Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 17-14-32 (2026)
Names on Ballots; Vote for Candidate Counted as Vote for Designated Electors.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The names of all candidates for President and Vice President who are nominated as provided in this chapter shall be printed on the official ballots under the emblem of their respective political parties, as filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Alabama. The names of the electors of the candidates for President and Vice President shall not be printed upon the ballots. A vote for a candidate for President or Vice President shall be counted as a vote for the electors of the political party or independent body by which such candidates were named, as listed on the certificate of nomination or nominating petition.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 138, p. 370, §3; §17-19-3; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §72.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2014–2014 · leading case: Stein v. Alabama Sec'y of State, 774 F.3d 689 (11th Cir. 2014).
Stein v. Alabama Sec'y of State, 774 F.3d 689 (11th Cir. 2014). “The court denied the preliminary injunction because Plaintiffs “failed to provide an evidentiary basis to conclude” Alabama’s election law imposed an unconstitutional burden on them.”
McInnish v. Bennett, 150 So. 3d 1045 (Ala. 2014). “Although the names of the electors are not printed on the presidential ballot, § 17-14-32, Ala.Code 1975, “[a] vote for a particular presidential candidate is counted as a vote for the slate of electors pledged to support him.”
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