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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 2 - Political Parties. › Section 17-13-47 - Assessments and Other Qualifications for Candidates for Nomination.

Section 17-13-47
Assessments and other qualifications for candidates for nomination.
The governing body of a party may fix assessments upon those able to pay, or other qualifications as it may deem necessary, for persons desiring to become candidates for nomination to offices at a primary election, but such assessments shall not exceed two percent of one year's salary of the office sought and, for an unremunerative or party county office or an unremunerative or party office to be filled by a vote of a subdivision greater than one county, it shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50) or one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for an unremunerative or party office to be filled by a vote of the entire state.
(Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §14; Acts 1981, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 81-1071, p. 318, §1; §17-16-15; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §61.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 2 - Political Parties. › Section 17-13-48 - Selection and Appointment of Officers to Conduct Elections.

Section 17-13-48
Selection and appointment of officers to conduct elections.
Each candidate for nomination may, at least 45 days before the primary, present to the county executive committee of his or her party a list of election officials desired by him or her for any one or more of the districts, wards, or precincts, and the county committee, so far as practicable, shall make, from the list so presented to it, a list of names of election officials for each district, ward, or precinct, which it will nominate to the appointing board of the county for appointment as officials to conduct the primary election. The county committee shall present the list so made up by it to the appointing board of the county which appoints the election officials to conduct elections for state and county officials in November, or at any other lawful time, which appointing board, from the list so presented to it by the county committee, shall, if there be on the list the names of sufficient persons who are legally eligible, select and appoint the officials to conduct the primary election, giving representation to all political parties wherever more than one party enters the primary; and, in the latter case, if a county committee has not given a sufficient number of names for a box, then the appointing board shall supply the deficiency from electors of that party, if practicable. In the event the persons selected as officials fail to appear at the polling place on the day of the primary election at the opening of the polls, then their places shall be filled by such of those who have been named by such appointing board as do appear; and, in the event none so named appear by then, the voters present and qualified to participate in such primary election may, from among themselves, select officials to conduct such election in such district or precinct during the absence of the appointed precinct election officials, and such substituted persons shall have the authority to conduct such elections and to be paid for their service in the same manner as if they had been originally appointed. All officials serving in such primary elections shall take the same oath required to be taken by officials of regular state elections and shall be subject to the same restrictions, limitations, penalties, and conditions.
(Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §15; §17-16-17; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §61.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 2 - Political Parties. › Section 17-13-49 - State and Other Conventions.

Section 17-13-49
State and other conventions.
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.
(Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §38; §17-16-42; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §61.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 2 - Political Parties. › Section 17-13-50 - Party Meetings to Nominate Candidates, Select Delegates, Party Officers, Etc.

Section 17-13-50
Party meetings to nominate candidates, select delegates, party officers, etc.
(a) When any political party shall desire to hold any mass meeting, beat meeting, or other meeting of the voters of such party for the purpose of nominating any candidate or candidates for public office to be voted for in a general election in Alabama or for the purpose of selecting delegates or other representatives to any convention which may select such candidates for public office or when any such party shall desire to hold such mass meeting, beat meeting, or other meeting of the voters of such party for the purpose of selecting committeemen, representatives, or other party officers of such party, all of such meetings shall be held as provided in this section.
(b) All such meetings shall be held before the first primary election. The general public is privileged to attend such meetings, but not to participate. No less than five days prior to the date upon which any such mass meeting, beat meeting, or other meeting is to be held, notice of such meeting, including the time and place of such meeting, shall be filed with the judge of probate of the county in which any such meeting is to be held and shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at the expense of the political party holding such meeting. The judge of probate shall immediately forward to the Secretary of State a certified copy of all notices filed under this section.
(Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §§39, 40; Acts 1977, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 69, p. 1493, §1; Acts 1982, No. 82-611, p. 1109, §2; §17-16-43; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §61.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 2 - Political Parties. › Section 17-13-51 - Applicability of Sections 17-13-50 and 17-17-50.

Section 17-13-51
Applicability of Sections 17-13-50 and 17-17-50.
Sections 17-13-50 and 17-17-50 shall not apply where a special 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.
(Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §41; §17-16-45; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §61.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 2 - Political Parties. › Section 17-13-52 - Certificate of Nomination by Convention, Mass Meeting, Etc.

