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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 1 - Precincts. › Section 17-6-6 - Adjustment of Precinct Configuration, Boundaries, Etc.

Section 17-6-6
Adjustment 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.)
2023 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 17-6-7
Permanent 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.)
2023 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 17-6-8
Cooperation 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 1 - Precincts. › Section 17-6-9 - Inapplicability to Municipal Elections.

Section 17-6-9
Inapplicability 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-20 - Elections Must Be by Official Ballot.

Section 17-6-20
Elections 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-21 - Contents; Amendments; Withdrawal of Name.

Section 17-6-21
Contents; 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.)
2023 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 17-6-22
Political 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.)
2023 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 17-6-23
Uniform 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-24 - Printing and Design.

Section 17-6-24
Printing 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.)
2023 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 17-6-25
Order 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.)
2023 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 17-6-26
Order 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.)
2023 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 17-6-27
Write-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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-29 - Party Emblem - Submission; Approval.

Section 17-6-29
Party 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-30 - Party Emblem - Certification to Judge of Probate.

Section 17-6-30
Party emblem - Certification to judge of probate.
The Secretary of State shall send a copy of the emblem adopted by each political party with a certification of the ballot to each judge of probate in the state of the adoption of the emblem by the political party filing it.
(Code 1907, §375; Code 1923, §465; Code 1940, T. 17, §150; §17-8-7; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-31 - Party Emblem - Prohibited Designs.

Section 17-6-31
Party emblem - Prohibited designs.
The coat of arms or seal of any state or the United States, or the national flag, or the likeness of any person, living or dead, or religious emblem or symbol of any secret or fraternal organization or society, or the symbol of any industrial organization or a representation of a coin or the currency of the United States shall not be used as an emblem.
(Code 1907, §376; Code 1923, §466; Code 1940, T. 17, §151; §17-8-8; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-32 - Party Emblem - Use When Party Is Divided.

Section 17-6-32
Party emblem - Use when party is divided.
When there is a division of any political party and each faction claims the party emblem, the judge of probate shall at once certify the fact to the chair of the state executive committee of that party, who shall within 10 days notify the judge of probate which ticket is entitled to the party emblem, and the judge of probate shall be governed by the decision of the chair, whereupon the other factions may file with the judge of probate an emblem to be used in that election only.
(Code 1907, §377; Code 1923, §467; Code 1940, T. 17, §152; §17-8-9; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-33 - Designation of Different Offices of Same Classification.

Section 17-6-33
Designation of different offices of same classification.
Whenever nominations for two or more offices of the same classification are to be made, or whenever candidates are to be elected to two or more offices of the same classification at the same primary, general, special, or municipal election, each office shall be separately designated by number on the official ballot as "Place No. 1," "Place No. 2," "Place No. 3" and so forth; and the candidates for each place shall be separately nominated or elected, as the case may be. Each candidate for nomination for such office shall designate in the announcement of his or her candidacy and in his or her request to have his or her name placed on the official primary ballot the number of the place for which he or she desires to become a candidate. The name of each qualified candidate shall be printed on the official ballot used at any such election beneath the title of the office and the number of the place for which he or she is seeking nomination or election. No person shall be a candidate for more than one such place; provided, that this provision shall not apply to counties having a population of 500,000 or more according to the last or any subsequent federal census, except as to judicial officers and members of Congress.
In the case of elections for district court judges, circuit court judges, and appellate court judges, the Administrative Office of Courts shall recommend ballot places to the Secretary of State no later than December 1st of the year prior to the election.
(Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 221, p. 2234, §1; §17-8-10; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-34 - Secret Ballot.

Section 17-6-34
Secret ballot.
Every voter in Alabama shall have the right to vote a secret ballot, and that ballot shall be kept secret and inviolate.
(Acts 1939, No. 209, p. 361; Code 1940, T. 17, §156; §17-8-11; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-35 - Procedure to Vote Straight Party Ticket.

Section 17-6-35
Procedure to vote straight party ticket.
If the elector desires to vote a straight party ticket, that is, for each and every candidate for one party for whatever office nominated, he or she shall mark the name of the party at the head of the ticket in the manner determined by a rule adopted by the Secretary of State under the Administrative Procedure Act.
(Code 1896, §1622; Code 1907, §381; Code 1923, §471; Code 1940, T. 17, §157; §17-8-15; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-36 - Procedure to Vote for One Candidate Not on Party Ticket.

