Title 17

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 with the chair …

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 filed, giv…

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…

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…

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…

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. (Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17, §389; §17-16-88; amended and renumbered by Act …

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…

(a) Primary elections for the purpose of determining the preferred candidates for President of the United States shall be held the first Tuesday in March each year in which a President is to be elected beginning in the year 2016. (b) Subject to rules and procedures of the politic…

The provisions of Section 17-9-3 and this chapter shall apply to presidential preference primaries held under the provisions of this article unless clearly inconsistent herewith or inappropriate for the conduct of a presidential preference primary. Any political party holding a p…

In order to qualify the name of any person to appear on the ballot at a presidential preference primary, a petition or petitions in support of his or her candidacy shall be filed with the state party chair of the appropriate political party, hereinafter referred to as “chair,” 11…

No candidate shall be allowed to have his or her name placed on the ballot at a presidential preference primary unless there shall be paid to the chair, at the time of filing his or her qualifying petition, such fee as the party may prescribe. (Code 1975, §17-18A-4; Acts 1978, No…

Whenever the chair shall receive petitions, timely filed, which appear to qualify the name of a candidate for President to be placed on the ballot, he or she shall forthwith notify the prospective candidate by the most expeditious means of communication and shall advise such pros…

Each political party authorized to hold a primary and wishing to hold such a presidential preference primary shall, not less than 116 days before such primary is to be held, adopt and file with the Secretary of State a resolution stating that intention, the method by which electo…