Section 17-13-52
Certificate of nomination by convention, mass meeting, etc.
The certificate of nomination by any caucus, convention, mass meeting, or other assembly of any political party or faction in this state not conducting a primary election at the expense of the state shall be filed on or before 5:00 P.M. of the primary election day to certify their nominees with the judge of probate, in the case of nominations for county office, and with the Secretary of State, in the case of all other offices. Each such certificate must have attached thereto a separate sworn statement from the nominee, signed by the nominee, stating that he or she accepts the nomination.
(Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §43; §17-16-46; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §61.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-70 - Time for Contesting Generally; Hearing.

Section 17-13-70
Time for contesting generally; hearing.
Any contest to a nomination made by primary election must be filed within 24 hours after the results of the primary election have been declared, weekends excluded, under the same conditions and on the same grounds as provided in the laws of Alabama for general elections of state and county officers and as provided in this chapter. The person whose nomination is contested under this section shall be notified of the 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 the chair his or her objections and answers to such contest. Such contest shall be heard and tried by the county executive committee as to candidates for county offices and by the state committee as to candidates for all other offices; and wherever there is no county executive committee consisting of enough members to obtain a quorum, then by the state executive committee.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §373; Acts 1977, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 69, p. 1493, §§3, 4; Acts 1979, No. 79-800, p. 1463, §4; §17-16-70; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-71 - Grounds.

Section 17-13-71
Grounds.
The contests of nomination by a party for office, other than a county office, may be instituted by any qualified elector of the state, or of the political subdivision, as the case may be, who belongs to that party and who legally participated in such primary election, upon the following grounds, which may be used separately, or else be joined in the same contest:
(1) Malconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of any inspector, clerk, returning officer, canvassing board, or other persons.
(2) When a person whose nomination is contested was not eligible to the office sought at the time of the declaration of nomination.
(3) On account of illegal votes given.
(4) On account of the rejection of legal votes.
(5) Offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other malconduct or misconduct calculated to prevent a fair, free, and full exercise of the elective franchise.
(6) Miscalculation, mistake, or misconduct in counting, tallying, certifying, or canvassing which of itself alone or in conjunction with the giving of illegal votes or the rejection of legal votes, or any other ground, would, when everything is corrected, reduce the number of legal votes cast for the declared nominee down to or below those of some other candidate in that race.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §374; §17-16-71; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-72 - Effect of Contest on Declared Nomination.

Section 17-13-72
Effect of contest on declared nomination.
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.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §375; §17-16-72; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-73 - Certification of Candidate in Case of Contest.

Section 17-13-73
Certification of candidate in case of contest.
When a contest of a nomination is instituted or where a special primary to nominate is held as provided for in this chapter, the declared nominee for such office shall not be certified until after termination of the contest filed in the time herein prescribed.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §368; §17-16-73; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-74 - Summoning Witnesses and Production of Documents.

Section 17-13-74
Summoning witnesses and production of documents.
In the hearing of any contest before any committee or subcommittee under the provisions of this article, such committee, through its chair, or through such other authority as may be designated, shall have authority to summon witnesses to appear before it, or before any subcommittee appointed by it, in the hearing of any contest pending before such committee, and can require any witnesses by a subpoena duces tecum to produce any books, papers, poll lists, tally sheets, ballots, certificates, or other documents which it may consider necessary to a rightful determination of the case.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §392; §17-16-74; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-75 - Witnesses - Testifying as to Vote.

Section 17-13-75
Witnesses - Testifying as to vote.
Any person examined as a witness on a contest of a nomination may be required to answer as to whether he or she voted at the primary and touching his or her qualification to vote thereat and to answer for whom he or she voted in the race concerned in the contest. A person who swears falsely upon such contest to any material matter may be prosecuted for any perjury thereby committed, as defined by Section 13A-10-100; but if on such contest the person makes full and true answers, any of which may incriminate or tend to incriminate the person, the person shall not be prosecuted in any court, either for voting in the primary or for any offense committed and disclosed by the answers.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §376; §17-16-75; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-76 - Witnesses - Oaths; Summoning Witnesses; Expenses.

