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Ala. Code § 17-15-2 (2026)

Day for Holding Special Elections.

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All special elections shall be held on such day as the Governor may direct.

(Code 1876, §250; Code 1886, §360; Code 1896, §1599; Code 1907, §440; Code 1923, §530; Code 1940, T. 17, §217; §17-18-2; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §76.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1992–2018 · leading case: Eubanks v. Hale, 752 So. 2d 1113 (Ala. 1999).
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Eubanks v. Hale, 752 So. 2d 1113 (Ala. 1999). · cites it 6× “In his order, the trial judge stated: "Despite the apparent majority attributable to Mike Hale, in light of all the evidence and the well-intentioned but conflicting or irreconcilable occurrence of statutory and constitutional law as cited hereinabove, a judgment under § 17-15-2…”
Hall v. Bennett, 999 F. Supp. 2d 1266 (M.D. Ala. 2014). · cites it 2× “See Ala.Code § 17-15-2. This, by itself, distinguishes Oil Workers and Harris from the present case because the challenged statute here does not give the Governor discretion over whether to call and to set deadlines in a special election when a vacancy arises.”
In re Op. of the Justices, 260 So. 3d 17 (Ala. 2018). · cites it 2× “See Ala. Code 1975, § 17-15-2 ("All special elections shall be held on such day as the Governor may direct.”
Nunley v. Abernathy, 622 So. 2d 922 (Ala. 1993). · cites it 3× “Ala.Code 1975, § 17-15-2, provides: "No malconduct .”
Pitman v. Macon Cnty., 595 So. 2d 1333 (Ala. 1992). “” However, the annulment of an election is limited by § 17-15-2: *1335 “No malconduct, fraud or corruption on the part of the inspector, clerk, marker, returning officer, board of supervisors or other person, nor any offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation or other mal-conduct…”
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