Section 17-6-36
Procedure to vote for one candidate not on party ticket.
When only one candidate is to be elected to any office and the elector desires to vote for a candidate not on the straight party ticket, the elector may mark the name of the candidate for whom he or she desires to vote on the ballot.
(Code 1907, §382; Code 1923, §472; Code 1940, T. 17, §158; §17-8-16; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-37 - Procedure to Vote for Two or More Candidates on Different Party Tickets.

Section 17-6-37
Procedure to vote for two or more candidates on different party tickets.
When two or more candidates are to be elected to the same office and the elector desires to vote for candidates on different party tickets for such office, the elector may mark the names of the candidates for whom he or she desires to vote on the ballot.
(Code 1907, §383; Code 1923, §473; Code 1940, T. 17, §159; §17-8-17; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-38 - Procedure to Vote Split Ticket.

Section 17-6-38
Procedure to vote split ticket.
If the elector desires to vote a split ticket, that is, for candidates of different parties, the elector may mark the voting space by the name of each candidate for whom the elector desires to vote on whatever ticket the candidate may be.
(Code 1907, §384; Code 1923, §474; Code 1940, T. 17, §160; §17-8-18; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-39 - Procedure When Straight Party Ticket Does Not Contain Names of All Candidates.

Section 17-6-39
Procedure when straight party ticket does not contain names of all candidates.
If the ballot marked for a straight party ticket does not contain the names of candidates for all offices for which the elector may vote, the elector may vote for candidates for such offices so omitted by marking the names of candidates for such offices on other tickets, or by writing the names, if they are not printed, upon the ballot in the blank column under the title of the office.
(Code 1907, §385; Code 1923, §475; Code 1940, T. 17, §161; §17-8-19; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-40 - Procedure to Vote for Person Whose Name Not on Ballot.

Section 17-6-40
Procedure to vote for person whose name not on ballot.
If the elector desires to vote for any person whose name does not appear upon the ballot, he or she can so vote by writing the name in the proper place on the blank column.
(Code 1907, §386; Code 1923, §476; Code 1940, T. 17, §162; §17-8-20; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-41 - Ballot for Constitutional Amendment.

Section 17-6-41
Ballot for constitutional amendment.
Whenever a constitutional amendment is submitted to a vote of the qualified electors the substance or subject matter of each proposed amendment shall be so printed that the nature thereof shall be clearly indicated. Following each proposed amendment or other public measure on the ballot shall be printed the word "Yes" and immediately under that shall be printed the word "No." The choice of the electors shall be indicated by a mark made by the elector or under the elector's direction opposite the words expressing the elector's desire.
(Code 1896, §1608; Code 1907, §390; Code 1923, §480; Code 1940, T. 17, §166; §17-8-22; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-42 - Ballots to Be Paid for by Counties and Cities.

Section 17-6-42
Ballots to be paid for by counties and cities.
The printing and delivery of the ballots and cards of instructions to voters shall in municipal elections be paid for by the several cities and towns and in all other elections by the several counties respectively.
(Code 1896, §1609; Code 1907, §391; Code 1923, §481; Code 1940, T. 17, §167; §17-8-23; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-43 - Packaging of Ballots; Detachable Stubs.

Section 17-6-43
Packaging of ballots; detachable stubs.
Ballots for use in a precinct shall be packaged in convenient numbers in such manner that each ballot may be removed separately. Each ballot shall have attached to it a numbered stub which can be detached therefrom without injury to the ballot or exposing the contents thereof.
(Code 1896, §1612; Code 1907, §393; Code 1923, §483; Code 1940, T. 17, §169; §17-8-24; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-44 - Number of Ballots per Elector.

Section 17-6-44
Number of ballots per elector.
There shall be provided for each voting place at least one ballot for each registered elector at that place.
(Code 1896, §1613; Code 1907, §394; Code 1923, §484; Code 1940, T. 17, §170; Acts 1991, No. 91-583, p. 1073, §1; §17-8-25; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-45 - Performance of Duties Under Chapter for Municipal Elections.

