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Ala. Code § 17-13-76 Witnesses - Oaths; Summoning Witnesses; Expenses
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The chair of any committee or subcommittee before which may be pending any contest as herein provided may administer oaths to witnesses in such contests and summon persons and officers to be and appear before such committee or subcommittee. The person who desires the summoning of…
Ala. Code § 17-13-77 Registration Lists to Be Furnished Upon Request
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The judge of probate of any county, upon the application of either party to any contest or his or her agent or attorney, shall deliver to the party, agent, or attorney a certified copy of the registration list of the county or for any election district, ward, or precinct therein,…
Ala. Code § 17-13-78 Statement by Elector Contesting Election
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(a) Any elector of a party desiring to contest the nomination by his or her party of any candidate declared the nominee for any office shall make a statement in writing setting forth specifically all of the following: (1) The name of the party contesting and that the elector was …
Ala. Code § 17-13-79 Contestant to Notify Contestee of Votes Sought to Be Proved Illegal
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No testimony shall be received of any illegal votes or of the rejection of any legal votes in any contest commenced under this article unless the party complaining thereof has given to the adverse party notice in writing of the number of illegal votes and by whom given, for whom …
Ala. Code § 17-13-8 Ballots, Stationery, and Supplies; Pledge Printed on Ballot; Spoiling of
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Ballot. Separate official ballots and other election stationery and supplies for each political party shall be printed and furnished for use at each election district or precinct and shall be of a different color for each of the political parties participating in such primary ele…
Ala. Code § 17-13-8.1 Instant Runoff Primary Elections in Certain Situations
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(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17-6-23 and Section 17-13-18, in a primary election or second primary election, this section shall apply only to voters who are voting by absentee ballot pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act in any count…
Ala. Code § 17-13-80 Contest of Nomination to County Office - Time and Manner of
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Commencement. Any contest of a nomination to any county office must be commenced within 24 hours after the result has been canvassed and the nomination declared by the county executive committee of the party holding the primary, by filing a statement of contest with the chair of …
Ala. Code § 17-13-81 Contest of Nomination to County Office - Duty of Chair of County
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Executive Committee in Case of Contest. The chair of the county executive committee, upon the filing with him or her of any contest as provided in this article, shall call the committee together at the county seat and the committee shall meet not more than five calendar days from…
Ala. Code § 17-13-82 Contest of Nomination to County Office - Appeals from Decisions of
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County Executive Committee. (a) Either party to a contest under this article shall have the right of an appeal to the state executive committee from the final decision of the county executive committee upon the same. Notice of such appeal shall be filed with the chair of the stat…
Ala. Code § 17-13-83 Manner of Commencing Contest of Nomination to Office Other Than
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County Office. Any qualified elector of a party participating in any primary election held under the provisions of this chapter may, if the elector participated in the primary, contest a nomination declared by his or her party to any office, other than a county office, by filing …
Ala. Code § 17-13-84 Filing Statements of Contests; Depositions; Costs; Service of Process;
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Contempt. Upon the filing of any contest of nomination, the chair of the executive committee with which the contest is filed shall file a statement in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county where the contestant resides of the fact that such a contest has been …
Ala. Code § 17-13-85 Meeting of State Executive Committee
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The chair of the state executive committee shall, upon the filing of a contest with him or her, as provided in this article, call the committee to meet and the committee shall meet not more than five calendar days from the time of filing such contest for the purpose of hearing an…
Ala. Code § 17-13-86 Declaration of Result of Contest
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Upon the hearing of any contest, if the state or county executive committee finally determines who is the legal nominee for any office, it shall make a declaration of its judgment upon the question not later than 90 days before the general election for a county office and not lat…
Ala. Code § 17-13-87 New Primary in Case Contest Cannot Be Decided
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If, upon the hearing of any contest for any office, as provided for in this chapter, the committee, after an investigation and hearing of the contest, shall determine that it is impossible from the evidence before it to decide who is the legally nominated candidate for the office…
Ala. Code § 17-13-88 Power of State Committee to Provide Rules of Party Procedure
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The state executive committee may prescribe such other additional rules governing contests and other matters of party procedure as it may deem necessary not in conflict with this chapter. History: (Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §389; §17-16-88; amended and renumbere…
Ala. Code § 17-13-89 Commissioners to Take Testimony
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Upon filing of any contest as herein provided, the executive committee before whom any such contest is pending, if in session, or the chair of such committee, if it is not in session, may appoint a commissioner, upon the request of either party, for the purpose of taking testimon…
Ala. Code § 17-13-9 Duty of Judge of Probate to Furnish and Deliver Election Supplies
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The judge of probate of each county is hereby required to furnish to the officers of the primary election a copy of the official list of voters of each voting place in the county, of the same kind and in the same manner as the judge of probate is required by law to furnish such l…