Alabama local trial court judicial elections, 2018

Elections in Alabama, 2018

• General election: Nov. 6
• Voter registration deadline: Oct. 22
• Early voting: N/A
• Absentee voting deadline: Postmark Nov. 5

• Online registration: Yes
• Same-day registration: No
• Voter ID: Photo ID required
• Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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2018 Trial court elections

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Elections information

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Alabama held general elections for local judicial offices on November 6, 2018. A primary election took place on June 5, 2018. For those offices where no candidate received a majority of the votes in the primary, a primary runoff election took place on July 17, 2018. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in these elections was February 9, 2018.

Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in America's 100 largest cities by population. This coverage extends to every office on the ballot for residents of these cities, including local trial court judges. In 2018, Ballotpedia covered the following local election in this state:

• Jefferson County, Alabama - County commissioner, district attorney, county sheriff, circuit clerk, local judgeships

If the above list includes local trial court judgeships, click the link for more information about the election. Click here to learn more about how the judges in this state are selected. Ballotpedia did not cover all local trial court judicial elections in this state in 2018. Please consider donating to Ballotpedia to help us expand our coverage of these elections.

For more information about the 2018 appellate court elections in the state, click here.

Election dates

• February 9, 2018: Candidate filing deadline
• June 5, 2018: Primary election
• July 17, 2018: Primary runoff election
• November 6, 2018: General election

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. Primary elections in years without a presidential primary are held on the first Tuesday in June. 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.

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. Political parties can make rules restricting who participates in primaries, and residents can only vote in a single party's primary.

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.

Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states. No counties in Alabama are Pivot Counties.

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Alabama with 62.1 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 34.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Alabama voted Democratic 53.33 percent of the time and Republican 40 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Alabama voted Republican all five times.

See also

Local courts	Alabama	Other local coverage
Local trial court judicial elections, 2018 Courts and judges by county Judicial selection by state Judicial elections	Alabama elections, 2018 Judicial selection in Alabama Public policy in Alabama Endorsers in Alabama	Municipal elections, 2018 School board elections, 2018 Local ballot measure elections, 2018 Recall elections, 2018

External links

• Alabama Secretary of State

Footnotes

Alabama courts

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Federal courts:

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of Alabama, Middle District of Alabama, Southern District of Alabama • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of Alabama, Middle District of Alabama, Southern District of Alabama

State courts:

Alabama Supreme Court • Alabama Court of Civil Appeals • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals • Alabama Circuit Courts • Alabama District Courts • Alabama Juvenile Courts • Alabama Municipal Courts • Alabama Probate Courts • Alabama Small Claims Courts

State resources:

Courts in Alabama • Alabama judicial elections • Judicial selection in Alabama