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17-11-15
Section 17-11-15 Performance of duties of clerk in municipal elections held separate from primary
or general election. In any municipal election that is held at a time different from a primary
or general election, the duties with reference to the handling of absentee ballots which are
required of the circuit clerk shall be performed by the town clerk, city clerk, or other officer
performing the duties of the clerk. If such clerk or other officer is also a candidate in
such election, the governing body of the city or town shall appoint a qualified elector of
the city or town to perform the duties. Such person so appointed shall have all the powers,
duties, and responsibilities of the circuit clerk under this chapter. (Acts 1975, No. 1147,
p. 2251, §13; §17-10-15; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §52; Act 2010-687,
p. 1660, §2.)...
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11-42-103
Section 11-42-103 Division of consolidated municipality into wards by commission; election
of mayor and other officers. (a) The mayor and one councilman from each municipality to be
selected by the council shall be constituted a commission to divide such consolidated municipality
into wards, and if they are unable to agree, they shall call in another person who shall cast
a deciding vote, and such consolidated city or town shall be divided into wards as the commission
or a majority of them may direct. (b) At a day not more than 30 days after said commission
has divided such city or town into wards, an election, conforming to the general municipal
election law, shall be held and conducted by officers selected by such commission, at which
election a mayor and the proper officers for a municipality of such size shall be elected.
Officers conducting such election shall forthwith count the votes and make return to the commission,
who shall declare the results of such election, and those...
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11-46-25
Section 11-46-25 Ballots; statements of candidacy; withdrawal of candidacy. (a) In all municipal
elections on any subject which may be submitted by law to a vote of the people of the municipality
and for any municipal officers, if paper ballots are used, the voting shall be by official
ballot printed and distributed as provided in subsections (c) and (d), and no ballot shall
be received or counted in any election unless it is provided as prescribed by law. (b) There
shall be but one form of ballot for all the candidates for municipal office and every ballot
provided for use at any polling place in a municipal election shall contain the names of all
candidates who have properly qualified and have not withdrawn, as provided in subsection (g),
together with the title of the office for which they are candidates. (c) All ballots shall
be printed in black ink on clear book paper. At the bottom of each ballot and at a point an
equal distance from the sides thereof there shall be printed a...
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45-28A-60
Section 45-28A-60 Regulation of sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. (a)(1)
The voters of the City of Hokes Bluff in Etowah County may authorize the sale of alcoholic
beverages within the city on Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the following
manner: The governing body of the City of Hokes Bluff, by resolution, may call an election
for the city to determine the sentiment of the voters of the city residing within the corporate
limits, as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed on Sunday
within the city. (2) On the ballot to be used for such election, the question shall be in
the following form: "Do you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages
within the City of Hokes Bluff seven days a week subject to regulation by the City Council?
Yes ___ No ___." (3) The election shall be held and the officers appointed to hold the
election in the manner provided by law for holding other city elections, and the...
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11-43-80
Section 11-43-80 Powers and duties generally; office; salary; employment, salary, etc., as
superintendent of municipal light, water, sewage, etc., systems. (a) The mayor shall have
the powers and perform the duties provided by this title and by other applicable provisions
of law and shall keep an office in the city or town. (b) The mayor shall receive such salary
as the council may prescribe, which must be fixed by the council not less than six months
prior to each general municipal election; provided, however, the six-month requirement in
this section may be waived when necessary to comply with a mandate by the U.S. Justice Department
pursuant to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, or with an order issued by a state
or federal court. (c) In municipalities which own and operate light and power systems, municipal
water systems, municipal sewage systems, and municipal gas systems, one or any of them, may,
by resolution of the governing body duly entered in its minutes, require the...
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11-46-46
Section 11-46-46 Delivery of returns, etc.; retention and destruction of ballot boxes; opening
of ballot boxes. (a) At the time appointed by the municipal governing body to canvass the
returns of the election the municipal clerk shall deliver to the governing body the envelopes
addressed to the governing body, which were delivered to him or her by the returning officers
of the several wards in the city or town immediately after the votes had been counted and
the returns thereof prepared. (b) The clerk shall securely keep the ballot boxes until it
is known that there will be no contest, but in any event not less than six months, and, if
in that time no contest has been properly instituted, the clerk shall then destroy the contents
of the boxes without examining the same. (c) No ballot box shall be opened except in one of
the following events: (1) In the event of a contest, where the opening of a box has been ordered
by the court hearing the contest, in which event the ballot box shall...
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17-11-7
Section 17-11-7 Form of affidavit to be printed on envelope - General, special, or municipal
elections. (a) Each absentee ballot shall be accompanied by an envelope upon which shall be
printed an affidavit. (b) With respect to an absentee ballot cast pursuant to Section 17-11-3,
the affidavit shall read as follows: "State of Alabama County of ___ I, the undersigned,
do swear (or affirm) that: My place of residence in Alabama is: ___ (street) ___, Alabama
___ (city or town) (zip code) My date of birth is: ___ month day year I am entitled to vote
an absentee ballot because: Check at least one: ___ I expect to be out of the county or the
state on election day. ___ I am physically incapacitated and will not be able to vote in person
on election day. ___ I expect to work a required workplace shift which has at least 10 hours
which coincide with the polling hours at my regular polling place. ___ I am a student at an
educational institution...
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45-28A-50
Section 45-28A-50 Regulation of sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. (a)
This section shall apply only to the City of Glencoe in Etowah and Calhoun Counties. (b) The
voters of the City of Glencoe may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages within the city
on Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the following manner: The governing
body of the City of Glencoe, by resolution, may call an election for the city to determine
the sentiment of the voters of the city residing within the corporate limits, as to whether
or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed on Sunday within the city. (c)
On the ballot to be used for such election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do
you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages within the City of Glencoe
on Sunday subject to regulation by the City Council? Yes ___ No ___." (d) The election
shall be held and the officers appointed to hold the election in the manner provided...
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45-8A-125
Section 45-8A-125 Regulation of sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. (a)
The voters of the City of Southside in Etowah and Calhoun Counties may authorize the sale
of alcoholic beverages within the city on Sunday by an election pursuant to this section,
in the following manner: The governing body of the City of Southside, by resolution, may call
an election for the city to determine the sentiment of the voters of the city residing within
the corporate limits, as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed
on Sunday within the city. (b) On the ballot to be used for such election, the question shall
be in the following form: "Do you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic
beverages within the City of Southside on Sunday subject to regulation by the City Council?
Yes ___ No ___." (c) The election shall be held and the officers appointed to hold the
election in the manner provided by law for holding other city elections, and the...
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11-43-53
Section 11-43-53 Aldermen not to hold other municipal offices or have interest, etc., in municipal
contracts, etc.; penalty. (a) No member of any city or town council shall, during the time
for which he has been elected, be appointed to any municipal office which shall be created
or the emoluments of which shall be increased during the term for which he shall have been
elected; nor shall he be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or job for work
or material, or the profits thereof or services to be performed for the corporation, except
as provided in this title. (b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than
$50.00 nor more than $1,000.00, and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for
not more than six months. (Code 1907, §1193; Acts 1909, No. 200, p. 197; Code 1923, §§1909,
5084; Code 1940, T. 37, §§431, 432.)...
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