Section 17-13-76
Witnesses - Oaths; summoning witnesses; expenses.
The chair of any committee or subcommittee before which may be pending any contest as herein provided may administer oaths to witnesses in such contests and summon persons and officers to be and appear before such committee or subcommittee. The person who desires the summoning of any witnesses, at the time he or she makes request of the chair of such committee to summon any witness, shall deposit with the chair of such committee, in cash, sufficient money to pay the cost of summoning any such witness and also to pay such witness the sum of one dollar ($1) per day while attending upon such committee and the sum of three cents ($.03) per mile each way in coming and returning from attendance upon such committee. All witnesses summoned to testify in any contest pending before any committee shall be paid at the rate of one dollar ($1) per day and three cents ($.03) per mile. Any party to the contest may file with the chair an instrument in writing, signed by any such desired witness, waiving the right to claim such per diem and mileage, in which event the chair shall not require a deposit for the payment of such witness fees, but only for the expense of summoning him or her.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §390; §17-16-76; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-77 - Registration Lists to Be Furnished Upon Request.

Section 17-13-77
Registration lists to be furnished upon request.
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.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §377; §17-16-77; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-78 - Statement by Elector Contesting Election.

Section 17-13-78
Statement by elector contesting election.
(a) Any elector of a party desiring to contest the nomination by his or her party of any candidate declared the nominee for any office shall make a statement in writing setting forth specifically all of the following:
(1) The name of the party contesting and that the elector was a qualified elector when the primary was held and he or she participated therein.
(2) The nomination which the election was held to fill.
(3) The time of holding the election.
(4) The name of the person declared nominated.
(5) The particular grounds on which the nomination is contested.
(b) The contest is instituted by filing this statement and giving security as provided in this article, which statement must be certified by the affidavit of such contesting party to the effect that he or she believes the same to be true.
(c) If the reception of illegal votes is alleged as a ground for contest, it is a sufficient statement of the ground to allege that illegal votes were given to the person whose nomination is contested, which, if taken from him or her will, of themselves alone or in conjunction with other alleged grounds of contest, if any, reduce the number of legal votes given to him or her down to or below the number of legal votes given to some other candidate for the same nomination; and if the rejection of legal votes is alleged as a ground, it is a sufficient statement of the ground to allege the legal votes were offered and rejected which, if cast and counted, would of themselves alone or in conjunction with other alleged grounds, if any, increase the number of legal votes cast for such candidate to a number equal to or greater than the number to which the contestee was legally entitled.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §378; §17-16-78; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-79 - Contestant to Notify Contestee of Votes Sought to Be Proved Illegal.

Section 17-13-79
Contestant to notify contestee of votes sought to be proved illegal.
No testimony shall be received of any illegal votes or of the rejection of any legal votes in any contest commenced under 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, for whom given, and at what precinct or voting place cast, or the number of legal votes rejected, by whom offered, and at what precinct or voting place they were not allowed to be cast, which he or she expects to prove on the trial. Such notice shall be served personally or left at the residence or usual place of business of the adverse party at least five days before the taking of the testimony in reference to such votes.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §379; §17-16-79; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-80 - Contest of Nomination to County Office - Time and Manner of Commencement.

Section 17-13-80
Contest of nomination to county office - Time and manner of commencement.
Any contest of a nomination to any county office must 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.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §380; §17-16-80; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-81 - Contest of Nomination to County Office - Duty of Chair of County Executive Committee in Case of Contest.

Section 17-13-81
Contest of nomination to county office - Duty of chair of county executive committee in case of contest.
The chair of the county executive committee, upon the filing 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.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §381; §17-16-81; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63; Act 2014-6, p. 21, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-83 - Manner of Commencing Contest of Nomination to Office Other Than County Office.

Section 17-13-83
Manner of commencing contest of nomination to office other than county office.
Any qualified elector of a party participating in any primary 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.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §384; §17-16-83; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-84 - Filing Statements of Contests; Depositions; Costs; Service of Process; Contempt.

