Alabama Code — 17
Browse 484 sections in division 17 of the Alabama code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 17-1-1. Applicability of Title to Primary Elections and County or Municipal Elections.
- § 17-1-2. Definitions.
- § 17-1-3. Chief Elections Officials.
- § 17-1-4. Right of City, County and State Employees to Participate in Political Activities.
- § 17-1-5. Employers to Allow Time Off for Voting.
- § 17-1-6. Ranked-Choice Voting Prohibited; Exceptions.
- § 17-2-1. Help America Vote Fund.
- § 17-2-2. Implementation Plan; State Plan Committee.
- § 17-2-3. Establishment of Complaint Review Procedures.
- § 17-2-4. Voting System Requirements; Vote Standards; Uniform Polling System; Purchase of Equipment.
- § 17-3-1. Promulgation of Rules for Registration Applications.
- § 17-3-3. Terms of Office; Removal from Office.
- § 17-3-4. Filling of Vacancies.
- § 17-3-6. Oath of Office; Registrars Designated as Judicial Officers.
- § 17-3-7. Quorum.
- § 17-3-8.1. Reallocation of Unused Working Days of Registrar Upon Request by Another Registrar.
- § 17-3-9. Time and Place of Meeting in Counties with Two or More Courthouses.
- § 17-3-10. Expenditure of County Funds for Supplies, Office Space, Etc.; Clerical Personnel of Boards.
- § 17-3-11. Registration of Voters at Colleges and Universities.
- § 17-3-12. Per Diem for Board Members; Appointments to Fill Board Vacancies.
- § 17-3-13. Compensation Increases.
- § 17-3-30. Qualifications of Electors Generally.
- § 17-3-30.1. Disqualification of Electors for Felonies Involving Moral Turpitude.
- § 17-3-31. Restoration of Right to Vote Upon Pardon or Issuance of Certificate of Eligibility.
- § 17-3-32. Domicile Not Acquired or Lost by Temporary Absence.
- § 17-3-33. Domicile of Persons Located Partly in Multiple Counties, Districts, or Precincts.
- § 17-3-34. Persons Living on Boundary Lines Between Counties, Districts, or Precincts.
- § 17-3-50. Registration Deadline.
- § 17-3-51. Certificate of Registration.
- § 17-3-52. Examination and Oath of Applicants; Disclosure of Information.
- § 17-3-53. Access by Political Parties to Voter Registration Information.
- § 17-3-54. Refusal of Registration - Authorized; Notice Required.
- § 17-3-55. Refusal of Registration - Appeal.
- § 17-3-56. Registration Required Only Once; Exceptions.
- § 17-3-57. Forms and Supplies; Publication of Notices; Expenses.
- § 17-3-58. Voters in Territory Transferred to Another County.
- § 17-3-59. Electors Temporarily Out of the County May Register.
- § 17-3-60. Clerical Assistance for Judge of Probate and Board of Registrars.
- § 17-4-1. Lists of Registered Voters to Be Published.
- § 17-4-2. State Voter Registration Lists.
- § 17-4-2.1. Electronic Poll Books.
- § 17-4-3. County Board of Registrars to Purge Disqualified Electors.
- § 17-4-4. Information of Deaths, Incompetency, and Convictions to Be Furnished to Boards of Registrars; Rulemaking Authority.
- § 17-4-5. Notice of Previous Registration to Be Given.
- § 17-4-6. Information to Be Provided by State Departments or Agencies.
- § 17-4-6.1. Investigation of Registered Voter Reported to Be Deceased or a Nonresident of the Precinct.
- § 17-4-7. Meeting of Board of Registrars for Voter List Maintenance.
- § 17-4-8. Electors to Reidentify Themselves; Notice of Reidentification; When Eligible by Mail.
- § 17-4-9. Inactive Voter List; Voter Reidentification.
- § 17-4-10. Publication of Names to Be Struck from List.
- § 17-4-11. Only Electors Disqualified or Not Reidentified to Be Removed.
- § 17-4-12. Records to Show Reason for Striking Elector from List; Removal for Failure to Reidentify Not Permanent Disqualification.
- § 17-4-13. Procedure for Having Name Restored to List of Qualified Electors; Limitation of Provisions.
- § 17-4-14. Permanent List of Qualified Electors.
- § 17-4-31. State to Reimburse County Commissions for Certain Costs.
- § 17-4-32. Judge of Probate to Have Access to Current List of Registered Voters; No State Entities to Pay Costs for Access to List.
- § 17-4-33. Computerized Statewide Voter Registration List.
