Code of Alabama

Ala. Code § 17-15-4 (2026)

Proclamation of Election for Congress or State Officers.

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The Governor must give notice of any special election for representatives in Congress, or state officers, by proclamation.

(Code 1876, §267; Code 1886, §362; Code 1896, §1601; Code 1907, §442; Code 1923, §532; Code 1940, T. 17, §218; §17-18-4; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §76.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1995–1995 · leading case: Roe v. Mobile Cnty. Appointment Bd., 676 So. 2d 1206 (Ala. 1995).

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Roe v. Mobile Cnty. Appointment Bd., 676 So. 2d 1206 (Ala. 1995). “…initiating contests for "state officers"). [4] See, e.g., § 17-15-3 (qualifications of witnesses in contest actions); § 17-15-4 (access of parties in a contest action to "registration and poll lists"); § 17-15-21 (notice to parties in contest actions); §§ 17-15-24 to -26…”

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