Section 17-13-84
Filing statements of contests; depositions; costs; service of process; contempt.
Upon the filing of any contest of nomination, the chair of the executive committee with which the contest is filed shall file a statement in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county where the contestant resides of the fact that such a contest has been filed, giving the names of the parties thereto, the nomination contested and the day set for hearing. After such statement is filed, the clerk of the circuit court shall issue such subpoenas for witnesses and orders for production of documents and shall issue commissions for the taking of testimony by deposition as required by either party, each party to the contest being responsible for costs incurred by him or her for the summoning and attendance of witnesses on his or her behalf, and the clerk may issue execution for such costs the same as in civil cases. It shall be the duty of the sheriff to serve all process issued by the circuit clerk and execute all orders and processes of the executive committee or subcommittee trying the contest. Such executive committee or subcommittee shall have the same power and authority as the circuit judges of this state to enforce obedience to its orders and process and to punish disobedience to its orders by fine or imprisonment, as for contempt. Such executive committee or subcommittee, of its own motion or at the request of either party, may require any person to produce before it papers or documents pertinent to any inquiry before such executive committee or subcommittee. The chair of the executive committee or subcommittee trying the contest may issue directly to the sheriff process for the attendance of witnesses or the production of documents or commissions for taking depositions without the intervention of the circuit clerk, as provided in this article.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §385; §17-16-84; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-85 - Meeting of State Executive Committee.

Section 17-13-85
Meeting of state executive committee.
The chair of the state executive committee shall, upon the filing of a contest with him or her, as provided in this article, call the committee to meet and the committee shall meet not more than five calendar days from the time of filing such contest for the purpose of hearing and determining the same, or, without calling the committee to meet, the chair may appoint a subcommittee as herein provided for and the subcommittee shall meet not more than five calendar days after a contest is filed for the purpose of hearing and determining the same.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §386; §17-16-85; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63; Act 2014-6, p. 21, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-86 - Declaration of Result of Contest.

Section 17-13-86
Declaration of result of contest.
Upon the hearing of any contest, if the state or county executive committee finally determines who is the legal nominee for any office, it shall make a declaration of its judgment upon the question not later than 90 days before the general election for a county office and not later than 83 days before the general election for a state office. If the committee fails or refuses to hear or determine the outcome of a contest by the 90th day before the general election for a county office or the 83rd day before the general election for a state office, the failure or refusal shall be treated as a dismissal or the rendition of judgment against the contestant, and a certificate thereof shall be forwarded by either the county chair to the judge of probate or the state chair to the Secretary of State .
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §387; §17-16-86; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63; Act 2014-6, p. 21, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-87 - New Primary in Case Contest Cannot Be Decided.

Section 17-13-87
New primary in case contest cannot be decided.
If, upon the hearing of any contest for any office, as provided for in this chapter, the committee, after an investigation and hearing of the contest, shall determine that it is impossible from the evidence before it to decide who is the legally nominated candidate for the office contested, it may direct a new primary election for the nomination to any such office, but where any action is taken by any county executive committee, either person to the contest, in the same manner as herein provided for in the case of appeals from the action of any county committee, may take an appeal to the state executive committee, which shall be the court of final appeal in all party contests of nominations; provided that, upon hearing of any contest or appeal, as provided for in this chapter, which is not referred to and decided by a subcommittee, 15 members of any such state executive committee shall constitute a quorum for the hearing and determining of such contest or appeal; provided further, that the entire committee shall be notified of the meeting in the usual way.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §388; §17-16-87; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-88 - Power of State Committee to Provide Rules of Party Procedure.

Section 17-13-88
Power of state committee to provide rules of party procedure.
The state executive committee may prescribe such other additional rules governing contests and other matters of party procedure as it may deem necessary not in conflict with this chapter.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §389; §17-16-88; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 3 - Contests of Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-89 - Commissioners to Take Testimony.