- § 17-4-34. State Voter Registration Advisory Board.
- § 17-4-35. Supervisor of Voter Registration.
- § 17-4-36. Duties of Boards of Registrars; Voter Registration Identification Number.
- § 17-4-37. Applicability of Chapter.
- § 17-4-60. Implementation of Federal Acts.
- § 17-4-61. Additional Personnel.
- § 17-4-62. Voter Registration Fund.
- § 17-4-63. Rules, Forms, and Instructions; Inter-Agency Agreements.
- § 17-5-1. Short Title.
- § 17-5-2. Definitions.
- § 17-5-3. Political Action Committees; Officers; Accounting and Reporting.
- § 17-5-4. Filing Statement to Show Principal Campaign Committee; Duties and Procedures; Dissolution.
- § 17-5-4.1. Exemption of Candidates for Municipal Office from Certain Filing Requirements.
- § 17-5-5. Statement of Organization; Notice of Termination or Dissolution.
- § 17-5-5.1. Regulation of Legislative Caucus Organizations.
- § 17-5-6. Checking Account; Expenditures.
- § 17-5-7. Use of Excess Moneys Received; Solicitation, Etc., of Contributions.
- § 17-5-7.1. Return or Refund of Contributions.
- § 17-5-7.2. Disposal of Campaign Property.
- § 17-5-8. Electronic Filings; Reports of Contributions and Expenditures; Filing Requirements.
- § 17-5-8.1. Electronic Reporting; Electronic Searchable Database; Rules.
- § 17-5-8.2. Legislative Findings.
- § 17-5-9. Filing Procedures.
- § 17-5-10. Public Inspection of Reports; Date of Receipt.
- § 17-5-11. Duties of Secretary of State.
- § 17-5-12. Identification of Paid Advertisements.
- § 17-5-13. Cards, Pamphlets, Circulars, Etc., to Bear Name of Candidate, Committee, Etc.
- § 17-5-14. Corporate Contributions or Expenditures to Political Action Committees; Establishment by Corporation; Actions by Utilities.
- § 17-5-14.1. Establishment of Segregated, Separate Political Funds; Voluntary Contributions; Filing of Disclosure Reports; Violations.
- § 17-5-15. Contributions by One Person in Name of Another; Contributions Between Political Action Committees, Etc.
- § 17-5-15.1. Funding Limitations for Principal Campaign Committee of a Local or State Candidate; Contributions and Donations from Foreign Nationals Prohibited.
- § 17-5-16. Fraudulent Misrepresentation as Acting for Candidate, Etc., Prohibited; Automated or Pre-recorded Communications.
- § 17-5-16.1. Distribution of Materially Deceptive Media to Influence an Upcoming Election.
- § 17-5-17. Solicitation by Force, Job Discrimination, Threats, Etc., Prohibited.
- § 17-5-18. Failure to File Required Statement or Report.
- § 17-5-19. Violations.
- § 17-5-19.1. Civil Penalties.
- § 17-5-19.2. Administrative Review.
- § 17-5-20. Appointment of Designated Filing Agents; Submission of Reports.
- § 17-5-21. Administrative Rules.
- § 17-6-1. Purpose.
- § 17-6-2. Establishment of Precincts; Boundaries; Precinct Map; Reapportionment Coordination.
- § 17-6-3. Voting Districts; Naming of Precincts.
- § 17-6-4. Designating and Equipping Voting Places; County Voting Centers.
- § 17-6-5. List of Voters for Each Voting Place.
- § 17-6-6. Adjustment of Precinct Configuration, Boundaries, Etc.
- § 17-6-7. Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment as Liaison with Bureau of Census; Assistance to Counties.
- § 17-6-8. Cooperation with Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment.
- § 17-6-9. Inapplicability to Municipal Elections.
- § 17-6-20. Elections Must Be by Official Ballot.
- § 17-6-21. Contents; Amendments; Withdrawal of Name.
- § 17-6-22. Political Parties Not Included on Ballot Unless Requirements Met.
- § 17-6-23. Uniform Ballots at Each Polling Place; Electors for President and Vice President.
- § 17-6-24. Printing and Design.
- § 17-6-25. Order of Listing of Candidates on Ballots.
- § 17-6-26. Order of Arrangement; Content Requirements; Secrecy Envelopes or Folders.
- § 17-6-27. Write-In Votes; Listing of Independent Candidates; Form of Ballots.
- § 17-6-28. Requirements for Write-In Votes.
- § 17-6-29. Party Emblem - Submission; Approval.
