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  2. Code of Alabama
  3. Title 17
  4. Chapter 13

Article 1

General Provisions

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    17-13-1“Primary Election” Defined.17-13-2Applicability of Chapter; Applicability of General Election Laws to Primary Elections.17-13-3Time and Place for Holding Primary Elections.17-13-4Payment of Compensation of Officers and Other Expenses of Elections.17-13-5Filing of Declaration of Candidacy; Certification of Names of Candidates; Preparation of Ballots; Unopposed Candidates.17-13-6Only Qualified Candidates to Be Listed on Ballots.17-13-7Persons Entitled to Vote; Voter to Certify Political Party Preference by Signing Poll List.17-13-7.1Persons Entitled to Vote in Primary Runoff Elections17-13-8Ballots, Stationery, and Supplies; Pledge Printed on Ballot; Spoiling of Ballot.17-13-8.1Instant Runoff Primary Elections in Certain Situations.17-13-9Duty of Judge of Probate to Furnish and Deliver Election Supplies.17-13-10Ballots to Be Secret and Inviolate.17-13-11Watchers at Polls.17-13-12Returning Officers.17-13-13Counting of Votes; Results to Be Posted for Public Inspection.17-13-14Counting of Ballots; Materials to Be Sealed; Delivery and Retention of Materials; Posting of Certificate of Result.17-13-15When Voted Ballots Container and Records of Election Container May Be Opened.17-13-16Public Proclamation of Results of Election; Distribution of Certificates of Results.17-13-17Canvass, Tabulation, and Declaration of Results.17-13-18Candidate with Majority of Votes Declared Nominee of Party; Second Primary Election; Certification of Results.17-13-19Procedure When One Candidate Declines to Enter Second Primary.17-13-20Determination of Majority of Votes Cast.17-13-21Tie Votes.17-13-22Certification of Nominees to Judge of Probate.17-13-23Filling of Vacancies in Nominations.17-13-24Voting More Than Once.17-13-25Changing or Altering Returns of Primary Elections.17-13-26Additional Duties of Sheriff, Chief of Police, Etc.