Section 17-6-20 Elections must be by official ballot. In all elections held in this state on any subject which may be submitted by law to the vote of the people and for all or any state, county, district, or municipal officers, the voting shall be by official ballot prescribed by law; but this section shall […]
Section 17-6-21 Contents; amendments; withdrawal of name. (a) The official ballots shall contain the names of all candidates nominated by caucus, convention, mass meeting, primary election, or other assembly of any political party or faction, or by petition of electors and certified as provided in Section 17-9-3, but no person’s name shall be printed upon […]
Section 17-6-22 Political parties not included on ballot unless requirements met. (a) No political party, except those qualified as a political party under Chapter 13, shall be included on any general election ballot unless: (1) The party shall have filed with the Secretary of State or other appropriate official on the date of the first […]
Section 17-6-23 Uniform ballots at each polling place; electors for President and Vice President. There shall be provided at each polling place at each election at which public officers are voted for, but one form of ballot for all the candidates for public office, and every ballot shall contain the names of all candidates whose […]
Section 17-6-24 Printing and design. (a) All ballots shall be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and shall contain a party emblem for each political party represented on the ticket. The arrangement of the ballot shall in general conform substantially to the plan hereinafter given, and in all cases the party columns must […]
Section 17-6-25 Order of listing of candidates on ballots. The names of candidates for each office shall be listed on the ballot in alphabetical order by surname, and the offices shall be listed in the following order: (1) President (if preference primary). (2) Governor. (3) Lieutenant Governor. (4) United States Senator. (5) United States Representative. […]
Section 17-6-26 Order of arrangement; content requirements; secrecy envelopes or folders. (a) Ballots, so far as practicable, shall be in the same order of arrangement as required by Section 17-6-24, except that they shall be of the size and design required by the precinct ballot counters and may be printed upon one or more separate […]
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 17-6-28 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 17-6-29 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 17-6-30 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 17-6-31 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 17-6-32 Party emblem – Use when party is divided. When there is a division of any political party and each faction claims the party emblem, the judge of probate shall at once certify the fact to the chair of the state executive committee of that party, who shall within 10 days notify the judge […]
Section 17-6-33 Designation of different offices of same classification. Whenever nominations for two or more offices of the same classification are to be made, or whenever candidates are to be elected to two or more offices of the same classification at the same primary, general, special, or municipal election, each office shall be separately designated […]
Section 17-6-34 Secret ballot. Every voter in Alabama shall have the right to vote a secret ballot, and that ballot shall be kept secret and inviolate. (Acts 1939, No. 209, p. 361; Code 1940, T. 17, §156; §17-8-11; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)
Section 17-6-35 Procedure to vote straight party ticket. If the elector desires to vote a straight party ticket, that is, for each and every candidate for one party for whatever office nominated, he or she shall mark the name of the party at the head of the ticket in the manner determined by a rule […]
Section 17-6-36 Procedure to vote for one candidate not on party ticket. When only one candidate is to be elected to any office and the elector desires to vote for a candidate not on the straight party ticket, the elector may mark the name of the candidate for whom he or she desires to vote […]
Section 17-6-37 Procedure to vote for two or more candidates on different party tickets. When two or more candidates are to be elected to the same office and the elector desires to vote for candidates on different party tickets for such office, the elector may mark the names of the candidates for whom he or […]
Section 17-6-38 Procedure to vote split ticket. If the elector desires to vote a split ticket, that is, for candidates of different parties, the elector may mark the voting space by the name of each candidate for whom the elector desires to vote on whatever ticket the candidate may be. (Code 1907, §384; Code 1923, […]
Section 17-6-39 Procedure when straight party ticket does not contain names of all candidates. If the ballot marked for a straight party ticket does not contain the names of candidates for all offices for which the elector may vote, the elector may vote for candidates for such offices so omitted by marking the names of […]
