Sheriff Election — Dallas County, Alabama
Dallas Sheriff · the arena · a Black Belt county hires this desk in 2026 · in Selma, Alabama
The 2026 oval in Selma, Alabama, not in Dallas, Texas
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 Dallas County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Selma hires a Sheriff who still holds detention after the tornado house
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 Texas rumor does not hire this badge. Dallas County, Texas, is a different state. Cahaba is not the capital now. Montgomery is still the capital.
Circuit Clerk on Lauderdale, not the US-80 house
Absentee Election Manager: 105 Lauderdale Street, Selma, AL 36701. That is the SOS listing — not the temporary jail at 4805 US-80, not Selma City Hall, not a Texas clerk as a substitute for this absentee desk. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.alabama.gov and myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.
Sample ballot in Selma, not Dallas County, Texas
Do not take names from a Texas rumor or a Cahaba postcard.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Alabama Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Dallas County, Alabama, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — Black Belt patrol and a county jail this Sheriff still holds, not Selma PD
You are hiring the Sheriff of Dallas County, Alabama — unincorporated patrol, warrants, civil process, courthouse security on Lauderdale, and detention this office still maintains. You are not hiring Selma Police. You are not hiring ADOC Fountain. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for detention as this jailer, Selma as the seat, and Texas as not this hall.
Remedy when a writ misses Orrville
A bad service or a paper that missed Plantersville — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Four Commissioners are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Texas.
Relief when the Alabama River comes up
High water on the Alabama, a wreck on U.S. 80, a night road outside Valley Grande — this county’s mutual aid first. Lowndes is a different count. Perry is a different count. Selma city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a Lauderdale docket, a US-80 night shift
Papers. A Selma courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated U.S. 80 frontage remains this badge. County detention remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a Texas rumor
A levy in Orrville still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed a different Dallas.
Rights from Valley Grande to the Wilcox line
Equal protection on the Black Belt map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Selma and a family in Orrville hire the same Sheriff.