Code of Alabama - Title 17: Elections - Chapter 9 - Conduct and Management of Elections

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 17-9-1 Duty of sheriff to preserve order at elections
  The sheriff of each county shall, on each day of election, be present in person or by deputy at all election precincts where elections are...
• Section 17-9-2 Duties of judge of probate to devolve upon circuit court in event of failure to perform
  THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2006-570.
• Section 17-9-3 Persons entitled to have names printed on ballots; failure of Secretary of State to certify nominations
  (a) The following persons shall be entitled to have their names printed on the appropriate ballot for the general election, provided they are otherwise qualified...
• Section 17-9-4 Certificates of nomination to be preserved by judge of probate
  The judge of probate shall cause to be preserved all certificates and petitions of nomination filed in his or her office under the provisions of...
• Section 17-9-5 Notice of election
  The judge of probate must give notice at least 14 days before each election by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county,...
• Section 17-9-6 Time of holding elections
  Every polling place shall open for voting at 7:00 A.M. and shall close at 7:00 P.M. All polling places in areas operating on eastern time...
• Section 17-9-7 When election officials to meet, open polling place, etc
  The precinct election officials appointed shall meet at the place of holding elections in the several voting places for which they have been appointed not...
• Section 17-9-8 No adjournment
  After the polls have opened, no adjournment or recess shall be taken until the certificate of the result of the election is signed.
• Section 17-9-9 Proclaiming polls open
  The inspectors, before they commence receiving ballots, must cause it to be proclaimed at the place of voting that the election is opened.
• Section 17-9-10 Elector must vote in county and voting place of domicile
  At all elections held within this state, the elector shall vote in the county and voting place of his or her domicile and nowhere else...
• Section 17-9-11 Voter to sign name on poll list; exceptions
  In every election held in this state, the voter shall sign his or her name on one of the poll lists or lists of persons...
• Section 17-9-12 Poll list to be sealed
  The signed voter poll list shall be sealed in an envelope before the inspectors begin to count the vote and shall not be opened.
• Section 17-9-13 Voting assistance; time allowed to finish voting
  (a) Any person who wishes assistance in voting may receive assistance from any person the voter chooses except the voter's employer, an agent of the...
• Section 17-9-14 Spoiled ballot
  (a) Any elector who shall by accident or mistake spoil a ballot so that he or she cannot conveniently or safely vote the same may...
• Section 17-9-15 Disposition of records and forms after close of polls
  After the close of the polls in all primary, special, general, and municipal elections held in the state, the records and forms produced at the...
• Article 2 Voter Identification.
• Section 17-9-30 Identification of electors; Alabama photo voter identification card
  (a) Each elector shall provide valid photo identification to an appropriate election official prior to voting. A voter required to show valid photo identification when...
• Article 3 Prohibited Practices.
• Section 17-9-50 Proximity of persons to polling place
  Except as electors are admitted to vote and persons to assist them as herein provided, and except for the judge of probate, the sheriff, or...
• Section 17-9-50.1 Photographing or revealing contents of another voter's ballot
  (a) At any polling place in any state, county, or municipal election, an individual may not do either of the following: (1) Take a photograph...
• Section 17-9-51 Time requirements for receipt of absentee ballots
  Repealed by Act 2019-507, § 2, effective August 1, 2019.

Last modified: May 3, 2021