11-42-209
Section 11-42-209 Contests of election. The result of such election may be contested by any
qualified elector voting at the election in the manner provided for contest of general municipal
elections, making the city or town the contestee. (Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923,
§2423; Code 1940, T. 37, §247.)...
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11-42-2
Section 11-42-2 Annexation election and proceedings generally; proceedings where parties consent
to annexation. Whenever the council shall pass a resolution to the effect that the public
health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution) shall
be brought within the limits of the city or town: (1) It shall be the duty of the mayor to
certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land
proposed to be annexed is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached thereto
a plat or map of said territory, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed
by the judge of probate. (2) Except as provided in subdivision (9) of this section, the judge
of probate shall, not less than 10 nor more than 15 days from the date of the filing of such
resolution, make and enter an order upon the minutes of said court, directing and ordering
an election to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory...
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11-42-52
Section 11-42-52 Contests of election. The result of such election may be contested by any
qualified elector voting at the election in the manner provided for control of general municipal
elections, making the city the contestee. (Code 1907, §1087; Code 1923, §1781; Code 1940,
T. 37, §150.)...
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17-10-3
Section 17-10-3 Voting in precinct, etc., where elector's name does not appear on official
list. It shall be unlawful for any elector to cast his or her ballot during any general election,
primary election, municipal election or special election in any precinct, any district, any
ward, or any other subdivision where his or her name does not duly appear upon the official
list of the precinct, district, ward, or subdivision. All ballots cast in any election contrary
to this section are hereby declared illegal and, upon a contest duly instituted, the ballots
shall be excluded in determining the final result of any election; provided, that nothing
in this section shall prevent any qualified elector residing in the precinct, ward, or voting
district from voting after presenting a proper certificate from the board of registrars, or
from voting a provisional ballot or a provisional ballot in municipal elections when his or
her name does not duly appear upon the official list of the precinct,...
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45-8A-110
Section 45-8A-110 Annexation based on resolution of public health or public good; elections.
(a) Whenever the council of the City of Oxford shall pass a resolution to the effect that
the public health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution)
shall be brought within the limits of the City of Oxford: (1) It shall be the duty of the
mayor to certify a copy of such resolution to the Judge of Probate of Calhoun County and the
certified resolution shall have attached thereto a plat or map of the territory proposed to
be annexed, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed by the judge of probate.
(2) Within 10 days from the date of the filing of such resolution, the judge of probate must
make and enter an order upon the minutes of the court, directing and ordering an election
to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory described, not less than
20 days nor more than 40 days from the date of the making of the order. The...
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17-13-83
Section 17-13-83 Manner of commencing contest of nomination to office other than county office.
Any qualified elector of a party participating in any primary election held under the provisions
of this chapter may, if the elector participated in the primary, contest a nomination declared
by his or her party to any office, other than a county office, by filing with the chair of
the state executive committee a statement of contest and grounds thereof, as required by this
article, for contest before a committee, verified and with averments the same as therein provided
and by giving security as provided in this article. The person whose nomination is contested
shall at once be notified by such chair in writing of such fact, and such contestee shall
have five days after the receipt of such notice of such contest within which to file with
the chair of the state executive committee his or her objections and answers to the statement
of contest. (Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17,...
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17-16-63
Section 17-16-63 Statement - Filing; bond. When any elector shall choose to contest any election
for the office of Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries, justices of the Supreme Court, or judges of the courts of appeals,
the elector, within 10 days after the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall have opened
the returns and proclaimed the result of the election for Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor,
Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, justices of the Supreme
Court, or judges of the courts of appeals, as provided in this chapter, must file with the
Speaker of the House of Representatives a written statement of the grounds of such contest
and a bond with good and sufficient sureties payable to the State of Alabama and conditioned
for the payment of such costs as may accrue upon such contest in the event such contest shall
result in favor of the contestee. Such bond...
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11-46-69
Section 11-46-69 Contest of elections - Grounds; commencement of action. (a) The election of
any person declared elected to any office of a city or town may be contested by any person
who was at the time of the election a qualified elector of such city or town for any of the
following causes: (1) Misconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of any election official,
any marker, the municipal governing body, or any other person; (2) The person whose election
to office is contested was not eligible thereto at the time of such election; (3) Illegal
votes; (4) The rejection of legal votes; or (5) Offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or
other misconduct calculated to prevent a fair, free, and full exercise of the elective franchise.
(b) Any contest of such an election must be commenced within five days after the result of
the election is declared. Such contest shall be instituted in the manner prescribed by Section
17-15-29 and, except as otherwise provided in this article, all...
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17-11-3
Section 17-11-3 Absentee balloting generally. (a) Any qualified elector of this state may apply
for and vote an absentee ballot by mail, by hand delivery, or by commercial carrier, as determined
by rule by the Secretary of State, as provided in Sections 17-11-5 and 17-11-9, in any primary,
general, special, or municipal election, if he or she makes application in writing therefor
not less than five days prior to the election in which he or she desires to vote and meets
one or more of the following requirements: (1) The person expects to be out of the county
or the state, or the municipality for municipal elections, on election day. (2) The person
has any physical illness or infirmity which prevents his or her attendance at the polls, whether
he or she is within or without the county on the day of the election. (3) The person expects
to work a shift which has at least 10 hours which coincide with the hours the polls are open
at his or her regular polling place. (4) The person is...
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17-13-78
Section 17-13-78 Statement by elector contesting election. (a) Any elector of a party desiring
to contest the nomination by his or her party of any candidate declared the nominee for any
office shall make a statement in writing setting forth specifically all of the following:
(1) The name of the party contesting and that the elector was a qualified elector when the
primary was held and he or she participated therein. (2) The nomination which the election
was held to fill. (3) The time of holding the election. (4) The name of the person declared
nominated. (5) The particular grounds on which the nomination is contested. (b) The contest
is instituted by filing this statement and giving security as provided in this article, which
statement must be certified by the affidavit of such contesting party to the effect that he
or she believes the same to be true. (c) If the reception of illegal votes is alleged as a
ground for contest, it is a sufficient statement of the ground to allege that...
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