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 […]
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 […]
Section 17-6-28 – Requirements for Write-in Votes.
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 following: (1) Upon a determination that the number of write-in votes for a specific office is greater than or equal to the difference in […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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; […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]