Sheriff Election — Lee County, Alabama
Lee Sheriff · the arena · the I-85 railroad county hires this desk in 2026 · in Opelika
The 2026 oval sits in Opelika, not on a campus, not in Fort Myers
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 Lee County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Opelika hires a Sheriff who still holds the consolidated jail that books Auburn and Opelika
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. Five district Commissioners and a Probate chair sit — not this oval. A campus rumor does not hire this badge. Auburn is a city. Smiths Station is a city. Fort Myers is Florida.
Absentee is 205 South 10th, not 1900 Frederick
205 South 10th Street, Opelika, AL 36801. Circuit Clerk sits at 2311 Gateway Drive, Room 104. Not 1900 Frederick Road. Not Auburn City Hall. Not Fort Myers. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.alabama.gov and myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.
Sample ballot in Opelika — not a Florida Lee County flyer
Do not take names from a Fort Myers postcard or an Auburn flyer as the hall.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Alabama Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Lee County Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — I-85 remainder patrol and a 424-bed house, not Auburn PD
You are hiring the Sheriff of Lee County, Alabama — unincorporated patrol across the I-85 remainder, warrants, civil process, courthouse security at Ninth Street and Gateway, and the Detention Center at 1900 Frederick Road that still books Auburn and Opelika municipal people. You are not hiring Auburn Police. You are not hiring Opelika Police. You are not hiring the Governor. You are not hiring a Florida Sheriff.
Read the office page for 1900 Frederick as this jailer and Auburn as a city.
Remedy when a writ misses Loachapoka
A bad service or a paper that missed the I-85 remainder — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Five Commissioners are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Fort Myers.
Relief when I-85 floods the Georgia-line remainder
A wreck on I-85, inland flooding on a Lee Road, a night outside Smiths Station city limits — this county’s mutual aid first. Russell’s Phenix City is a different count. Chambers’s LaFayette is a different count. Auburn city hall is a different government.
Service — Gateway docket, Frederick night shift, Smiths Station remainder
Papers. A 2311 Gateway courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated Loachapoka road remains this badge. The county detention house remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a campus rumor
A levy in Salem remainder still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed a stadium.
Rights from Auburn’s county remainder to Salem
Equal protection on the I-85 map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Opelika and a family in Loachapoka hire the same Sheriff.