Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 17-6-1 (2026)
Purpose.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for participation by the State of Alabama in programs of the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce which provide for furnishing census information to the states for purposes of reapportionment, pursuant to federal laws for that purpose. It is further the purpose of this chapter to reduce voter confusion and facilitate the election process in Alabama.
(Acts 1989, No. 89-952, p. 1874, §1; §17-5A-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §27.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1979–1988 · leading case: Harris v. Graddick, 593 F. Supp. 128 (M.D. Ala. 1984).
Harris v. Graddick, 593 F. Supp. 128 (M.D. Ala. 1984). “1975 Ala.Code § 17-6-1. For both primary and general elections, the appointing authority appoints poll officials from lists provided by the chairpersons of the state or county executive committees conducting primaries or nominating candidates for election.”
Harris v. Graddick, 615 F. Supp. 239 (M.D. Ala. 1985). “1975 Ala. Code § 17-6-1 . At least two members of the Pike County authority have decided to settle this lawsuit.”
United States v. Marengo Cnty. Comm'n, 731 F.2d 1546 (11th Cir. 1984). “Under Ala.Code § 17-6-1 (1975 & Supp.1983) poll officials are appointed by a County Appointing Authority comprised of the probate judge, sheriff, and circuit court clerk.”
Harris v. Siegelman, 695 F. Supp. 517 (M.D. Ala. 1988). “1975 Ala.Code § 17-6-1. For both primary and general elections, the appointing authority appoints poll officials from lists provided by the chairpersons of the state or county executive committees responsible for conducting primaries or nominating candidates for election.”
Clark v. Marengo Cnty., 469 F. Supp. 1150 (S.D. Ala. 1979). “Code, § 17-6-1. 9 . Under the statute, candidates for nomination “may, at least 25 days before the primary, present to the county executive committee of his party a list of election officers desired by him for any one or more of the .”
Harris v. Conradi, 675 F.2d 1212 (11th Cir. 1982). “Code § 17-6-1 provided: The judge of probate, sheriff and clerk of the circuit court, or a majority of them, acting as an appointing board, must, not more than 20 nor less than 15 days before the holding of any election in their county, appoint from the qualified electors of the…”
United States v. Marengo Cnty. Comm'n, 643 F. Supp. 232 (1986). “Ala. Code § 17-6-1 , et seg. September 11 List of Qualified Electors to be published.”
Haughton v. McCollum, 530 So. 2d 758 (Ala. 1988). “Code § 17-6-1 (1987 repl. vol.) for the purpose of appointing election officials (the appointing board) may legally instruct those officials to mark the names of those voters participating in the March 8, 1988 Presidential Preference Primary Election in a manner that would…”
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