Section 17-6-45
Performance of duties under chapter for municipal elections.
In case of any municipal election held at a time different from a general state or federal election, the duties herein prescribed for the judge of probate in respect to receiving nominations, printing and distributing ballots and cards of instructions shall be discharged under the same sanctions by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the city or town.
(Code 1896, §1615; Code 1907, §395; Code 1923, §485; Code 1940, T. 17, §171; §17-8-26; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-46 - Instructional Posters.

Section 17-6-46
Instructional posters.
(a) The judge of probate shall cause to be printed in large type posters of instructions for the guidance of electors in preparing their ballots. Instructional information shall not show partiality to any political party or candidate. The information shall include:
(1) A sample version of the ballot that will be used for that election.
(2) Information regarding the date of the election and the hours during which polling places will be open.
(3) Instructions on how to vote, including how to cast a vote and how to cast a provisional ballot.
(4) Instructions for mail-in registrants and first-time voters registering and voting for the first time after January 1, 2003.
(5) General information on voting rights under applicable federal and state laws, including information on the right of an individual to cast a provisional ballot and instructions on how to contact the appropriate officials if these rights are alleged to have been violated.
(6) General information on federal and state laws regarding prohibitions on acts of fraud and misrepresentation.
(b) The judge of probate shall furnish to the sheriff three, or more if necessary, sets of instructions to be posted in the following manner at each precinct. One set of instructions shall be posted near the entrance of the voting place so as to be plainly visible to those entering. Another set of instructions shall be placed in a plainly visible location near the area where voters are identified from the list of qualified voters printed from the state voter registration list. Remaining sets of instructions may be placed in plainly visible locations to assist voters in accordance with the circumstances presented by the physical layout of the voting place. The instructions shall be printed in large clear type and shall be made available in alternative languages in counties where the most recent federal decennial census indicates that a specific alternative language group exceeds five percent of the voting age population for that county.
(Code 1896, §1617; Code 1907, §405; Code 1923, §495; Code 1940, T. 17, §185; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2; §17-8-43; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-47 - Blank Forms and Stationery for Election.

Section 17-6-47
Blank forms and stationery for election.
The judge of probate for each county shall have printed, at the expense of the county, ballots, blank poll lists, certificates of results, oaths, and any other stationery or blank forms necessary in the conduct of an election. The judge of probate shall also superintend and insure the delivery by the sheriff to the inspectors of the election of the ballots, blank poll lists, certificates of results, oaths, and other stationery or blank forms necessary in the conduct of the elections.
(Code 1907, §406; Code 1923, §496; Code 1940, T. 17, §186; §17-8-44; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-48 - Designating Certain Officers by Number.

Section 17-6-48
Designating certain officers by number.
In all primary and general elections of associate justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama, justices of the courts of appeals of Alabama, judges of the circuit and district courts, and associate members of the public service commission, wherein two or more of such justices, judges, or officers are to be elected at the same time, each of such places to be filled shall be designated by number by the Secretary of State.
(Acts 1927, No. 348, p. 409; Code 1940, T. 17, §146; §17-7-20; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 6 - Election Preparation. › Article 2 - Ballots. › Section 17-6-49 - Office Sought to Be Designated by Number.

Section 17-6-49
Office sought to be designated by number.
Every person who seeks an office mentioned in Section 17-6-48 shall, when becoming a candidate pursuant to Section 17-5-2, designate the number of the office for which he or she is a candidate.
(Acts 1927, No. 348, p. 409; Code 1940, T. 17, §147; §17-7-21; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-1 - Payment for Machines.

Section 17-7-1
Payment for machines.
The county commission or city commission or such other authority as levies the taxes for county or city purposes of any county or city which adopts the use of electronic voting machines, shall, upon the purchase, rental, or lease thereof, provide for payment therefor by the county or city; provided, that bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, payable not later than 15 years from their dates of issuance, may be issued in accordance with the provisions of law relating to the increase of indebtedness of counties or cities, to meet all or any part of the cost of the electronic voting machines.
(Acts 1939, No. 292, p. 443; Code 1940, T. 17, §98; §17-9-8; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §37.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-2 - Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Issuance; Form; Interest.

