11-42-74
Section 11-42-74 Division of wards into voting precincts; electors to vote in precincts of residence; rearrangement, etc., of boundaries of voting precincts. The council or governing body of the city shall by resolution or ordinance divide the respective wards in the city into voting precincts, as many as may be necessary, and such elector shall vote in the precinct of his residence, and the boundary lines of such voting precinct shall be arranged and rearranged from time to time so that, as nearly as practicable, no more than 300 electors reside in any voting precinct, except where voting machines are used. (Code 1907, §1107; Code 1923, §1801; Code 1940, T. 37, §170.)...
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11-42-133
Section 11-42-133 Creation, etc., of wards; election of aldermen; division of wards into voting precincts; rearrangement, etc., of boundaries of wards or voting precincts. (a) The council or governing body of the annexing city or town shall create new wards (as many as may be deemed to be necessary) regardless of any limitation in the charter of the annexing city or town on the number of wards, or enlarge wards so as to embrace all territory embraced in the annexed city or town and so as to afford opportunity to all persons in the territory embraced in the annexed city or town to vote in all elections and participate in the government of the annexing city or town, and each ward in the annexing city or town shall have the same number of aldermen, but in no event shall there be more than 30 aldermen or representatives in the council or governing body of the city or town. (b) The council or governing body of the city or town shall elect aldermen for the wards, embracing all the territory...
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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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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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17-4-2
Section 17-4-2 State voter registration lists. The board of registrars, when registration is closed before a primary, general, or special election, shall certify to the Secretary of State any additions, deletions, corrections, or changes to the state voter registration list. Except as provided in Section 17-4-2.1, after registration has closed and within the 10-day period before an election, the judge of probate and municipal election officials shall prepare and print a report from the state voter registration list of the correct alphabetical lists of the qualified electors registered by precincts, districts, or subdivisions of a precinct where the precinct has been divided or subdivided, if not within a city or incorporated town, and by wards and other subdivisions, if within a city or incorporated town, and no others. An electronic archive in the database for the state voter registration list shall be recorded simultaneously with the printing of each county's list of qualified...
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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus which automatically examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and tabulates the results. (2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which conforms in layout and format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card" shall mean a tabulating card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label" shall mean the cards, papers, booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of offices and candidates and statements of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot" shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting center" shall mean one or more locations selected and designated by the county commission or the municipal governing body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots in the election. (7) "Electronic...
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11-46-38
Section 11-46-38 Electors to vote in wards or precincts of residence, etc.; qualifications for voting. (a) At all municipal elections, a qualified elector may vote only in the ward or precinct of his or her residence where he or she is registered to vote. (b) An individual may not vote at any municipal election unless he or she is a qualified elector of the State of Alabama, has resided in the county 30 days and in the ward 30 days prior to the election, and has registered to vote in conformance with the time frame set forth in Section 17-3-50; provided, however, if a qualified elector relocates his or her residence from one ward to another ward in the same city or town within the 30-day period prior to the election, the elector shall have the right to vote in the ward where the elector had previously resided if he or she would have been entitled to vote in that ward but for relocating to the new ward. If any elector attempts to vote in any ward other than that of his or her residence,...
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45-8A-21
Section 45-8A-21 Anniston City Board of Education. (a) A school board as established by the City of Anniston, Alabama, shall be called "The Anniston City Board of Education." The board shall be composed of one member being elected from each of the wards in the city as defined in this section by a majority of the qualified electors voting who reside in each of the wards, and one member elected citywide. (b) The initial school board districts for the elected members shall be geographically identical to the wards of the city council. If the boundaries of the wards for the election of the city council should be changed for any reason, the boundaries of the corresponding school board district shall automatically change accordingly without the necessity of further action by the Legislature. (c) Candidates for each elected place on the board of education shall be at least 21 years of age, residents of the board of education district which they seek to represent on the board for at least 90...
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11-16-21
Section 11-16-21 Provision of certified lists of registered voters for inspectors; qualifications for voting. The judge of probate must furnish to the board of commissioners provided for in this chapter a duly certified list of the registered voters in each precinct or ward in the county on request of said commissioners or either of them and the payment of one cent for each name contained in such list, to be paid out of the county treasury on order of the commissioners. The commissioners aforesaid shall cause said lists to be placed in the hands of the inspectors of the respective precincts or wards or other voting places prior to the day of said election, and no person shall be entitled to vote in said election whose name does not appear as that of a duly registered elector on said list, unless he shall produce to the inspectors a certificate of registration showing his right to vote therein. (Code 1907, §193; Code 1923, §285; Code 1940, T. 12, §248.)...
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11-42-44
Section 11-42-44 Notice of election. The said judge of probate shall give notice of the holding of such election by publication in at least one newspaper and, at the discretion of the judge, in more than one newspaper published in the county wherein such election is to be held, which notice shall state the day on which such election will be held, the voting place or places at which the election will be held and the boundaries within which voters must reside to vote at the respective voting places, which must be within the territory proposed to be brought into the city, and such notice must give a description of the territory proposed to be brought within the city and must state that a map showing the territory proposed to be brought into the city is on file in the office of the judge of probate of said county, open to the inspection of the public. (Code 1907, §1079; Code 1923, §1773; Code 1940, T. 37, §142.)...
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