Sheriff Election — Cherokee County, Alabama
Cherokee Sheriff · the arena · the Weiss Lake county hires this desk in 2026 · in Centre
The 2026 oval in Centre, not in Georgia
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 Cherokee County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Centre hires a Sheriff who still holds Cedar Bluff Road
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).
The Governor is 2026. That is not this oval. Four district Commissioners and a Probate chair sit — not this oval. A Georgia rumor does not hire this badge. Centre is Alabama. Cherokee County, Georgia, is a different state.
Circuit Clerk on East Main, not Cedar Bluff Road
373 East Main Street, Suite 102, Centre, AL 35960. Not 110 Cedar Bluff Road. Not 260 Cedar Bluff Road. Not a Georgia clerk. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.alabama.gov and myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.
Sample ballot in Centre, Alabama — not Cedar Bluff, Georgia
Do not take names from a lake rumor or a Georgia postcard.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Alabama Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Cherokee County Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — Weiss Lake patrol and Cedar Bluff jail, not a Georgia sheriff
You are hiring the Sheriff of Cherokee County, Alabama — unincorporated patrol across lake and timber roads, warrants, civil process, courthouse security at the new East Main house, and the Detention Center at 110 Cedar Bluff Road. You are not hiring Centre Police. You are not hiring a Georgia sheriff. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Cedar Bluff Road as this jailer and Centre as Alabama.
Remedy when a writ misses Leesburg
A bad service or a paper that missed a lake road — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Four Commissioners are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Georgia.
Relief when Weiss Lake comes up
A rise on the Coosa impoundment, a wreck on U.S. 411, inland flooding on a lake arm — this county’s mutual aid first. Etowah’s Gadsden is a different count. Georgia is a different count. Centre’s city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a 1996 detention house, lake roads
Papers. An East Main courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated Leesburg road remains this badge. The county jail remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a Georgia rumor
A levy in Gaylesville still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed a different Cherokee.
Rights from Gaylesville to Sand Rock
Equal protection on the Weiss Lake map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Cedar Bluff and a family in Sand Rock hire the same Sheriff.