Section 17-7-2
Warrants or certificates for purchase - Issuance; form; interest.
Each county in which electronic voting machines may now or hereafter be authorized or required to be used in the conduct of elections in such county shall have the power from time to time to sell and issue interest-bearing warrants of such county or interest-bearing certificates of indebtedness of such county for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring or providing electronic voting machines for the conduct of elections in such county, or for providing a voter reidentification program, providing equipment for the county board of registrars, or paying for construction for compliance with handicap regulations for accessibility to polling places. Such warrants and certificates may be in such denomination or denominations, may have such maturity or maturities not exceeding 15 years from their date, may bear interest from their date at an annual rate or rates not exceeding the prevailing rate, payable semiannually, may be payable at such place or places within or without this state, may be sold at such time or times and in such manner, may be executed in such manner, and may contain such terms not in conflict with the provisions of this section and Sections 17-7-3 through 17-7-7, all as the county commission of such county may provide in the proceedings wherein the warrants or certificates are authorized to be issued.
(Acts 1959, No. 603, p. 1492, §2; Acts 1990, No. 90-559. p. 951; §17-9-9; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §37.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-3 - Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Obligation of County; Disposition of Proceeds.

Section 17-7-3
Warrants or certificates for purchase - Obligation of county; disposition of proceeds.
All warrants and certificates issued pursuant to this article shall evidence general obligation indebtedness of the county by which they are issued, and the full faith and credit of the county shall be irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon. The proceeds derived from the sale of any such warrants and certificates shall be used solely for the purpose for which they are authorized to be issued, including the payment of any expenses incurred in connection with the issuance thereof.
(Acts 1959, No. 603, p. 1492, §2; §17-9-10; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §37.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-4 - Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Pledge of General Ad Valorem Tax for Payment.

Section 17-7-4
Warrants or certificates for purchase - Pledge of general ad valorem tax for payment.
The county commission of the county issuing any warrants or certificates pursuant to this article may pledge and use or cause to be used, for the payment of the principal of and interest on such warrants and certificates, so much as may be necessary for such purpose of the general annual ad valorem tax of one half of one percent which the county is authorized to levy without reference to the purpose thereof under the provisions of Section 215 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901. If more than one such pledge shall be made of the tax, then such pledges shall take precedence in the order in which they are made unless the proceedings making such pledge shall expressly provide that such pledge shall be on a parity with or subordinate to a subsequent pledge of the tax. All warrants and certificates for which the pledge authorized in this section may be made shall constitute preferred claims against the tax, and shall have preference over claims incurred in carrying on the governmental function of the county.
(Acts 1959, No. 603, p. 1492, §3; §17-9-11; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §37.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-5 - Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Refunding Authorized.

Section 17-7-5
Warrants or certificates for purchase - Refunding authorized.
Each such county may in like manner from time to time issue refunding warrants and certificates, either by sale or by exchange, for the purpose of refunding a like or greater principal amount of warrants and certificates then outstanding which were issued under the provisions of this section and Sections 17-7-2 through 17-7-4 and Sections 17-7-6 and 17-7-7 and the interest thereon and paying any premium necessary to be paid to retire the outstanding warrants and certificates refunded thereby. The provisions of this section and Sections 17-7-2 through 17-7-4 and Sections 17-7-6 and 17-7-7 applicable to the warrants and certificates so refunded shall likewise be applicable to such refunding warrants and certificates.
(Acts 1959, No. 603, p. 1492, §4; §17-9-12; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §37.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-5.1 - Time of Holding Elections.

Section 17-7-5.1
Time of holding elections.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-9-6 BY ACT 2006-570 IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2007.
(Acts 1979, No. 79-616, p. 1086, §1; Act 2003-337, p. 844, §1; Act 2006-281, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-6 - Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Sections 17-7-2 Through 17-7-7 Control Inconsistent Laws.

