Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 17-13-4 (2026)
Payment of Compensation of Officers and Other Expenses of Elections.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The compensation of officers and other expenses of any and all primary elections, general or special, held under the provisions of this chapter, shall be paid in the same manner and to the same extent as is or may be provided by law for the payment of the expenses and officers of general elections held under the general election laws of Alabama and shall be paid out of the county treasury in the same manner.
(Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §9; §17-16-10; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §59.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1995–2015 · leading case: Roe v. Mobile Cnty. Appointment Bd., 676 So. 2d 1206 (Ala. 1995).
Roe v. Mobile Cnty. Appointment Bd., 676 So. 2d 1206 (Ala. 1995). “…(1) counting ballots, §§ 17-13-1 to -2; (2) identifying boxes, § 17-13-3; (3) labelling ballots and sealing packages, § 17-13-4; (4) sealing and delivering poll lists and votes, § 17-13-6; (5) certifying votes and filing certificates, § 17-13-7; (6) posting certificates of…”
State ex rel. Allison v. Farris, 194 So. 3d 214 (Ala. 2015). “Code 1975 (providing that the county is to compensate election officials); § 17— 11 — 14, AlalCode 1975 (providing that the county is to compensate absentee-election managers); and § 17-13-4, Ala.Code 1975 (providing that the county is to compensate officers and.”
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