Section 17-16-75 – Sheriffs to Serve Commission’s Writs.
Section 17-16-75 Sheriffs to serve commission’s writs. The sheriffs of Alabama in their respective counties are required to serve subpoenas and such other writs as the commission may have authority to issue, and shall be allowed the same compensation as is now allowed by law for similar services performed at the command of the courts. […]
Section 17-17-14 – Voting Without Registration and Oath.
Section 17-17-14 Voting without registration and oath. Any person voting at any county or state election who has not registered and taken and subscribed to the registration oath shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class B misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Section 17-17-30 – Failure to Provide Notice in Contested Election.
Section 17-17-30 Failure to provide notice in contested election. Any sheriff or constable who fails to give the notices necessary to be served in cases of contested elections, within the time and in the mode prescribed, if practicable for him or her to do so, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a violation. (Act 2006-570, […]
Section 17-16-76 – Execution for Costs.
Section 17-16-76 Execution for costs. After the determination of the contest, the Clerk of the House of Representatives must tax the costs accrued and certify the amount of each separate item, the name of the person entitled thereto, and the result of such contest and the names of the sureties on the bond for contest, […]
Section 17-17-15 – Signing Name of Other Person on Poll List.
Section 17-17-15 Signing name of other person on poll list. Any person who willfully and intentionally signs on the poll list the name of any person other than himself or herself, including any signing by mark, in violation of Section 17-9-11, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, […]
Section 17-17-31 – Failure to Provide Notice Under Section 17-15-5.
Section 17-17-31 Failure to provide notice under Section 17-15-5. Any judge of probate who fails to give notice of a special election ordered by the Governor, as required by Section 17-15-5, is guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)
Section 17-16-90 – Limited Post-Election Audit of the November 8, 2022, Statewide General Election.
Section 17-16-90 Limited post-election audit of the November 8, 2022, statewide general election. (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama Voter Confidence Act. (b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Secretary of State may conduct a limited post-election audit of the November 8, 2022, statewide general election, […]
Section 17-17-16 – Unlawful Use of Poll Lists.
Section 17-17-16 Unlawful use of poll lists. Any election officer or any other person who makes a copy of the signed voter poll list or any memoranda therefrom or list of the persons voting, or discloses the number of such voter’s ballot, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C misdemeanor. (Act 2006-570, p. […]
Section 17-17-1 – Arrest of Electors Attending, Going To, or Returning From Elections.
Section 17-17-1 Arrest of electors attending, going to, or returning from elections. An elector must not be arrested during attendance at elections, or while going to or returning therefrom, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace or for a violation on that day of any of the provisions of the election law. For […]
Section 17-17-17 – Loitering About Polling Place; Standing in Line of Voters After Having Voted.
Section 17-17-17 Loitering about polling place; standing in line of voters after having voted. Any person who loiters in, around, or about a polling place on election day for the purpose of discouraging qualified electors from entering the voting place, or from voting, or whoever having voted enters or stands in a line or file […]