Section 17-7-6
Warrants or certificates for purchase - Sections 17-7-2 through 17-7-7 control inconsistent laws.
Insofar as the provisions of this section and Sections 17-7-2 through 17-7-5 and Section 17-7-7 may be inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this section and Sections 17-7-2 through 17-7-5 and Section 17-7-7 shall control, it being hereby specifically declared that the provisions of Section 11-8-10 shall not be applicable to the warrants and certificates issued under the provisions of this section and Sections 17-7-2 through 17-7-5 and Section 17-7-7.
(Acts 1959, No. 603, p. 1492, §5; §17-9-13; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §37.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-7 - Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Applicability of Sections 17-7-2 Through 17-7-7.

Section 17-7-7
Warrants or certificates for purchase - Applicability of Sections 17-7-2 through 17-7-7.
The provisions of this section and Sections 17-7-2 through 17-7-6 shall apply to each county in this state in which electronic voting machines may now or hereafter be authorized or required to be used in the conduct of elections in such county.
(Acts 1959, No. 603, p. 1492, §1; §17-9-14; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §37.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-8 - Booths and Place for Holding Election to Be Provided.

Section 17-7-8
Booths and place for holding election to be provided.
THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2006-570.
(Code 1896, §1616; Code 1907, §388; Code 1923, §478; Code 1940, T. 17, §164.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-11 - Proclaiming Polls Open.

Section 17-7-11
Proclaiming polls open.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-9-9 BY ACT 2006-570.
(Code 1876, §272; Code 1886, §367; Code 1896, §1619; Code 1907, §397; Code 1923, §487; Code 1940, T. 17, §173.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-12 - Voting Without Registration and Taking Oath.

Section 17-7-12
Voting without registration and taking oath.
THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2006-570.
(Code 1876, §4291; Code 1886, §4186; Code 1896, §4693; Code 1907, §6789; Code 1923, §3907; Code 1940, T. 17, §303.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-13 - Elector to Vote in County and Precinct of Residence.

Section 17-7-13
Elector to vote in county and precinct of residence.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-9-10 BY ACT 2006-570.
(Code 1876, §273; Code 1886, §368; Code 1896, §1620; Code 1907, §398; Code 1923, §488; Code 1940, T. 17, §174; Act 2003-313, p. 733, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-14 - When Registration Certificate Not Required.

Section 17-7-14
When registration certificate not required.
THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2006-570.
(Code 1907, §363; Code 1923, §453; Code 1940, T. 17, §136.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-15 - Voter to Sign Name on Poll List; Exceptions.

Section 17-7-15
Voter to sign name on poll list; exceptions.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTIONS 17-17-15 AND 17-9-11 BY ACT 2006-570.
(Acts 1953, No. 201, p. 266, §§1, 2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-16 - Poll List to Be Sealed.

Section 17-7-16
Poll list to be sealed.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-9-12 BY ACT 2006-570.
(Code 1907, §367; Code 1923, §457; Code 1940, T. 17, §140.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-17 - Unlawful Use of Poll List.

Section 17-7-17
Unlawful use of poll list.
THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2006-570.
(Code 1907, §6806; Code 1923, §3924; Code 1940, T. 17, §319.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-18 - Proximity of Persons to Polling Place.

Section 17-7-18
Proximity of persons to polling place.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-9-50 BY ACT 2006-570.
(Code 1896, §1621; Code 1907, §371; Code 1923, §461; Code 1940, T. 17, §144.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-19 - Loitering About Polling Place; Standing in Line of Voters After Having Voted.

Section 17-7-19
Loitering about polling place; standing in line of voters after having voted.
THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2006-570.
(Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 158, p. 183.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 17 - Elections. › Chapter 7 - Electronic Voting Machines. › Section 17-7-20 - Definitions.

Section 17-7-20
Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) AUTOMATIC TABULATING EQUIPMENT. Includes any apparatus necessary to examine and count automatically votes designated on ballots and data processing machines which can be used for counting ballots and tabulating results.
(2) COMMITTEE. The Alabama Electronic Voting Committee.
(3) ELECTRONIC VOTE COUNTING SYSTEM. A system in which votes are recorded on a ballot and subsequently counted and tabulated by automatic tabulating equipment at one or more counting locations.
(Acts 1983, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 83-200, p. 374, §2; Act 99-663, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 121, §1; §17-24-2; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §39.)