| January 5 | Special General Election / House District 56 (Cancelled)** |
| Special Primary Election / House District 40 | |
| January 12 | Wet/Dry Referendum / Jemison |
| January 19 | Special Mayoral Runoff / Birmingham |
| January 26 | School Tax Election / Lauderdale County |
| School Tax Election / Mountainbrook | |
| February 2 | School Tax Election / Russell County |
| February 16 | Special General Election / House District 40 |
| March 9 | Ad Valorem Tax / Trussville |
| Wet/Dry / Hanceville | |
| March 23 | Tax Referendum and Constitutional Amendment Election / Baldwin County |
| Wet/Dry Referendum / Hamilton | |
| March 30 | Proposed Vandiver Fire and EMS District / Shelby County |
| April 13 | Planning and Zoning Election - District 14 / Baldwin County |
| Sunday Alcohol Sales; Form of City Government / Decatur | |
| April 27 | Tax Referendum / Hoover |
| Tax Referendum / Ozark | |
| May 11 | Wet/Dry Referendum / Brent |
| Wet/Dry Referendum / Centreville | |
| Wet/Dry Referendum / Winfield | |
| May 25 | Wet/Dry / Geneva (city) |
| June 1 | Primary Election |
| Wet/Dry Referendum / Falkville | |
| Special Election - Commission District 1 / Jefferson County | |
| Wet/Dry / Good Hope | |
| Wet/Dry Referendum / Haleyville | |
| June 22 | Special Mayoral Election / Cleveland |
| Special Runoff Election - Commission District 1 / Jefferson County | |
| July 13 | Primary Runoff Election |
| Wet/Dry Referendum / Collinsville | |
| Special Election - Commission District 2 / Mobile County | |
| August 3 | Special Runoff Election - Commission District 2 / Mobile County |
| August 10 | Cable television referendum / Opelika |
| August 24 | Municipal Elections / Auburn, Bessemer, Gadsden, Huntsville, Mountain Brook, and Scottsboro * |
| Special Election - Council Member, Ward 5 / Opelika | |
| September 14 | Special Election - City Council District 6 / Montgomery |
| October 5 | Municipal Runoff Election / Huntsville |
| Municipal Runoff Election / Jacksonville | |
| October 26 | Special Runoff Election - City Council District 6 / Montgomery |
| November 2 | General Election |
Number of elections for corporate contribution limits (revised 09/15/2010): 33
* For the purpose of the corporate contribution limit to PACs, the municipal elections on August 24 count jointly as one election toward the total number of elections to be held in 2010. See Attorney General Opinion 1999-255
** Upon the conclusion of the House 56 special primary runoff election, the Secretary of State, pursuant to Amendment 97 of the Alabama Constitution of 1901, made a finding that a legally qualified candidate for election to the vacancy was unopposed. Therefore, under that amendment, the special general election was not to be held and the unopposed candidate was to be issued a certificate of election.