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Ala. Code § 17-1-1 (2026)

Applicability of Title to Primary Elections and County or Municipal Elections.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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All of the provisions of this title shall apply to all primary elections and all elections by counties or municipalities held in this state, except in cases where the provisions of this title are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of a law governing special primary, county or municipal elections.

(Code 1907, §432; Code 1923, §522; Code 1940, T. 17, §1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1981–2016 · leading case: Fluker v. Wolff, 46 So. 3d 942 (Ala. 2010).
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Fluker v. Wolff, 46 So. 3d 942 (Ala. 2010). · cites it 6× “Other election statutes also support the legislature's intent that municipalities create their own voter list.”
True the Vote v. Hosemann, 43 F. Supp. 3d 693 (S.D. Miss. 2014). “, Ala.Code § 17-1-1 et seq.; Cal. Elec.Code§§ 13000-17903; 10 Ill.”
State Superintendent of Educ. v. Alabama Educ. Ass'n, 144 So. 3d 265 (Ala. 2013). “The opening section of the Election Code, apparently assuming sub silentio that the Code applies to statewide general elections, states that with certain exceptions: “All of the provisions of this title shall apply to all primary elections and all elections by counties or…”
Haas v. McCrary, 399 So. 2d 298 (Ala. 1981). · cites it 2× “Although Haas correctly asserts that Shepherd involved the predecessor to the general election code, Code 1975, § 17-1-1, et seq., and that the provisions of that code do not apply to the instant municipal election by virtue of Code 1975, § 17-1-1, 1 we cannot agree with Haas’s…”
De La Fuente v. Merrill, 214 F. Supp. 3d 1241 (2016). · cites it 2× “Ala. Code §§ 17-1-1 et seq. The complexities of ballot access and ballot printing bear on the context and equities of this case, and therefore merit in-depth discussion.”
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