Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 11-3-6 (2026)
Vacancies.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Repealed by Act 2007-488, p. 1037, §2, effective September 1, 2007.
(Code 1852, §698; Code 1867, §826; Code 1876, §740; Code 1886, §820; Code 1896, §952; Code 1907, §3307; Code 1923, §6749; Code 1940, T. 12, §6; Act 2004-455, p. 809, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1992–2008 · leading case: Riley v. Kennedy, 553 U.S. 406 (2008).
Riley v. Kennedy, 553 U.S. 406 (2008). “The relevant provision was later recodified without substantive change as Ala. Code § 11-3-6 (1975), which stated: “In case of a vacancy, it shall be filled by appointment by the governor, and the person so appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the…”
Working v. Jefferson Cnty. Election Comm'n, 2 So. 3d 827 (Ala. 2008). “At issue in Stokes was § 11-3-6, the precursor statute to § ll-3-l(b), the general law at issue in the present case.”
Kennedy v. Riley, 445 F. Supp. 2d 1333 (M.D. Ala. 2006). “2004-455 amended the general law, Ala.Code § 11-3-6, to read as follows: “Unless a local law authorizes a special election, in case of a vacancy, it shall be filled by appointment by the governor, and the person so appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the…”
Newman v. Hunt, 787 F. Supp. 193 (M.D. Ala. 1992). “The “manner otherwise provided by law” is found in § 11-3-6, Code of Alabama, 1975, as follows: In case of a vacancy [on the county commission], it shall be filled by appointment by the governor, and the person so appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term of the…”
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