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Section 17-19-1
Section 17-19-1Number of presidential electors.
On the day prescribed by this code there are to be elected, in the manner provided in this chapter, a number of electors for President and Vice-President of the United States equal to the number of senators and representatives in Congress to which this state is entitled at the time of such election.
(Code 1852, §339; Code 1867, §388; Code 1876, §342; Code 1886, §435; Code 1896, §1653; Code 1907, §446; Code 1923, §536; Code 1940, T. 17, §222.)Section 17-19-2
Section 17-19-2Certification of names of candidates; nominating petitions; names of electors; statement by electors.
(a) When presidential electors are to be chosen, the Secretary of State of Alabama shall certify to the judges of probate of the several counties the names of all candidates for President and Vice-President who are nominated by any national convention or other like assembly of any political party or by written petition signed by at least 5,000 qualified voters of this state.
(b) The certificate of nomination by a political party convention must be signed by the presiding officer and secretary of the convention and by the chairman of the state executive or central committee of the political party making the nomination. Any nominating petition, to be valid, must contain the signatures as well as the addresses of the petitioners. Such certificates and petitions must be filed in the office of the Secretary of State no later than the 6th day of September next preceding the day fixed for the election.
(c) Each certificate of nomination and nominating petition must be accompanied by a list of the names and addresses of persons, who shall be qualified voters of this state, equal in number to the number of presidential electors to be chosen. Each person so listed shall execute the following statement which shall be attached to the certificate or petition when the same is filed with the Secretary of State: 'I do hereby consent and do hereby agree to serve as elector for President and Vice-President of the United States, if elected to that position, and do hereby agree that, if so elected, I shall cast my ballot as such elector for _____ for President and _____ for Vice-President of the United States' (inserting in said blank spaces the respective names of the persons named as nominees for said respective offices in the certificate to which this statement is attached).
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 138, p. 370, §2; Act 2003-311, p. 731, §1.)Section 17-19-3
Section 17-19-3Names on ballots; vote for candidate counted as vote for designated electors.
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.)Section 17-19-4
Section 17-19-4Making returns to Secretary of State.
In all elections for electors for President and Vice-President, the board of supervisors of each county must, within five days after making the statement of the county vote by precincts, return the result of the same to the Secretary of State.
(Code 1876, §343; Code 1886, §436; Code 1896, §1654; Code 1907, §447; Code 1923, §537; Code 1940, T. 17, §223; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-908, p. 482, §5.)Section 17-19-5
Section 17-19-5Governor to estimate returns and give notice of election.
Within 15 days after the time for making the returns, the Governor, in the presence of the Secretary of State and Attorney General, or either of them in the absence of the other, must estimate the returns, ascertain which electors are elected and notify them by proclamation.
(Code 1876, §344; Code 1886, §437; Code 1896, §1655; Code 1907, §448; Code 1923, §538; Code 1940, T. 17, §224.)Section 17-19-6
Section 17-19-6Tie vote.
If, on such estimate, it is found that an election of the number of electors to which the state is entitled is not made by reason of two or more candidates having received an equal number of votes, the Governor must forthwith decide between those having an equal number of votes.
(Code 1852, §342; Code 1867, §391; Code 1876, §345; Code 1886, §438; Code 1896, §1656; Code 1907, §449; Code 1923, §539; Code 1940, T. 17, §225.)Section 17-19-7
Section 17-19-7Electoral meeting; filling of vacancies.
The electors of President and Vice-President are to assemble at the office of the Secretary of State, at the seat of government at 12:00 noon on the second Tuesday in December next after their election, or at that hour on such other day as may be fixed by Congress, to elect such President and Vice-President, and those of them present at that hour must at once proceed by ballot and plurality of votes to supply the places of those who fail to attend on that day and hour.
(Code 1852, §345; Code 1867, §394; Code 1876, §346; Code 1886, §439; Code 1896, §1657; Code 1907, §450; Code 1923, §540; Acts 1935, No. 425, p. 895; Code 1940, T. 17, §226; Acts 1945, No. 386, p. 605; Acts 1951, No. 557, p. 973.)Section 17-19-8
Section 17-19-8Compensation of electors.
Each elector for President and Vice-President shall receive $8.00 for each day he necessarily attends at the seat of government, and $.20 for every mile traveled to and from the same, to be estimated in the same manner as is provided by law in relation to members of the Legislature from his county, to be paid, on oath of such elector, by warrant on the Treasurer.
(Code 1876, §347; Code 1886, §440; Code 1896, §1658; Code 1907, §451; Code 1923, §541; Code 1940, T. 17, §227.)
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