Important Notices, 0317 ALBJ, 78 The Alabama Lawyer 108 (2017)
Notice of Election and Electronic Balloting
Notice is given here pursuant to the Alabama State Bar Rules Governing Election and Selection of President-elect and Board of Bar Commissioners that the election of these officers will be held beginning Monday, May 15, 2017 and ending Friday, May 19, 2017.
On the third Monday in May (May 15, 2017), members will be notified by email with a link to an electronic ballot. Members who wish to vote by paper ballot should notify the secretary in writing on or before the first Friday in May (May 5, 2017) requesting a paper ballot. A single written request will be sufficient for all elections, including runoffs and contested president-elect races during this election cycle. All ballots (paper and electronic) must be voted and received by the Alabama State Bar by 5 p.m. on the Friday (May 19, 2017) immediately following the opening of the election.
Nomination and Election of Board of Bar Commissioners
Bar commissioners will be elected by those lawyers with their principal offices in the following circuits:
8th Judicial Circuit
21st Judicial Circuit
10th Judicial Circuit, Place 4
22nd Judicial Circuit
10th Judicial Circuit, Place 7
23rd Judicial Circuit, Place 1
10th Judicial Circuit, Bessemer Cutoff
28th Judicial Circuit, Place 2
11th Judicial Circuit
30th Judicial Circuit
13th Judicial Circuit, Place 1
31st Judicial Circuit
13th Judicial Circuit, Place 5
33rd Judicial Circuit
15th Judicial Circuit, Place 5
34th Judicial Circuit
17th Judicial Circuit
35th Judicial Circuit
18th Judicial Circuit, Place 1
36th Judicial Circuit
18th Judicial Circuit, Place 3
40th Judicial Circuit
19th Judicial Circuit
41st Judicial Circuit Additional commissioners will be elected for each 300 members of the state bar with principal offices therein. New commissioner positions for these and the remaining circuits will be determined by a census on March 1, 2017 and vacancies certified by the secretary no later than March 15, 2017. All terms will be for three years. A candidate for commissioner may be nominated by petition bearing the signatures of five members in good standing with principal offices in the circuit in which the election will be held or by the candidate’s written declaration of...
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