Code of Alabama - Title 17: Elections - Chapter 6 - Election Preparation
- Article 1 Precincts.
- Section 17-6-1 Purpose
It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for participation by the State of Alabama in programs of the Bureau of the Census of...
- Section 17-6-2 Establishment of precincts; boundaries; precinct map; reapportionment coordination
(a) The governing body of each county shall establish precincts, define the territorial limits for which each precinct is established, prescribe their boundaries using the...
- Section 17-6-3 Voting districts; naming of precincts
(a) Except as may be provided further by local election laws or by the electronic vote counting statutes, the counties in this state, as divided...
- Section 17-6-4 Designating and equipping voting places; county voting centers
(a) Except as may be provided further by local election laws or by the electronic vote counting statutes, the county governing bodies shall designate the...
- Section 17-6-5 List of voters for each voting place
The judge of probate shall prepare a separate, correct alphabetical list of all the names of qualified electors or voters for each voting place from...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Article 2 Ballots.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Section 17-6-28 Requirements for write-in votes
(a) Write-in votes shall be permitted only in non-municipal general elections and shall be counted as provided in this section based on one of the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Section 17-6-48.1 (Effective February 1, 2021) Permanent place names for each seat on supreme court and courts of appeal
(a) Beginning with the 2022 statewide election, the following offices on the supreme court, court of criminal appeals, and court of civil appeals shall be...
- 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...
- Article 3 Alabama Informed Voter Act.
Last modified: May 3, 2021