(a) When presidential electors are to be chosen, the Secretary of State of Alabama shall certify to the judges of probate of the several counties the names of all candidates for President and Vice President who are nominated by any national convention or other like assembly of any political party or by written petition signed by at least 5,000 qualified voters of this state.
(b) The certificate of nomination by a political party convention must be signed by the presiding officer and secretary of the convention and by the chair of the state executive or central committee of the political party making the nomination. Any nominating petition, to be valid, must contain the signatures as well as the addresses of the petitioners. Such certificates and petitions must be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State no later than 74 days before the date of the election.
(c) Each certificate of nomination and nominating petition must be accompanied by a list of the names and addresses of individuals who shall be qualified voters of this state, equal in number to the number of presidential electors to be chosen. Each individual so listed shall execute the following statement which shall be attached to the certificate or petition when the same is filed with the Secretary of State: “I do hereby consent and do hereby agree to serve as elector for President and Vice President of the United States, if elected to that position, and do hereby agree that, if so elected, I shall cast my ballot as such elector for _____ for President and _____ for Vice President of the United States” (inserting in the blank spaces the respective names of the persons named as nominees for the respective offices in the certificate to which this statement is attached).
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 138, p. 370, §2; Act 2003-311, p. 731, §1; §17-19-2; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §72; Act 2015-577, p. 1641, §1; Act 2024-168, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Johnny Swanson, III v. The State of Alabama, 490 F.3d 894 (11th Cir. 2007).
· cites it 2× “Code § 17-19-2(a) (2005) (current version at Ala.Code § 17-14-31(a)). Second, the Ohio statute in Anderson placed independent candidates at a relative disadvantage to major party candidates.”
Green Party v. Kemp, 171 F. Supp. 3d 1340 (N.D. Ga. 2016).
“Instead, the parties’ candidates-Jill Stein and Gary Johnson-each gathered 5,000 signatures prior to September in order to access the Alabama presidential ballot as independent candidates via Alabama Code § 17-14-31(a). Id. The Stein plaintiffs challenged the Alabama Code on…”
Stein v. Alabama Sec'y of State, 774 F.3d 689 (11th Cir. 2014).
“Ala.Code § 17-14-31(a). The requirements for a candidate to appear with printed party identification on the General Election ballot (essentially, for the party label to appear alongside the name of a candidate on the ballot) are significantly heightened.”
McInnish v. Bennett, 150 So. 3d 1045 (Ala. 2014).
· cites it 7× “Allowing time for the parties to certify their candidates and electors to the Secretary of State pursuant to § 17-14-31, Ala.Code 1975, the plaintiffs filed suit approximately one month after the candidates were known.”
De La Fuente v. Merrill, 214 F. Supp. 3d 1241 (2016).
“2012); see also Ala. Code § 17-14-31 (e) (requiring electors to certify that they will only cast their ballots for the candidates with whom they are associated).”
Andy Shugart v. Beth Chapman, 366 F. App'x 4 (11th Cir. 2010).
“Code § 17-19-2(a) (2005) (current version at Ala.Code § 17-14-31(a)). Plaintiffs contend that if a less restrictive signature requirement sufficiently satisfies the State’s interests in presidential elections, there is no justification for requiring more signatures through the…”
Ala. Code § 17-14-31(a): 5 cases
Johnny Swanson, III v. The State of Alabama, 490 F.3d 894 (11th Cir. 2007).
“Code § 17-19-2(a) (2005) (current version at Ala.Code § 17-14-31(a)). Second, the Ohio statute in Anderson placed independent candidates at a relative disadvantage to major party candidates.”
Green Party v. Kemp, 171 F. Supp. 3d 1340 (N.D. Ga. 2016).
“Instead, the parties’ candidates-Jill Stein and Gary Johnson-each gathered 5,000 signatures prior to September in order to access the Alabama presidential ballot as independent candidates via Alabama Code § 17-14-31(a). Id. The Stein plaintiffs challenged the Alabama Code on…”
Stein v. Alabama Sec'y of State, 774 F.3d 689 (11th Cir. 2014).
“Ala.Code § 17-14-31(a). The requirements for a candidate to appear with printed party identification on the General Election ballot (essentially, for the party label to appear alongside the name of a candidate on the ballot) are significantly heightened.”
Andy Shugart v. Beth Chapman, 366 F. App'x 4 (11th Cir. 2010).
“Code § 17-19-2(a) (2005) (current version at Ala.Code § 17-14-31(a)). Plaintiffs contend that if a less restrictive signature requirement sufficiently satisfies the State’s interests in presidential elections, there is no justification for requiring more signatures through the…”
McInnish v. Bennett, 150 So. 3d 1045 (Ala. 2014).
“Allowing time for the parties to certify their candidates and electors to the Secretary of State pursuant to § 17-14-31, Ala.Code 1975, the plaintiffs filed suit approximately one month after the candidates were known.”
Ala. Code § 17-14-31(c): 1 case
McInnish v. Bennett, 150 So. 3d 1045 (Ala. 2014).
“Allowing time for the parties to certify their candidates and electors to the Secretary of State pursuant to § 17-14-31, Ala.Code 1975, the plaintiffs filed suit approximately one month after the candidates were known.”
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