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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17-17-28
Section 17-17-28 Failure to require proper identification; voting at multiple or unauthorized locations; liability of officials. Any polling official who knowingly fails to require proper identification to verify the name of the prospective voter on the list of qualified voters at the polling place in violation of this section, or who knowingly allows a person to vote who he or she knows is not the person he or she claims to be shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor for each violation. Any person who knowingly presents false identification in order to vote at a polling place where he or she otherwise would not be qualified to vote, or who knowingly votes at a polling place where he or she has not been authorized to vote, or who knowingly votes at more than one polling place in the same election on the same day shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. Any election or polling official acting in the good faith exercise of his or her duties pursuant to...
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17-8-5
Section 17-8-5 Political parties furnish lists from which appointments are made. Each political party or organization having made nominations, by the chair of its state or county executive committee or nominees for office, may furnish the appointing board a list of names of recommended poll workers from qualified electors for each voting place not later than 45 days before the election. From the lists provided, one inspector and at least three clerks shall be appointed for each voting place from members of opposing political parties, if practicable. If there are more than two lists filed, the appointments shall be made from the lists presented by the two political parties having received the highest number of votes in the state in the next preceding regular election, if each of the parties presents a list. If no lists are furnished, the appointing board shall appoint an inspector and at least three clerks for each voting place from the qualified electors of the precinct from members of...
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2-8-356
Section 2-8-356 Referendum - Voting. (a) If, in any referendum, a majority of the commercial shrimp boat owners and commercial fishermen licensed and authorized to do business in the state in the geographic area in which the referendum is conducted, and eligible to participate and voting in the referendum, vote in favor of the levying and collection of the assessment proposed in the referendum, then the assessment shall be levied and collected in the manner provided in this article. Following the referendum and within 10 days thereafter, the certified association shall canvass, tabulate, and publicly declare and announce the results of the referendum. (b) In the event a referendum fails to receive the required number of affirmative votes, then the certified association conducting the referendum may call another referendum in the next succeeding year on the question of an assessment and promotional program for shrimpers and seafood fishermen, either singularly or jointly, for a...
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45-49-140.12
Section 45-49-140.12 Enlargement of district. (a) A district may be enlarged, provided, that no area lying within a municipality at the time of the enlargement shall be brought within the district. (b) No area shall be brought within a district by enlargement unless the majority of the votes cast at the election provided for by subsection (c), approve the inclusion of the area within the district and also approve every service charge in effect within the district at the time of election. (c) The term proposed area, as used in this subsection, means an area proposed to be brought within a district by enlargement of the district. When the board of trustees of a district determines that the inclusion of a proposed area within the district would be to the advantage of the district and also to the advantage of the majority of the property owners of the proposed area, the board of trustees may file in the office of the judge of probate a petition, signed by two-thirds of property owners,...
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11-16-11
Section 11-16-11 Inspectors, clerks, and returning officers - Appointment. Between 10 and 30 days prior to the day appointed for such election the said board of commissioners shall appoint three inspectors, two clerks, and one returning officer to hold and conduct said election for each of the voting places in the county. One of said inspectors and one of said clerks for each voting place shall be appointed as recommended for that purpose by qualified electors favoring such removal and one of said inspectors and one of said clerks for each voting place shall be appointed as recommended for that purpose by qualified electors opposing removal and the third inspector and returning officers for each voting place shall be selected by the board of commissioners. If there shall be a bona fide organization of electors favoring such removal or such organization opposing such removal, one or both, the chairman or head of such organization shall have the superior right to thus recommend persons...
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11-16-22
Section 11-16-22 Preparation and disposition of certified statements of votes and poll lists. Immediately on the closing of the polls, the inspectors must count the ballots and certify the number of votes cast "For removal to _____" and the number of votes cast "Against removal," and certify on one of the poll lists that such poll list is the poll list of the election precinct or voting place at which they were inspectors and the day and year on which said election was held, and they shall securely seal up such statements of the votes and poll lists, together with the ballots cast in said election, in an envelope or other wrapper or receptacle and label the same so as to show the precinct or ward in which said ballots were cast and deliver the same to the returning officer, and said returning officer must, within 24 hours thereafter, deliver the same to the said board of commissioners at the courthouse of the county. (Code 1907, §194; Code 1923, §286; Code 1940, T. 12, §249.)...
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17-11-9
Section 17-11-9 Materials furnished with ballot; delivery of ballot to absentee election manager. Each prospective absentee voter who meets the requirements of this chapter shall be furnished with the absentee ballot herein provided for, together with two envelopes for returning his or her marked ballot and instructions for completing and returning the absentee ballot as well as instructions for correcting mistakes in completing ballots or obtaining a replacement ballot. One envelope shall be a plain envelope in which the ballot shall be sealed by the voter after he or she has marked it. The second envelope shall have the voter's affidavit printed on the back and shall be large enough to seal the plain ballot envelope inside. The second envelope shall also be a return mail envelope. Such return mail envelope shall be addressed on the front to the absentee election manager and shall be endorsed on the left-hand upper corner thereof as follows: "Absent Voter's Ballot. State, County,...
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17-14-50
Section 17-14-50 Counting and returning vote on constitutional amendment. The vote on an amendment proposed to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, shall be counted and return made thereof as the vote for members of the Legislature is counted and returned, the amendments, if more than one, being designated by substantially the language used to designate them on the official ballot. (Code 1852, §352; Code 1867, §401; Code 1876, §352; Code 1886, §445; Code 1896, §1662; Code 1907, §436; Code 1923, §526; Code 1940, T. 17, §210; §17-17-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §74.)...
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45-28A-41.20
Section 45-28A-41.20 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE APRIL 6, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Pursuant to Amendment 659 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 104.01 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, the Gadsden City Council shall call an authorizing referendum election regarding changing the Gadsden City Board of Education to an elected city board of education. (b) If a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality voting in the authorizing referendum election vote in favor of an elected city board of education, the board shall be established as provided in this subpart and the Legislature, as provided in Amendment 659, from time to time, by local law may provide further for the election and operation of the Gadsden City Board of Education. The local laws may provide for the termination of the terms of office of members of...
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