Alabama § 17-8-6 Failure of Election Officials to Attend

Alabama Statutes

§ 17-8-6 — Failure of Election Officials to Attend

Alabama § 17-8-6

Title 17Elections

Ch. 8Election Officers

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Ala. Code § 17-8-6 (2026).

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ion official to attend at the hour of 7:00 a.m., the precinct election officials as may be present may complete the number. If the inspector appointed is not present, the other precinct election officials present shall choose one of their number to serve as inspector and shall appoint from the qualified electors, who are entitled by law to vote in that county at the election then to be held, such clerks as may be necessary to complete the requisite number of precinct election officials. If there are no precinct election officials present at the polling place by the hour of 7:00 a.m., then any four qualified electors who are entitled by law to vote in that county at the election then to be held may open the polls and act as precinct election officials for the voting place during the absence

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ion official to attend at the hour of 7:00 a.m., the precinct election officials as may be present may complete the number. If the inspector appointed is not present, the other precinct election officials present shall choose one of their number to serve as inspector and shall appoint from the qualified electors, who are entitled by law to vote in that county at the election then to be held, such clerks as may be necessary to complete the requisite number of precinct election officials. If there are no precinct election officials present at the polling place by the hour of 7:00 a.m., then any four qualified electors who are entitled by law to vote in that county at the election then to be held may open the polls and act as precinct election officials for the voting place during the absence of an appointed precinct election official.

Legislative History

(Code 1876, §262; Code 1886, §355; Code 1896, §1591; Code 1907, §§359, 6814; Code 1923, §§449, 3932; Code 1940, T. 17, §§132, 327; §17-6-7; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §41; Act 2021-377, §1.)