- § 17-6-30. Party Emblem - Certification to Judge of Probate.
- § 17-6-31. Party Emblem - Prohibited Designs.
- § 17-6-32. Party Emblem - Use When Party Is Divided.
- § 17-6-33. Designation of Different Offices of Same Classification.
- § 17-6-34. Secret Ballot.
- § 17-6-35. Procedure to Vote Straight Party Ticket.
- § 17-6-36. Procedure to Vote for One Candidate Not on Party Ticket.
- § 17-6-37. Procedure to Vote for Two or More Candidates on Different Party Tickets.
- § 17-6-38. Procedure to Vote Split Ticket.
- § 17-6-39. Procedure When Straight Party Ticket Does Not Contain Names of All Candidates.
- § 17-6-40. Procedure to Vote for Person Whose Name Not on Ballot.
- § 17-6-41. Ballot for Constitutional Amendment.
- § 17-6-42. Ballots to Be Paid for by Counties and Cities.
- § 17-6-43. Packaging of Ballots; Detachable Stubs.
- § 17-6-44. Number of Ballots Per Elector.
- § 17-6-45. Performance of Duties Under Chapter for Municipal Elections.
- § 17-6-46. Instructional Posters.
- § 17-6-47. Blank Forms and Stationery for Election.
- § 17-6-48. Designating Certain Officers by Number.
- § 17-6-48.1. Permanent Place Names for Each Seat on Supreme Court and Courts of Appeal.
- § 17-6-49. Office Sought to Be Designated by Number.
- § 17-6-80. Short Title.
- § 17-6-81. Fair Ballot Commission; Ballot Statements.
- § 17-7-1. Payment for Machines.
- § 17-7-2. Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Issuance; Form; Interest.
- § 17-7-3. Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Obligation of County; Disposition of Proceeds.
- § 17-7-4. Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Pledge of General Ad Valorem Tax for Payment.
- § 17-7-5. Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Refunding Authorized.
- § 17-7-5.1. Time of Holding Elections.
- § 17-7-6. Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Sections 17-7-2 through 17-7-7 Control Inconsistent Laws.
- § 17-7-7. Warrants or Certificates for Purchase - Applicability of Sections 17-7-2 through 17-7-7.
- § 17-7-8. Booths and Place for Holding Election to Be Provided.
- § 17-7-11. Proclaiming Polls Open.
- § 17-7-12. Voting Without Registration and Taking Oath.
- § 17-7-13. Elector to Vote in County and Precinct of Residence.
- § 17-7-14. When Registration Certificate Not Required.
- § 17-7-15. Voter to Sign Name on Poll List; Exceptions.
- § 17-7-16. Poll List to Be Sealed.
- § 17-7-17. Unlawful Use of Poll List.
- § 17-7-18. Proximity of Persons to Polling Place.
- § 17-7-19. Loitering About Polling Place; Standing in Line of Voters After Having Voted.
- § 17-7-20. Definitions.
- § 17-7-21. Requirements for Approval of System.
- § 17-7-22. Electronic Voting Committee.
- § 17-7-23. Examination and Certification of Equipment.
- § 17-7-24. Report of Certification or Rejection to Be Issued.
- § 17-7-25. Implementation of Article.
- § 17-7-26. Limitation on Committee’s Authority.
- § 17-7-27. Secretary of State May Implement Uniform System of Electronic Voting in Certain Counties.
- § 17-7-28. Counties Participating in Project May Be Eligible to Receive State Funding.
- § 17-7-29. Secretary of State May Provide for Orderly Acceptance of Counties Requesting to Participate; Reimbursement.
- § 17-8-1. Appointment of Election Officials; Duties.
- § 17-8-2. Notice of Appointment.
- § 17-8-2.1. Political Parties Not Included on Ballot Unless Requirements Met.
- § 17-8-3. When Officers Ineligible to Serve on Appointing Board.
- § 17-8-4. Replacement of Ineligible Member of Appointing Board.
- § 17-8-5. Political Parties Furnish Lists from Which Appointments Are Made.
- § 17-8-6. Failure of Election Officials to Attend.
- § 17-8-7. Poll Watchers.
- § 17-8-8. Oaths of Election Officials.
- § 17-8-9. Instruction of Election Officials.
- § 17-8-10. Returning Officer.
- § 17-8-11. Return of Ballots in Absence of Inspector.
- § 17-8-12. Compensation of Election Officials.
- § 17-8-13. Certain Election Officials Excused from Employment to Perform Election Duties.
- § 17-8-14. Student Interns.
- § 17-9-1. Duty of Sheriff to Preserve Order at Elections.
