Sheriff Election — Lowndes County, Alabama
Lowndes Sheriff · the arena · the trail county hires this desk in 2026 · in Hayneville
The 2026 oval sits in Hayneville, not in Valdosta, not in Montgomery City Hall
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 Lowndes County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Hayneville hires a Sheriff who still holds the AL-21 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. Five district Commissioners sit — not this oval. A capital rumor does not hire this badge. Fort Deposit is a town. Valdosta is Georgia. Montgomery is a different county.
Absentee is 1 South Washington, not the detention house
1 South Washington Street, Hayneville, AL 36040. Not 653 AL-21. Not Hayneville Town Hall. Not Montgomery. Confirm registration, sample ballot, and absentee on sos.alabama.gov and myinfo.alabamavotes.gov.
Sample ballot in Hayneville — not a Lowndes County, Georgia flyer
Do not take names from a Valdosta postcard or a Montgomery flyer as the hall.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Alabama Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Lowndes County Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — Black Belt patrol and a trail-county jail, not Montgomery PD
You are hiring the Sheriff of Lowndes County, Alabama — unincorporated patrol across the U.S. 80 remainder, warrants, civil process, courthouse security at 1 South Washington, and the detention house at 653 AL-21. You are not hiring Hayneville Police. You are not hiring Montgomery Police. You are not hiring ADOC. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for 653 AL-21 as this jailer and Montgomery as a neighbor.
Remedy when a writ misses White Hall
A bad service or a paper that missed Letohatchee — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Five Commissioners are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not Valdosta.
Relief when the Alabama River bottoms flood U.S. 80
High water on the Alabama River bottoms, a wreck on U.S. 80, a night road outside Fort Deposit — this county’s mutual aid first. Dallas’s Selma is a different count. Montgomery County is a different count. Hayneville town hall is a different government.
Service — Washington docket, AL-21 night shift, Fort Deposit remainder
Papers. A 1 South Washington courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated White Hall road remains this badge. The county detention house remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a capital rumor
A levy in Mosses still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed Montgomery.
Rights from Mosses to the Dallas line
Equal protection on the Black Belt map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Hayneville and a family in Fort Deposit hire the same Sheriff.