Sheriff Election — Sumter County, Alabama
Sumter Sheriff · the arena · a Black Belt west-wall county hires this desk in 2026 · in Livingston, Alabama
The 2026 oval in Livingston, Alabama, not in Sumter, South Carolina, not in York
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 Sumter County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
Livingston hires a Sheriff who still holds 118 Hospital Drive
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. Six district Commissioners sit — not this oval. A South Carolina rumor does not hire this badge. Sumter County, South Carolina, is a different state. York is a city — not this oval. The University of West Alabama is not this oval. Montgomery is still the capital. Livingston is this hall.
Circuit Clerk at 115 Franklin, not Hospital Drive, not York City Hall
Absentee Election Manager / Circuit Clerk: 115 Franklin Street, Livingston, AL 35470 (mailing P.O. Box 936). That is the courthouse door — not the jail at 118 Hospital Drive, not York City Hall, not a South Carolina 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 Sumter County, Alabama — not Sumter County, South Carolina
Do not take names from a South Carolina rumor or a York postcard.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Alabama Secretary of State
- Voter lookup
- Current Sheriff of record — official Sumter County, Alabama, Sheriff listing
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring — Black Belt west-wall patrol and a Hospital Drive jail, not Livingston PD
You are hiring the Sheriff of Sumter County, Alabama — unincorporated patrol, warrants, civil process, courthouse security on Franklin, and the jail at 118 Hospital Drive. You are not hiring Livingston Police. You are not hiring University police. You are not hiring the Greene County Sheriff. You are not hiring the Governor.
Read the office page for Hospital Drive as this jailer, Livingston as the seat, and South Carolina as not this hall.
Remedy when a writ misses Cuba
A bad service or a paper that missed Gainesville — this Sheriff’s door and the courts. Six Commissioners are not the internal-affairs substitute for a paper. Not a comment section. Not South Carolina.
Relief when the Tombigbee comes up
A storm on I-20/59, a wreck on U.S. 11, a night road outside Emelle — this county’s mutual aid first. Greene is a different count. Choctaw is a different count. Livingston city hall is a different government.
Service — papers, a Franklin docket, a Hospital Drive night shift
Papers. A Livingston courtroom. Night hours the office actually posts. 911 on an unincorporated U.S. 11 frontage remains this badge. County detention remains this badge.
Due process does not wait for a South Carolina rumor
A levy in York still needs notice. Confirmation of sale is still the court. The Constitution does not pause because a visitor photographed a different Sumter.
Rights from Gainesville to the Mississippi line
Equal protection on the Black Belt west-wall map. Counsel. Property. Humane custody. A worker in Livingston and a family in Cuba hire the same Sheriff.