- § 17-9-2. Duties of Judge of Probate to Devolve Upon Circuit Court in Event of Failure to Perform.
- § 17-9-3. Persons Entitled to Have Names Printed on Ballots; Failure of Secretary of State to Certify Nominations.
- § 17-9-4. Certificates of Nomination to Be Preserved by Judge of Probate.
- § 17-9-5. Notice of Election.
- § 17-9-6. Time of Holding Elections.
- § 17-9-7. When Election Officials to Meet, Open Polling Place, Etc.
- § 17-9-8. No Adjournment.
- § 17-9-9. Proclaiming Polls Open.
- § 17-9-10. Elector Must Vote in County and Voting Place of Domicile.
- § 17-9-11. Voter to Sign Name on Poll List; Exceptions.
- § 17-9-12. Poll List to Be Sealed.
- § 17-9-13. Voting Assistance; Time Allowed to Finish Voting.
- § 17-9-14. Spoiled Ballot.
- § 17-9-15. Disposition of Records and Forms After Close of Polls.
- § 17-9-30. Identification of Electors; Alabama Photo Voter Identification Card.
- § 17-9-50. Proximity of Persons to Polling Place.
- § 17-9-50.1. Photographing or Revealing Contents of Another Voter’s Ballot.
- § 17-9-51. Time Requirements for Receipt of Absentee Ballots.
- § 17-9-52. This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2022 Regular Session, Effective July 1, 2022. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement.
- § 17-10-1. Voter Identification Requirements.
- § 17-10-2. Provisional Ballots; Certification; Tabulation; Identification of Ballots.
- § 17-10-3. Voting in Precinct, Etc., Where Elector’s Name Does Not Appear on Official List.
- § 17-11-1. “Circuit Clerk” Defined.
- § 17-11-2. Absentee Election Manager.
- § 17-11-3. Voting in Precinct, Etc., Where Elector’s Name Does Not Appear on Official List.
- § 17-11-3.1. Qualified Voter with Permanent Disability Preventing Attendance at Polls.
- § 17-11-4. Form and Contents of Application; Submission of Application.
- § 17-11-5. Delivery of Absentee Ballots; Maintenance of Voter Lists.
- § 17-11-6. Form of Absentee Ballots.
- § 17-11-7. Form of Affidavit to Be Printed on Envelope - General, Special, or Municipal Elections.
- § 17-11-8. Form of Affidavit to Be Printed on Envelope - Primary Elections.
- § 17-11-9. Materials Furnished with Ballot; Delivery of Ballot to Absentee Election Manager.
- § 17-11-10. Procedure Upon Receipt of Ballot by Absentee Election Manager; Counting of Ballots.
- § 17-11-11. Officials for Counting of Absentee Ballots; Poll Watchers.
- § 17-11-12. Delivery of Ballots, Envelopes, Etc. to Absentee Election Manager.
- § 17-11-13. Disqualification of Circuit Clerk from Serving as Absentee Election Manager.
- § 17-11-14. Compensation of Absentee Election Manager.
- § 17-11-15. Performance of Duties of Clerk in Municipal Elections Held Separate from Primary or General Election.
- § 17-11-16. Costs and Expenses Generally.
- § 17-11-17. Promulgation of Rules and Regulations with Respect to Challenged Absentee Ballots.
- § 17-11-18. Time Requirements for Receipt of Absentee Ballots.
- § 17-11-19. Statements Required from Persons or Entities Supplying Election Materials; Return of Unused Election Materials.
- § 17-11-40. Definitions.
- § 17-11-41. Alabama Electronic Overseas Voting Advisory Committee.
- § 17-11-42. Rules; Requirements; Minimum Criteria.
- § 17-11-43. Request for Overseas Ballot.
- § 17-11-43.1. Use of Federal Write-In Absentee Ballots by Overseas Voters.
- § 17-11-44. Receipt of Request.
- § 17-11-45. Procedudre for Return of Voted Ballot.
- § 17-11-46. Overseas Voter Certificate.
- § 17-11-47. Instructions.
- § 17-11-48. Processing of Voted Absentee Ballots.
- § 17-11-49. Witnessing or Notarization of Absentee Ballots.
- § 17-11-50. Emergency Procedures and Rules.
- § 17-11-51. Funding.
- § 17-12-1. Conclusion of Voting; Locking of Equipment; Certificates of Result.
- § 17-12-2. Statements of Results.
- § 17-12-4. Procedures Upon Malfunction of Equipment.
- § 17-12-5. Retest of Equipment.
