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
  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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• Section 17-14-11 United States Senators
  At the general election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2008, and each six years thereafter, a senator...
• Article 2 Elections for Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors.
• Section 17-14-30 Number of presidential electors
  On the day prescribed in Section 17-14-10, there are to be elected, in the manner provided in this chapter, a number of electors for President...
• Section 17-14-31 Certification of names of candidates; nominating petitions; names of electors; statement of electors
  (a) When presidential electors are to be chosen, the Secretary of State of Alabama shall certify to the judges of probate of the several counties...
• Section 17-14-32 Names on ballots; vote for candidate counted as vote for designated electors
  The names of all candidates for President and Vice President who are nominated as provided in this chapter shall be printed on the official ballots...
• Section 17-14-33 Making returns to Secretary of State
  In all elections for electors for President and Vice President, the canvassing board of each county must, within five days after making the statement of...
• Section 17-14-34 Governor to estimate returns and give notice of election
  Within 15 days after the time for making the returns, the Governor, in the presence of the Secretary of State and Attorney General, or either...
• Section 17-14-35 Tie vote
  If, at the time of making the certification under Section 17-14-34, it is found that an election of the number of electors to which the...
• Section 17-14-36 Electoral meeting; filling of vacancies
  The electors of President and Vice President are to assemble at the office of the Secretary of State, at the seat of government at 12:00...
• Section 17-14-37 Compensation of electors
  Each elector for President and Vice President shall receive eight dollars ($8) for each day he or she necessarily attends at the seat of government,...
• Article 3 Amendments to the Constitution.
• Section 17-14-50 Counting and returning vote on constitutional amendment
  The vote on an amendment proposed to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, shall be counted and return made thereof as the vote for members...
• Section 17-14-51 Returns made to Secretary of State
  The canvassing board shall ascertain the number of votes given in their respective counties for and against the proposed amendment when ascertaining the vote given...
• Section 17-14-52 Returns counted; result proclaimed
  The Secretary of State, in the presence of the Governor and Attorney General, or one of them, shall open certificates received pursuant to Section 17-14-51...
• Section 17-14-53 Expense of publication of proclamation
  Whenever any proposed amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, regardless of the nature thereof, is submitted to the people for ratification or adoption,...
• Section 17-14-54 Cost of elections on constitutional amendments
  Unless otherwise stated in the act or resolution calling such election, whenever any special election is ordered by the Legislature upon any proposed amendment or...
• Section 17-14-55 Duty of state Comptroller to ascertain expenses and file same
  It shall be the duty of the Comptroller to ascertain the expense of an election under Section 17-14-54 and, within 30 days after the holding...
• Article 4 Congressional Districts and Elections.
• Section 17-14-70 Congressional districts; official maps
  (a) The State is divided into seven congressional districts as follows: District 1: Baldwin County, Escambia County, Mobile County, Monroe County, Washington County, Clarke County:...
• Section 17-14-71 Election of congressional representative
  Each congressional district described in Section 17-14-70 is entitled to elect one representative in the Congress of the United States, who shall be chosen by...
• Section 17-14-72 Making returns to Secretary of State
  In all elections for representatives in Congress, the canvassing board of each county must, within five days after making the statement of the county vote...
• Section 17-14-73 Governor to estimate returns and give notice of election
  Within 22 days after the time for making the returns, the Governor, in the presence of the Secretary of State and Attorney General, or either...

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