Section 17-13-89
Commissioners to take testimony.
Upon filing of any contest as herein provided, the executive committee before whom any such contest is pending, if in session, or the chair of such committee, if it is not in session, may appoint a commissioner, upon the request of either party, for the purpose of taking testimony in such contest, and such commissioner shall take testimony in such contest as he or she may be directed to take by the chair of such committee, and five days' notice of the time when and place where such commissioner expects to take such testimony and the names of the witnesses to be examined shall be given the opposite party to the contest. Each party to the contest may be represented before such commissioner, but before any such commissioner is appointed, the party desiring the appointment made shall deposit with the chair of such committee sufficient funds to pay the expenses and fees of such commissioner and the fees and mileage of any witness which may be summoned before such commissioner. And such commissioner, when appointed, for the purpose of the contest in which he or she is to take testimony, may summon witnesses to appear before him or her in such contest and administer oaths to such witnesses and shall have all the authority vested in a judge of a district court to punish for contempt. Such commissioner shall not be of kin to either party to the contest.
(Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §391; §17-16-89; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 4 - Presidential Preference Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-100 - When Held; Reimbursement of County.

Section 17-13-100
When held; reimbursement of county.
(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.
(Acts 1978, No. 691, p. 994, §1; Acts 1979, No. 79-547, p. 994, §1; Code 1975, §17-18A-1; Acts 1990, No. 90-699, p. 1359, §1; Act 2006-634, p. 1731, §1; §17-16A-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §65; Act 2007-461, p. 965, §3; Act 2011-566, p. 1142, §1; Act 2015-239, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 4 - Presidential Preference Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-101 - Applicability of Section 17-9-3 and This Chapter.

Section 17-13-101
Applicability of Section 17-9-3 and this chapter.
The provisions of Section 17-9-3 and this chapter shall apply 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.
(Code 1975, §17-18A-2; Acts 1978, No. 691, p. 994, §2; §17-16A-2; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §65.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 4 - Presidential Preference Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-102 - Petition Requirements.

Section 17-13-102
Petition requirements.
In order to qualify the name of any person to appear on the ballot at a presidential preference primary, a petition or petitions in support of his or her candidacy shall be filed with the state party chair of the appropriate political party, hereinafter referred to as "chair," 116 days prior to the presidential preference primary election. To comply with this section, a candidate may file a petition or petitions signed by a total of not less than 500 qualified electors of the state, or petitions signed by not less than 50 qualified electors of each congressional district of the state, in which case there shall be a separate petition for each congressional district. The petitions shall be in such form as the chair may prescribe; provided, that there shall be a space for the county of residence of each signer next to the space provided for his or her signature. No signature may be counted as valid unless the county of residence of the signer is provided. Each petition shall contain an affirmation under the penalties of perjury that each signer is a qualified elector in his or her congressional district or in the state, as appropriate. The decision of the chair as to the regularity of the petitions shall be final.
(Code 1975, §17-18A-3; Acts 1978, No. 691, p. 994, §3; Acts 1979, No. 79-547, p. 994, §1; Acts 1990, No. 90-699, p. 1359, §1; Act 2006-634, p. 1731, §1; §17-16A-3; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §65; Act 2015-477, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 13 - Primary Elections. › Article 4 - Presidential Preference Primary Elections. › Section 17-13-103 - Filing Fee.

Section 17-13-103
Filing fee.
No candidate shall be allowed to have his or her name placed on the ballot at a presidential preference primary unless there shall be paid to the chair, at the time of filing his or her qualifying petition, such fee as the party may prescribe.
(Code 1975, §17-18A-4; Acts 1978, No. 691, p. 994, §4; Acts 1979, No. 79-547, p. 994, §1; §17-16A-4; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §65.)
2023 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 17-13-104
Notice 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.)
2023 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 17-13-105
Political 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.)
2023 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 17-14-1
State 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 14 - General Elections. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 17-14-2 - Holding of General Election.

Section 17-14-2
Holding 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 14 - General Elections. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 17-14-3 - Time of General Elections.

Section 17-14-3
Time 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 14 - General Elections. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 17-14-4 - When County Officers Elected.

Section 17-14-4
When 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 14 - General Elections. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 17-14-5 - County Boards of Education.

Section 17-14-5
County 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 14 - General Elections. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 17-14-6 - Judges and Clerks; Vacancies.

Section 17-14-6
Judges 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.)
2023 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 17-14-7
Certification 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 14 - General Elections. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 17-14-8 - District Attorneys.

Section 17-14-8
District 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 14 - General Elections. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 17-14-9 - Justices of the Supreme Court.

Section 17-14-9
Justices 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.)
2023 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 17-14-10
When 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.)