17-11-11
Section 17-11-11 Officials for counting of absentee ballots; poll watchers. (a) For every primary,
general, special, or municipal election, there shall be appointed one inspector and at least
three clerks, named and notified as are other election officials under the general laws of
the state, who shall meet, at the regular time of closing of the election on that day, in
the courthouse, or municipal building for municipal elections, as designated by the absentee
election manager for the purpose of counting and returning the ballots cast by absentee voters.
The returns from the absentee precinct shall be made as required by law for all other boxes.
It shall be unlawful for any election official or other person to publish or make known to
anyone the results of the count of absentee votes before the polls close. (b) Any person or
organization authorized to appoint poll watchers under Sections 17-8-7 and 17-13-11 may have
a single watcher present at the counting of absentee ballots, with...
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17-8-10
Section 17-8-10 Returning officer. The sheriff of each county or the person discharging the
duties of such office is the returning officer for the county. The inspector for each voting
place is charged with the duty of returning the ballots and sealed election materials from
the voting place to the county returning officer. (Code 1876, §260; Code 1886, §353; Code
1896, §1589; Code 1907, §356; Code 1923, §446; Code 1940, T. 17, §129; §17-6-11; amended
and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §41.)...
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45-48-111.04
Section 45-48-111.04 Representative of candidate authorized to observe conduct of election.
Any candidate in an election shall have the right to designate one representative to be present
at each polling place, and such representative shall have the right to observe the conduct
of the election as a watcher at such polling place as provided by law, but shall also have
the right to observe and be present at the opening of each voting machine when the totals
of such machines are tabulated by the election officials. Such representative shall be appointed
as provided by law. (Acts 1971, No. 1899, p. 3088, § 5.)...
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17-9-50
Section 17-9-50 Proximity of persons to polling place. Except as electors are admitted to vote
and persons to assist them as herein provided, and except for the judge of probate, the sheriff,
or his or her deputy, the precinct election officials, and watchers, no person shall be permitted
within 30 feet of the door of the building of the polling place. (Code 1896, §1621; Code
1907, §371; Code 1923, §461; Code 1940, T. 17, §144; §17-7-18; amended and renumbered
by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §48.)...
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37-1-12
Section 37-1-12 Employees - Appointment or employment; salaries; special counsel. The commission,
under the provisions of the merit system, shall have the authority to appoint or employ attorneys,
officers, and such accountants, engineers, experts, inspectors, clerks and other employees
as are necessary or expedient to carry out the duties conferred by law upon the commission,
and the salaries therefor shall be fixed according to the provisions of the merit system.
The commission shall also, by and with the approval of the Governor, have authority to employ
and discharge special counsel or attorneys as it may be deemed necessary for such purpose.
(Acts 1920, No. 37, p. 38; Acts 1920, No. 42, p. 92; Code 1923, §9617; Code 1940, T. 48,
§13.)...
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11-46-35
Section 11-46-35 Watchers. (a) Each candidate may name a watcher for every polling place. As
used in this subsection, a polling place shall mean a location for ballot boxes or voting
machines, regardless of the number thereof. (b) The watcher, upon presentation of his or her
appointment in writing and being sworn faithfully to observe the rule of law prescribed for
the conduct of elections, shall be permitted to be present at the place where ballots are
cast from the time the polls are opened until the ballots are counted and certificates of
the result of the election are duly signed by the proper election officers. The function of
the watcher is to observe activities at the polling place. The watcher may not disturb voters,
attempt to influence voters, campaign, or display or wear any campaign material or buttons
while inside any polling place. (c) When paper ballots are used at the election, the watcher
shall be permitted to see the ballots as they are called during the count. (d)...
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11-46-72
Section 11-46-72 Procedure where election not held on day appointed. If any municipal election
provided for in this article should not take place on the day appointed, the municipal corporation
shall not for that cause be dissolved, but the incumbent officers shall remain in office until
their successors shall be elected and qualified. The municipal governing body shall fix some
day, as early as convenient, on which day said election shall be held, and the election shall
be conducted in all respects as a regular election, and the persons so elected shall hold
office until the next general election and until their successors are elected and qualified.
(Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §52.)...
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17-9-9
Section 17-9-9 Proclaiming polls open. The inspectors, before they commence receiving ballots,
must cause it to be proclaimed at the place of voting that the election is opened. (Code 1876,
§272; Code 1886, §367; Code 1896, §1619; Code 1907, §397; Code 1923, §487; Code 1940,
T. 17, §173; §17-7-11; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §44.)...
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45-38-110
Section 45-38-110 Compensation of election officers. The County Commission of Lamar County
shall provide such additional amount of daily compensation as is necessary to grant each election
clerk, inspector, and returning officer of elections a total compensation of twenty-five dollars
($25), and shall increase the mileage allowance of the returning officer to fifteen cents
($.15) a mile in going to the courthouse and returning to the place of holding the election.
Such compensation and mileage shall be paid out of any funds in the county treasury available
for such purposes. (Act 81-96, p. 115, §1.)...
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9-10A-10
Section 9-10A-10 Election of directors. If an original director who is required to reside in
a particular county is to be selected by means of an election, the board of supervisors who
determined that an election would be the method of selection shall call the election. Said
election shall be held, within 30 days after need for a watershed management authority has
been determined, as provided in Section 9-10A-8. Due notice shall be required prior to said
election. All residents of the county where the director must reside who also reside within
the boundaries of the authority shall be eligible to vote in said election, and only said
residents shall be eligible to vote. Said residents shall be 18 years of age or older. Each
person who is qualified to vote for a resident director who desires to be elected a resident
director of the watershed management authority shall file not later than 10 days prior to
the date set for an election a nominating petition with the board of supervisors who...
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