Coffee County Probate Court, Alabama

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## Contents

* 1 Jurisdiction
* 2 Selection method
* 2.1 Judicial elections in Alabama
* 2.2 Primary election
* 2.3 General election
* 3 See also
* 4 External links
* 5 Footnotes

## Jurisdiction[edit]

This court holds the following jurisdiction:[1]

“  | Probate courts have jurisdiction over matters dealing with wills, estates, real property, mental illness, and adoption. Each county has a probate court.[2] | ”

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## Selection method[edit]

See also: Judicial selection in the states

See also: Partisan elections

There are 72 judgeships on the Alabama Probate Courts, each elected to six-year terms. The elections for this court are partisan contested elections.[3]

### Judicial elections in Alabama[edit]

See also: Alabama judicial elections

Alabama is one of five states that uses partisan elections to select judges and does not use retention elections for subsequent terms. To read more about how states use judicial elections to select judges across the country, click here.

### Primary election[edit]

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.[4] Primary elections in years without a presidential primary are held on the first Tuesday in June.[5] 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.[6][7]

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.[8] Political parties can make rules restricting who participates in primaries, and residents can only vote in a single party's primary.[9]

### General election[edit]

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.[10]

## See also[edit]

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## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Alabama State Bar Association, "Alabama's Court System," accessed May 10, 2023
2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
3. ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Alabama; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 2, 2014
4. ↑ Fairvote.org, "Congressional and Presidential Primaries: Open, Closed, Semi-Closed, and 'Top Two,'" accessed April 29, 2014
5. ↑ The Code of Alabama, "§17-13-3," accessed September 20, 2017
6. ↑ Alabama Election Code, "§17-14-6," accessed April 28, 2014
7. ↑ The Code of Alabama, "§17-13-3," accessed September 24, 2017
8. ↑ Alabama Election Code, "§17-13-5(c)," accessed April 29, 2014
9. ↑ Alabama Election Code, "§17-13-7," accessed April 29, 2014
10. ↑ Alabama Election Code, "§17-16-20," accessed April 29, 2014

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