- § 17-12-6. Counting Upon Close of Polls.
- § 17-12-7. Preservation of Ballots by Sheriff.
- § 17-12-8. Count of Votes to Be Sealed, Certified, and Delivered to Sheriff; Public Inspection of Results.
- § 17-12-9. Delivery of Certificates to Judge of Probate; Forwarding to Secretary of State.
- § 17-12-10. Posting of Certificate of Result.
- § 17-12-11. Returns of Election - How Made; Duty of Judge of Probate.
- § 17-12-12. Returns of Election - Sealing, Delivery, and Disposition of Records.
- § 17-12-13. Procedure; Improperly Marked Ballots.
- § 17-12-14. Ballots to Be Counted, Labeled, Sealed, and Delivered to Returning Officer.
- § 17-12-15. Time and Manner of Canvassing.
- § 17-12-16. Certification of Results.
- § 17-12-17. Canvass of Election Returns by State Officials.
- § 17-12-18. Governor Proclaims Result of Certain Elections.
- § 17-12-19. Returns of Election of State Officers.
- § 17-12-20. List of Registered Voters Open to Inspection.
- § 17-12-21. Certificates of Election to Members of Congress and Legislators.
- § 17-12-22. Results of Election of State Officers; Resolution of Tie Votes.
- § 17-12-23. How Tie Vote Decided.
- § 17-12-24. Penalty for Failure to Make Returns.
- § 17-12-25. Notice of Failure to Make Return.
- § 17-13-1. “Primary Election” Defined.
- § 17-13-2. Applicability of Chapter; Applicability of General Election Laws to Primary Elections.
- § 17-13-4. Payment of Compensation of Officers and Other Expenses of Elections.
- § 17-13-5. Filing of Declaration of Candidacy; Certification of Names of Candidates; Preparation of Ballots; Unopposed Candidates.
- § 17-13-6. Only Qualified Candidates to Be Listed on Ballots.
- § 17-13-7. Persons Entitled to Vote; Voter to Certify Political Party Preference by Signing Poll List.
- § 17-13-7.1. Persons Entitled to Vote in Primary Runoff Elections
- § 17-13-8. Ballots, Stationery, and Supplies; Pledge Printed on Ballot; Spoiling of Ballot.
- § 17-13-8.1. Instant Runoff Primary Elections in Certain Situations.
- § 17-13-9. Duty of Judge of Probate to Furnish and Deliver Election Supplies.
- § 17-13-10. Ballots to Be Secret and Inviolate.
- § 17-13-11. Watchers at Polls.
- § 17-13-12. Returning Officers.
- § 17-13-13. Counting of Votes; Results to Be Posted for Public Inspection.
- § 17-13-14. Counting of Ballots; Materials to Be Sealed; Delivery and Retention of Materials; Posting of Certificate of Result.
- § 17-13-15. When Voted Ballots Container and Records of Election Container May Be Opened.
- § 17-13-16. Public Proclamation of Results of Election; Distribution of Certificates of Results.
- § 17-13-17. Canvass, Tabulation, and Declaration of Results.
- § 17-13-18. Candidate with Majority of Votes Declared Nominee of Party; Second Primary Election; Certification of Results.
- § 17-13-19. Procedure When One Candidate Declines to Enter Second Primary.
- § 17-13-20. Determination of Majority of Votes Cast.
- § 17-13-21. Tie Votes.
- § 17-13-22. Certification of Nominees to Judge of Probate.
- § 17-13-23. Filling of Vacancies in Nominations.
- § 17-13-24. Voting More Than Once.
- § 17-13-25. Changing or Altering Returns of Primary Elections.
- § 17-13-26. Additional Duties of Sheriff, Chief of Police, Etc.
- § 17-13-40. “Political Party” Defined.
- § 17-13-41. Determination of Total Vote of Political Party.
- § 17-13-42. Political Parties May Elect Whether to Participate in Primary Elections.
- § 17-13-43. Selection of Delegates to National Conventions by Political Parties.
- § 17-13-44. Party Committees for State and Political Subdivisions.
- § 17-13-45. Provision for Election of Members of State Executive Committees.
- § 17-13-46. Notice by Governing Body of Political Party of Desire to Enter Primary.
- § 17-13-47. Assessments and Other Qualifications for Candidates for Nomination.
- § 17-13-48. Selection and Appointment of Officers to Conduct Elections.
- § 17-13-49. State and Other Conventions.
- § 17-13-50. Party Meetings to Nominate Candidates, Select Delegates, Party Officers, Etc.