Alabama certification and canvass

Certification and canvass: Alabama

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• County canvass deadline: Nov 13, 2026 (second Friday after election). (Ala. Code § 17-12-15: official text) The statute: “On the second Friday next after the election, at the hour of 12:00 noon, the sheriff...judge of probate and the clerk of the circuit court shall assemble at the courthouse” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
• State certification deadline: By Nov 25, 2026 (within 22 days after election); certified by the Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General. (Ala. Code § 17-12-17: official text) The statute: “must, within 22 days after an election, be opened, counted, and certified in the presence of the Governor, Secretary of State, and Attorney General” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
• Recount request deadline: Set by rule, not a fixed date. The statute: “The time period for requesting a recount begins with the production of the certificate of result and ends 48 hours after the official canvass of county returns.” (Ala. Code § 17-16-21(a): official text) Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
• Election contest filing deadline: Within 10 days after the Speaker of the House opens the returns and proclaims the result (event-triggered, applies to Governor/SOS/Auditor/Treasurer/AG/Ag Commissioner/Supreme Court/Court of Appeals races). (Ala. Code § 17-16-63: official text) The statute: “within 10 days after the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall have opened the returns and proclaimed the result...must file with the Speaker of the House of Representatives a written statement” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
• Mail and military ballot receipt and cure deadlines: Regular absentee: noon Nov 3, 2026 (no post-Election-Day receipt). UOCAVA: accepted up to 7 days after election (through noon Nov 10, 2026) if postmarked by Election Day.. (Ala. Code §§ 17-11-18, 17-7-21, 17-17-27, 17-9-51: official text) The statute: “ballots submitted by military and overseas voters...are to be accepted up to seven days after the election date provided that they are postmarked no later than election day” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.

Deadlines are the state's own statutes and official guidance, each linked. Where a deadline depends on when an earlier step happens, the rule is shown instead of a date. Every date shown is worked out from the statute quoted beside it. Certification status changes only from the certifying authority's own announcement or official results file. All states