17-16-21
Section 17-16-21 Recount procedures. (a) Any person with standing to contest the election under
Sections 17-16-40 and 17-16-47 may petition the canvassing authority for a recount of any
or all precinct returns. The time period for requesting a recount begins with the production
of the certificate of result and ends 48 hours after the official canvass of county returns.
The canvassing authority is the canvassing board in general elections and the county executive
committee in a party primary. The petitioner must be prepared to pay the cost of the recount
and shall give security to cover these costs. The canvassing authority shall set the amount
of the security based upon an estimate of actual costs. The costs shall be kept to a minimum
by using county personnel or volunteer workers whenever possible. However, the recount must
be conducted under the supervision of a trained and certified precinct election official.
Representatives of opposing interests shall be given at least 24 hours'...
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37-1-3
Section 37-1-3 Election or appointment of commissioners; terms of office; filling of vacancies.
(a) The terms of office of the commissioners shall be for four years; at the election to be
held in the state on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1940, and every
four years thereafter, a president of the commission shall be elected by the qualified electors
of this state; and at the election to be held in the state on the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, 1942, and every four years thereafter, two associates, who, with
the president, shall constitute the commission, shall be elected by the qualified electors
of the state. The result of such election shall be ascertained and declared by the same authority
and in the same manner as are the results of election for Chief Justice and associate justices
of the Supreme Court. (b) The persons elected to fill the offices shall enter upon the discharge
of their respective duties on the day after the general...
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45-20A-11
Section 45-20A-11 Levy of ad valorem tax. (a) Pursuant to subsection (f) of Amendment No. 373
of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and a resolution heretofore adopted by the governing
body of the City of Andalusia after a public hearing, the governing body is authorized to
levy, in addition to any and all other taxes heretofore levied, additional ad valorem taxes
as provided in subsection (b). (b) The increase in the rate of tax, as provided in this subsection,
is subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors who vote on the question
of whether the City of Andalusia shall be authorized to increase its current ad valorem tax
rate by an additional 15 mills to be used by the Andalusia City School Board and increase
its tax rate by five mills to be used exclusively for normal city operations and capital expenditures,
either or both. The ballot used at such election shall contain the words "for an additional
15 mills increase to be used by the Andalusia City School...
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45-37A-51.131
Section 45-37A-51.131 Method of selection and terms of appointment of board members. (a) The
members of the board of managers, other than the mayor who shall always serve as chair, shall
be selected and shall serve for the term as hereafter set forth. (1) The mayor of the city
shall always serve as the chair of the system. (2) The member appointed by the personnel board
shall have a minimum of seven years' experience in an executive capacity in accounting, insurance,
actuarial, investment, or banking work, and shall be a qualified voter and shall serve a four-year
term. Should the appointed member die, resign, or otherwise be unable to serve, the vacancy
thus created shall be filled by the personnel board for the unexpired portion of the term.
(3) The first of the two members elected by a majority of the votes cast by the general employees
participants in the system shall be a participant in the system and shall be a qualified voter.
In order to assure representation of all...
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11-16-27
Section 11-16-27 Declaration of new county seat. If upon canvass of the returns of said election
a majority of all the legal votes cast were in favor of the removal of the county seat, then
the city, town, or village thus elected shall thereafter be the county seat of the county.
(Code 1907, §201; Code 1923, §293; Code 1940, T. 12, §256.)...
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11-16-40
Section 11-16-40 Penalties for failure to perform duties required by chapter, etc. Any officer
or person who shall willfully or corruptly fail to perform any duty required of him under
any of the provisions of this chapter; or shall fraudulently alter or change the ballot of
any elector after it has been cast; or shall make any false or fraudulent count of votes;
or shall place in the receptacle for ballots any ballot not actually cast by an elector; or
shall take therefrom any ballot cast by an elector, with the intention of unlawfully changing
or affecting the result of the election; or shall make any false poll list or any false count
of the ballots or any false certificate to a poll list or to the result of the count of the
ballots; or shall wrongfully open the returns from any precinct or ward; or shall change,
secrete, destroy, or mutilate the returns from any precinct or ward or attempt to do so; or
shall prevent or attempt to prevent any such return from being made as required...
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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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11-50-144
Section 11-50-144 Calling of election. Such election, if ordered by the resolution of the board
of aldermen or other governing body of the city or town, shall be called by the mayor or other
chief executive officer of such city or town to be held on the day fixed by the said resolution
of the board of aldermen or other governing body of the city or town, which day shall not
be less than 30 days from the day of the passage of the said resolution ordering the election.
(Acts 1909, No. 212, p. 253; Code 1923, §2062; Code 1940, T. 37, §379.)...
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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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17-6-41
Section 17-6-41 Ballot for constitutional amendment. Whenever a constitutional amendment is
submitted to a vote of the qualified electors the substance or subject matter of each proposed
amendment shall be so printed that the nature thereof shall be clearly indicated. Following
each proposed amendment or other public measure on the ballot shall be printed the word "Yes"
and immediately under that shall be printed the word "No." The choice of the electors
shall be indicated by a mark made by the elector or under the elector's direction opposite
the words expressing the elector's desire. (Code 1896, §1608; Code 1907, §390; Code 1923,
§480; Code 1940, T. 17, §166; §17-8-22; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331,
§33.)...
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