Sumter County, Alabama (Judicial)
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Sumter County is in the 17th Circuit of Alabama, along with Greene County and Marengo County.[1]
The people of Sumter County are served by a Circuit Court, District Court, Probate Court and two Municipal Courts.
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama has jurisdiction in Sumter County. Appeals from the Northern District go to the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
Judges
Circuit Court
Alabama 17th Judicial Circuit
District Court
Sumter County District Court, Alabama
Probate Court
Sumter County Probate Court, Alabama
Elections
- See also: Alabama judicial elections
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Election rules
Primary election
Candidates for judge or justice who wish to run on a party ticket must qualify to run in an open primary by obtaining the legally required number of signatures to get on the ballot.[5] Primary elections in years without a presidential primary are held on the first Tuesday in June.[6] Candidates can only qualify for one party. The winners from each party proceed to a general election in November.
If no candidate in a race wins more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff determines who will advance to the general election. The top two vote recipients in the primary advance to the runoff. Primary runoffs are held six weeks after the primary election.[7][8]
If a candidate qualifies on a party ticket and is unopposed, their name is not placed on the primary ticket, but instead is placed automatically on the general election ballot.[9] Political parties can make rules restricting who participates in primaries, and residents can only vote in a single party's primary.[10]
General election
Alabama general elections are held on the first Tuesday in November of every even-numbered year. If a victory margin is within 0.5 percent, an automatic recount will take place unless the defeated candidate waives his or her right to the recount.[11]
See also
External links
- Alabama State Bar, "Sumter County officials"
- Sumter County contact information from Alabama.gov (dead link)
Footnotes
- ↑ Alabama's Judicial Circuits
- ↑ Alabama State Bar: Circuit 17 officials and contact information
- ↑ Alabama State Bar, "Judicial Official Search," accessed March 26, 2015 (Search "District Judge")
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Judge of Probate: All Counties," accessed March 18, 2015
- ↑ Fairvote.org, "Congressional and Presidential Primaries: Open, Closed, Semi-Closed, and 'Top Two,'" accessed April 29, 2014
- ↑ The Code of Alabama, "§17-13-3," accessed September 20, 2017
- ↑ Alabama Election Code, "§17-14-6," accessed April 28, 2014
- ↑ The Code of Alabama, "§17-13-3," accessed September 24, 2017
- ↑ Alabama Election Code, "§17-13-5(c)," accessed April 29, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Election Code, "§17-13-7," accessed April 29, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Election Code, "§17-16-20," accessed April 29, 2014
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