11-42-126
Section 11-42-126 Declaration of election result; declaration of annexation of municipality.
If a majority of the votes cast in such city or town is in favor of ratifying the agreement
of annexation and merger, the result shall be so declared, and the mayor of each city or town
shall by joint proclamation, published in some newspaper published in the city or town or
in the county, if no newspaper is published in the city or town, declare the annexation of
the one city or town to the other city or town under the agreement of annexation and merger.
(Code 1907, §1139; Code 1923, §1834; Code 1940, T. 37, §201.)...
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11-46-70
Section 11-46-70 Contest of elections - Trial; entry of judgment. If, on the trial of the contest
of any municipal election, it shall appear that any person other than the one whose election
is contested, received or would have received, had the ballots intended for him and illegally
rejected been received, the requisite number of votes for election, judgment must be entered
declaring such person duly elected, and such judgment shall have the force and effect of investing
the person thereby declared elected with full right and title to have and to hold the office
to which he is declared elected. If it appears that no person has or would have had, if the
ballots intended for him and illegally rejected had been received, the requisite number of
votes for election, judgment must be entered declaring this fact, and such fact must be certified
to the municipal governing body and the vacancy in the office, election to which had been
contested, shall be filled in the manner prescribed by law...
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16-13-186
Section 16-13-186 Election supplies. When any election is to be held in any county or in any
rural or city school tax district, under the provisions of this article, the county commission
shall provide the necessary number of ballots, poll lists, tally sheets, ballot boxes, booths,
instructions for holding the election and all other necessary and proper stationery for holding
said election; and the sheriff shall see that the same are delivered to the managers before
the day of the election. (School Code 1927, §278; Code 1940, T. 52, §267.)...
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11-46-55.1
Section 11-46-55.1 Recount procedures. (a) Any person with standing to contest a municipal
election may petition the canvassing authority for a recount of any or all precinct returns.
The time period for requesting a recount ends 48 hours after the official canvass of returns
by the municipal governing body. The petitioner must be prepared to pay the cost of the recount
and must be required to give security to cover these costs in an amount as determined by the
municipal governing body based upon an estimate of actual costs. The recount must be conducted
under the supervision of a trained and certified poll official. Representatives of opposing
interests shall be given at least 24 hours' notice and shall be invited to participate in
the recount. (b) The recount shall be conducted as simply as the type of equipment and local
conditions permit provided that the following minimum safeguards shall be observed: (1) The
box or envelope holding the ballots shall be delivered unopened to the...
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17-12-9
Section 17-12-9 Delivery of certificates to judge of probate; forwarding to Secretary of State.
The canvassing board must, as soon as they have ascertained the result of an election, make
on forms furnished by the Secretary of State certificates stating the exact number of votes
cast in the county by voting place for each person voted for and the office for which such
person was voted for, and file the certificates with the judge of probate who must immediately
forward such certificate to the Secretary of State. (Code 1876, §292; Code 1886, §389; Code
1896, §1646; Code 1907, §435; Code 1923, §525; Code 1949, T. 17, §209; Acts 1988, 1st
Ex. Sess., No. 88-908, p. 482, §1; §17-13-7; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, §56.)...

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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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34-9-40
Section 34-9-40 Creation; composition. (a) In order to accomplish the purposes and to provide
for the enforcement of this chapter, there is hereby created the board. The board is hereby
vested with the authority to carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
On June 24, 1959, the members of the present board now in existence shall hold office for
the remainder of their respective terms for which they have been elected and thereafter until
their successors are elected and qualified and shall constitute the board under this chapter.
The board shall consist of six dentists who shall be selected in the method set forth herein
all of whom having been actively engaged in the practice of dentistry in the State of Alabama
for at least five years next preceding the date of their election and one dental hygienist
elected at-large as provided in subsection (b). Each member of the board shall be a citizen
of this state. No member of the board shall be a member of the faculty...
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39-7-10
Section 39-7-10 Adoption of resolution setting forth question submitted and votes cast; declaration
of incorporation of improvement authority. At the regular meeting of the governing body of
the municipality next succeeding the completion of the canvass and the statement and proclamation
of result, such governing body shall adopt a resolution setting forth the question submitted
at the election, the number of votes cast for the question and the number of votes cast against
the question. If the number of votes cast for the question exceeds the number of votes cast
against the question at such election, such resolution shall further declare that the citizens
of the State of Alabama who are inhabitants of the territory, the boundaries of which are
coterminous with the boundaries of such municipality, are incorporated as the "Improvement
Authority of _____." (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §26.)...
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45-21-241.21
Section 45-21-241.21 Authorization to levy tax; referendum; exemptions. (a) The county commission
is authorized to levy and impose, in addition to all other taxes, including municipal gross
receipts license taxes now imposed by law, a special county privilege license tax paralleling
the state sales and use tax, such privilege license tax to be determined by the application
of rates against gross sales or gross receipts, as the case may be. The rate of such tax shall
not be more than one percent. Such tax shall become effective July 1, 1989, and shall remain
in effect through September 30, 1991, unless a majority of the qualified electors of Crenshaw
County vote in favor of the continuation of collection of the tax in a referendum held at
the same time as the general election in November of 1990. Notice of the referendum shall
be given by the Judge of Probate of Crenshaw County, which notice shall be published once
a week for three successive weeks before the day of the election. On the...
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45-49-140.33
Section 45-49-140.33 Election requirements. (a) If the planned expansion of a municipal police
jurisdiction includes any portion of the Turnerville fire protection district, the council
or governing body of the respective municipality may request that the Judge of Probate of
Mobile County order an election to be held in the affected area. Only those qualified electors
residing within the boundaries of the affected area shall participate in the election. (1)
The council or governing body of the municipality may pass a resolution stating that the public
health or public good requires that the affected area, as described in the resolution, shall
be brought within the police jurisdiction of the municipality. (2) The mayor or other executive
head of the municipality shall certify and file a copy of the resolution together with a map
of the area showing its relationship to the municipal police jurisdiction to which the property
is proposed to be included, with the judge of probate. (3) At...
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