The probate or circuit court or any judge thereof within the county shall have summary jurisdiction upon complaint of an elector to determine the sufficiency of the petition and shall make such order as justice may require as to such sufficiency. Such summary proceeding shall be instituted within 10 days after the petition is filed with the clerk or probate judge.
Ala. Code § 39-7-5
Summary Proceedings for Review, Etc., of Sufficiency of Petition.
(Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §21.)
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