information for purposes of reapportionment. The Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment may submit to the bureau, on behalf of the state, a plan identifying the geographic areas for which specific tabulations of population or other census information are desired for reapportionment purposes, in accordance with criteria established by the United States Secretary of Commerce, and may supply such other information as may be required by the Census Bureau or the Secretary of Commerce in order to furnish the state such tabulations. (b) The Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment shall furnish the county governing bodies and the county boards of registrars such information and assistance as is necessary in order to enable them to comply timely with the Census Bureau requirements. (Acts 1989, No. 89-952, p. 1874, §8; §17-5A-8; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §27.)
AL Code § 17-6-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.|Article 1 - Precincts.|Section 17-6-8 - Cooperation With Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment.

Section 17-6-8Cooperation with Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment. 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. (Acts 1989, No. 89-952, p. 1874, §9; §17-5A-9; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §27.)
AL Code § 17-6-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.|Article 1 - Precincts.|Section 17-6-9 - Inapplicability to Municipal Elections.

Section 17-6-9Inapplicability to municipal elections. The provisions of this article shall have no effect on the conduct of municipal elections of this state. It is further specifically provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to require any municipality to establish single or multiple representation districts for the election of municipal officials in this state. It is further provided that all general or local provisions of law regarding the conduct of municipal elections are hereby expressly preserved. (Acts 1989, No. 89-952, p. 1874, §10; §17-5A-10; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §27.)
AL Code § 17-6-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.|Article 2 - Ballots.|Section 17-6-20 - Elections Must Be by Official Ballot.

Section 17-6-20Elections must be by official ballot. In all elections held in this state on any subject which may be submitted by law to the vote of the people and for all or any state, county, district, or municipal officers, the voting shall be by official ballot prescribed by law; but this section shall not apply to elections held for trustees of public schools or other local elections which are otherwise specifically provided for. (Code 1896, §1605; Code 1907, §389; Code 1923, §479; Code 1940, T. 17, §165; §17-8-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §29.)
AL Code § 17-6-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.|Article 2 - Ballots.|Section 17-6-21 - Contents; Amendments; Withdrawal of Name.

Section 17-6-21Contents; amendments; withdrawal of name. (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 person'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 76 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 76th 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 76th 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 persons who do not wish to accept nomination in a primary election is 76 days before the date of the election. A person 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 persons who do not wish to accept nomination in a general election is 76 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. (Code 1896, §1607; Code 1907, §373; Acts 1909, No. 110, p. 277; Code 1923, §463; Code 1940, T. 17, §148; §17-8-2; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §29; Act 2014-6, p. 21, §1.)
AL Code § 17-6-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.|Article 2 - Ballots.|Section 17-6-22 - Political Parties Not Included on Ballot Unless Requirements Met.

Section 17-6-22Political parties not included on ballot unless requirements met. (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. (Acts 1982, No. 82-572, p. 1064, §§1, 2; Acts 1995, No. 95-786, p. 1872, §1; Act 2001-1131, 4th Sp. Sess., p. 1211, §2; §17-8-2.1; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §29.)
AL Code § 17-6-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.|Article 2 - Ballots.|Section 17-6-23 - Uniform Ballots at Each Polling Place; Electors for President and Vice President.

Section 17-6-23Uniform ballots at each polling place; electors for President and Vice President. There shall be provided at each polling place at each election at which public officers are voted for, but one form of ballot for all the candidates for public office, and every ballot shall contain the names of all candidates whose nominations for any office specified on the ballot have been duly made and not withdrawn, as provided in this chapter, together with the title of the office, arranged in tickets under the titles of the respective political parties or independent bodies as certified in the certificates of nomination. When electors for the President and Vice President of the United States are to be elected, the names of the candidates for President and Vice President shall be listed on the ballot, but not the names of the electors. (Code 1907, §378; Code 1923, §468; Code 1940, T. 17, §153; §17-8-3; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §29.)
AL Code § 17-6-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.|Article 2 - Ballots.|Section 17-6-24 - Printing and Design.

Section 17-6-24Printing and design. (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. (Code 1896, §1611; Code 1907, §379; Code 1923, §469; Code 1940, T. 17, §154; §17-8-4; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §29.)
AL Code § 17-6-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.|Article 2 - Ballots.|Section 17-6-25 - Order of Listing of Candidates on Ballots.

Section 17-6-25Order of listing of candidates on ballots. 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). (Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §18; §17-16-20; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §29; Act 2016-300, §1.)
AL Code § 17-6-26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.|Article 2 - Ballots.|Section 17-6-26 - Order of Arrangement; Content Requirements; Secrecy Envelopes or Folders.

Section 17-6-26Order of arrangement; content requirements; secrecy envelopes or folders.  (a) Ballots, so far as practicable, shall be in the same order of arrangement as required by Section 17-6-24, except that they shall be of the size and design required by the precinct ballot counters and may be printed upon one or more separate pages or cards. Ballots for precinct ballot counters shall be manufactured with one detachable stub and numbered sequentially within each county with the sequence number printed on the stub but not on the ballot itself. There shall be printed on each absentee ballot and ballot for precinct ballot counters the ballot style number. This ballot style number shall represent the political race makeup of the ballot. (b) In primary elections, constitutional amendments may be printed on party ballots, provided that sufficient ballots containing only the constitutional amendments are available for those voters who do not wish to sign the pledge for a party ballot. (c) Secrecy envelopes or folders shall be provided in sufficient quantity for use by voters in transporting their completed ballots from the voting stations to the precinct ballot counter. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §30.)
AL Code § 17-6-27 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.|Article 2 - Ballots.|Section 17-6-27 - Write-in Votes; Listing of Independent Candidates; Form of Ballots.

Section 17-6-27Write-in votes; listing of independent candidates; form of ballots. 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. (Code 1907, §380; Code 1923, §470; Code 1940, T. 17, §155; §17-8-5; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §31.)
AL Code § 17-6-29 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 17 - Elections.|Chapter 6 - Election Preparation.|Article 2 - Ballots.|Section 17-6-29 - Party Emblem - Submission; Approval.

Section 17-6-29Party emblem - Submission; approval. Each political party, by its state party convention or state executive committee, shall adopt, prepare, and file with the Secretary of State, at least 60 days before each election for state officers, an original copy and a copy in a digital or other electronic format acceptable by the Secretary of State of an emblem to be printed at the top of the column of such ballot assigned to such party, as a distinctive and characteristic heading thereof; and such emblem shall not be more than one inch and a half square. No party shall adopt an emblem similar in appearance to an emblem already adopted by another political party or organization, and the Secretary of State, upon the presentation or offer of any emblem which in his or her opinion is so like any other emblem already filed as to be likely to mislead any voter, shall forthwith notify the committee or any officer thereof or any person sending or offering such emblem of such similarity or resemblance and shall require such party, organization, or committee to adopt, prepare, and file another emblem. The emblem, once adopted, prepared, and filed as required, shall continue the emblem of the party adopting it until it is changed by the same or like authority as prepared, adopted, and filed the original emblem, and the changed emblem, as prepared and adopted, if filed and accepted by the Secretary of State as in case of the original emblem. (Code 1907, §374; Code 1923, §464; Code 1940, T. 17, §149; §17-8-6; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)