Sheriff Election — Calhoun County, Alabama
Calhoun Sheriff · the arena · an I-20 county hires this desk in 2026 · in Anniston
The 2026 oval in Anniston, not Jacksonville, not Oxford
This page is the arena for this office. Unique teaching for the job lives on the office twin. The county as a place is taught at Calhoun County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Anniston hires a Sheriff who still holds West 8th
Article V, § 138: four years. The Secretary of State 2026 page lists various county offices on the gubernatorial ballot.
- Closed primary: Tuesday, 19 May 2026 (already sat).
- Primary runoff: Tuesday, 16 June 2026 (already sat where needed).
- General: Tuesday, 3 November 2026.
- Take office: Ala. Code § 36-3-4 — Monday, 18 January 2027.
- Vacancy: Governor appointment (§ 36-9-17). Coroner acts until a successor is chosen (§ 11-5-5). A 2025 vacancy on this desk was filled by appointment. That is the statute. The people still hire the regular 2026 term.
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Five district Commissioners sit — not this oval. An Oxford rumor does not hire this badge. Jacksonville is a city. Calhoun County, Georgia, is a different state.
Absentee on Noble Street, not West 8th, not 11th Street court
Absentee Election Manager: 1702 Noble Street, Suite 111, Anniston, AL 36201. That is not the Circuit Clerk’s courtroom at 25 West 11th Street. Board of Registrars: 1702 Noble Street, Suite 113. Not 400 West 8th. Not Jacksonville as the hall. Not Oxford City Hall. Not Morgan, Georgia. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.alabama.gov and myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.
Sample ballot in Anniston, not Calhoun County, Georgia
Do not take names from a Jacksonville rumor or a Georgia postcard.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Alabama Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Calhoun County Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — West 8th patrol and jail, not Anniston PD
You are hiring the Sheriff of Calhoun County, Alabama — unincorporated patrol, warrants, civil process, courthouse security, and the jail at 400 West 8th Street. You are not hiring Anniston Police. You are not hiring Oxford Police. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for West 8th as this jailer and Fort McClellan as not this house.
Remedy when a writ misses Piedmont
A bad service or a paper that missed Hobson City — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Five Commissioners are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Georgia.
Relief when I-20 ices at Oxford
Ice on I-20, a wreck toward Piedmont, a night road outside Jacksonville — this county’s mutual aid first. Etowah is a different count. Talladega is a different count. Anniston city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a West 8th night shift, unincorporated Calhoun
Papers. An 11th Street courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated I-20 frontage remains this badge. The county jail remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a Georgia rumor
A levy in Piedmont still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed a different Calhoun.
Rights from Jacksonville to Hobson City
Equal protection on the I-20 map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Anniston and a family in Piedmont hire the same Sheriff.