HB543 Summary

• Proposes a constitutional amendment to establish nonpartisan elections for circuit and district judges in Marshall County.

• Creates a separate "Official Nonpartisan Circuit and District Judicial Ballot" without party devices or symbols, available during the primary election cycle.

• Allows voters to cast ballots for judicial candidates without voting in either primary election.

• Transfers duties and responsibilities formerly delegated to political parties to the judge of probate in Marshall County.

• Amendment shall be interpreted in relation to Title 17, Code of Alabama 1975, with conflicting provisions not applying in Marshall County.