Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 17-7-1 (2026)
Payment for Machines.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The county commission or city commission or such other authority as levies the taxes for county or city purposes of any county or city which adopts the use of electronic voting machines, shall, upon the purchase, rental, or lease thereof, provide for payment therefor by the county or city; provided, that bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, payable not later than 15 years from their dates of issuance, may be issued in accordance with the provisions of law relating to the increase of indebtedness of counties or cities, to meet all or any part of the cost of the electronic voting machines.
(Acts 1939, No. 292, p. 443; Code 1940, T. 17, §98; §17-9-8; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §37.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15
cases, 1980–2006 · leading case: Reform Party of Alabama v. Bennett, 18 F. Supp. 2d 1342 (M.D. Ala. 1998).
Reform Party of Alabama v. Bennett, 18 F. Supp. 2d 1342 (M.D. Ala. 1998). “Candidates are placed on the ballot pursuant to Ala.Code (1975) § 17-7-1, which distinguishes between (1) candidates “put in nomination by primary election,” (2) candidates “put in nomination by any caucus, convention, mass meeting, or other assembly of any political party or…”
The New All. Party of Alabama Michael Jeter & Nathaniel Ivory v. Perry A. Hand, Sec'y of State for the State of Alabama, 933 F.2d 1568 (11th Cir. 1991). “The laws in question, that is, Ala.Code §§ 17-7-1 and 17-8-2.1, were passed in 1982 and were in effect for the election in 1984 and all elections thereafter.”
White v. State of Ala., 867 F. Supp. 1519 (M.D. Ala. 1994). “Ala.Code § 17-7-1 (Supp.1994). This argument is fallacious because candidates are only entitled to run for positions that exist.”
Campbell v. Bennett, 212 F. Supp. 2d 1339 (M.D. Ala. 2002). “1975 Alabama Code § 17-7-1. 1 While the change in deadlines was designed to prevent those party candidates who lost in the primary from reentering the general election under another party label, the new act changed the registration date for independents as well.”
Swanson v. Bennett, 219 F. Supp. 2d 1225 (M.D. Ala. 2002). “1975 Alabama Code § 17-7-1. 2 The Act did not change the 3% signature requirement.”
Swanson v. Bennett, 340 F. Supp. 2d 1295 (M.D. Ala. 2004). “For the text of § 17-7-1 of the 1975 Alabama Code prior to the passage of Act No.”
Ritter v. Bennett, 23 F. Supp. 2d 1334 (M.D. Ala. 1998). “First, independent candidates must submit a petition signed by a certain number of qualified electors in accordance with § 17-7-1 of the 1975 Code of Alabama. 1 In addition, under § 36-25-15 of the 1975 Alabama Code, candidates must file a financial disclosure form called a…”
Godfrey v. Oswalt, 428 So. 2d 40 (Ala. 1983). “The learned trial judge found that following the filing of the election contest Ed Godfrey was never certified as the Democratic Party’s nominee as required by Code 1975, §§ 17-7-1, 17-16-73, and/or 17-16-86, and therefore, that the name of Ed Godfrey should not have appeared on…”
Swanson v. Worley, 432 F. Supp. 2d 1262 (M.D. Ala. 2006). “Now that the court has addressed and resolved these two claims, the plaintiffs assert that their claim challenging the deadline-registration change also includes a claim that the deadline-registration change (from six days after the second primary election to the day of the…”
Whig Party of Alabama v. Siegelman, 500 F. Supp. 1195 (N.D. Ala. 1980). “The class also challenges § 17-7-1 of the Code of Alabama of 1975, as amended, which: (1) precludes as an independent candidate any person who was a candidate in the primary election of that year; and (2) requires that one percent of the registered voters of a county be included…”
Ritter v. Bennett, 23 F. Supp. 2d 1328 (M.D. Ala. 1998). “Independent candidates, in contrast, need not file their petitions for ballot access until six days after the second primary election under Alabama Code § 17-7-1. 12 Thus independent candidates have considerably more time than major-party candidates in which to fill out their…”
Johnson v. Roberson, 682 So. 2d 58 (Ala. 1996). “In 1994, the deadline for filing nominations under § 17-7-l(a)(2) (and presumably the deadline for declarations of independent candidacy under § 17-7-1 (a)(3)) was not operative because of the ruling in Mew Alliance Party v.”
— Ala. Code § 17-7-1(a) — 1 case
Whig Party of Alabama v. Siegelman, 500 F. Supp. 1195 (N.D. Ala. 1980). “The class also challenges § 17-7-1 of the Code of Alabama of 1975, as amended, which: (1) precludes as an independent candidate any person who was a candidate in the primary election of that year; and (2) requires that one percent of the registered voters of a county be included…”
— Ala. Code § 17-7-1(a)(2) — 2 cases
Reform Party of Alabama v. Bennett, 18 F. Supp. 2d 1342 (M.D. Ala. 1998). “Candidates are placed on the ballot pursuant to Ala.Code (1975) § 17-7-1, which distinguishes between (1) candidates “put in nomination by primary election,” (2) candidates “put in nomination by any caucus, convention, mass meeting, or other assembly of any political party or…”
Johnson v. Roberson, 682 So. 2d 58 (Ala. 1996). “In 1994, the deadline for filing nominations under § 17-7-l(a)(2) (and presumably the deadline for declarations of independent candidacy under § 17-7-1 (a)(3)) was not operative because of the ruling in Mew Alliance Party v.”
— Ala. Code § 17-7-1(a)(3) — 1 case
Whig Party of Alabama v. Siegelman, 500 F. Supp. 1195 (N.D. Ala. 1980). “The class also challenges § 17-7-1 of the Code of Alabama of 1975, as amended, which: (1) precludes as an independent candidate any person who was a candidate in the primary election of that year; and (2) requires that one percent of the registered voters of a county be included…”
— Ala. Code § 17-7-1(a)(c) — 1 case
Reform Party of Alabama v. Bennett, 18 F. Supp. 2d 1342 (M.D. Ala. 1998). “Candidates are placed on the ballot pursuant to Ala.Code (1975) § 17-7-1, which distinguishes between (1) candidates “put in nomination by primary election,” (2) candidates “put in nomination by any caucus, convention, mass meeting, or other assembly of any political party or…”
— Ala. Code § 17-7-1(b) — 1 case
Whig Party of Alabama v. Siegelman, 500 F. Supp. 1195 (N.D. Ala. 1980). “The class also challenges § 17-7-1 of the Code of Alabama of 1975, as amended, which: (1) precludes as an independent candidate any person who was a candidate in the primary election of that year; and (2) requires that one percent of the registered voters of a county be included…”
— Ala. Code § 17-7-1(g) — 1 case
Whig Party of Alabama v. Siegelman, 500 F. Supp. 1195 (N.D. Ala. 1980). “The class also challenges § 17-7-1 of the Code of Alabama of 1975, as amended, which: (1) precludes as an independent candidate any person who was a candidate in the primary election of that year; and (2) requires that one percent of the registered voters of a county be included…”
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