11-46-22
Section 11-46-22 Notice of elections. (a) It shall be the duty of the mayor to give notice of all municipal elections by publishing notice thereof in a newspaper published in the city or town, and, if no newspaper is published in the city or town, then by posting notices thereof in three public places in the city or town. When the notice is of a regular election, the notice shall be published on the first Tuesday in July preceding the election or the first business day thereafter. When the notice is of a special election to be held on the second Tuesday in a month, the notice shall be published on or before the second Tuesday of the second month preceding the month in which the election will be held, except where otherwise provided by law. When the notice is of a special election to be held on the fourth Tuesday of a month, the notice shall be published on or before the fourth Tuesday of the second month preceding the month in which the election will be held, except where otherwise...
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11-44E-3
Section 11-44E-3 Election of commission and mayor; term of office. (a) The expense for all elections shall be paid by such city. The mayor and all commission candidates shall qualify as provided in Sections 11-44E-71 and 11-44E-72, respectively, and shall have the qualifications and eligibility set forth in this chapter. Under applicable laws for the election of commissioners to the commission, the mayor, within the scope of this chapter, shall provide for an election to be held on the second Tuesday in July, 1991, and every two years thereafter for the positions of associate commissioners in the manner herein provided. Upon the adoption of such form of government and approval by the Justice Department, the mayor shall call an election, to be governed by this chapter, to be held no later than the second Tuesday in July, 1991, and every four years thereafter for the positions of associate commissioner for Districts 2, 4, and 6 for four-year terms. Associate commissioners for Districts 1...
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45-42-162.09
Section 45-42-162.09 Duties of mayor and commission. The mayor shall preside at the meetings of the commission and shall be recognized as the head of the municipal government for all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for purpose of military law. A mayor pro tem shall be elected from the membership by a majority vote of the commission at its first meeting following its election. The mayor pro tem shall act as mayor during the absence or disability of the mayor. Any vacancy in the office of the mayor shall be filled by the mayor pro tem. Any vacancies on the commission shall be filled by the commission at a meeting of the commission within 30 days following the date of the vacancy. The election of a new commissioner shall require the affirmative vote of at least five members. A vacancy in one of the district commission seats shall be filled by a person who shall reside within the district from whence the vacancy arose. (Act 87-324, p. 442, ยง 10.)...
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45-23A-21
Section 45-23A-21 City council. (a) Notwithstanding any law, whether special, local, general, or municipal ordinance, to the contrary, pursuant to Civil Action No. 85-T-1332-N, U.S. District Court for the Middle District Northern Division Federal Court Order, the City of Daleville in Dale County, shall not designate by place number or by other similar method seats for its city council. (b) The City Council of the City of Daleville, Alabama, shall consist of five members elected at large, without designated or numbered places. In the election of members of the city council, the five candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected to the council. There shall be no runoff election. In the event of a tie vote for the fifth highest receiving votes, the winner shall be selected by a majority vote of the newly elected mayor and council. In the election for members of the city council, each qualified voter shall be entitled to vote for any number of candidates from one to...
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45-37A-40
Section 45-37A-40 Board of education. (a) Beginning with the municipal elections in 2002, a school board for the City of Bessemer, Alabama, is established and shall be elected in 2002, and every four years thereafter. The board shall be called the Bessemer City Board of Education. The board shall be composed of seven members, with one member being elected from each of the districts from which the Bessemer City Council are elected, by a majority of the qualified electors voting who reside in the respective districts. (b) Candidates for each place on the board of education shall be at least 21 years of age, residents of the district which they seek to represent on the board for at least 90 consecutive days immediately preceding the deadline date for qualifying as a candidate, and shall not have a record of conviction for a felony or any other crime involving moral turpitude. Each candidate shall pay a qualifying fee in an amount prescribed by the Bessemer City Council. (c)(1) The...
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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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45-35A-54.22
Section 45-35A-54.22 Election of mayor or associate commissioner - Statement of candidacy; eligibility. Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election which may be held under this part for the office of mayor or associate commissioner may become such candidate by filing in the office of the mayor or commission of the city, if at the first election of the commission under this part, or with the commission at any subsequent election, a statement of candidacy, accompanied by affidavit taken and certified by the mayor or by any member of the commission, or by a notary public, that such person is duly qualified to hold the office for which he or she desires to become a candidate. No person shall be eligible for such office unless he or she is over the age of 21 at the time he or she becomes a candidate, or unless he or she is qualified to vote in the election at which he or she shall be elected. The statement shall be filed at least 20 days before the day set for such election,...
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45-8A-23.050
Section 45-8A-23.050 Number, election, term. The council shall have five to seven members consisting of one councilman who shall be elected by all of the qualified voters of the city, and the remainder of such councilmen shall reside within a residential ward and be elected by all of the qualified voters from such ward. Any election of councilmen shall be held and conducted, at the same times and in the same manner, as provided by law in respect to municipal elections in cities of this state, not organized under a commission form of government. All municipal officers of the city shall have the same duties and responsibilities as they have with respect to said municipal elections. The officer or officers shall issue any orders necessary to cause all election requirements to be met. Each councilman shall hold office for four years, but shall serve until his or her successor shall have qualified. A councilman may succeed himself or herself in office. Each councilman elected from a...
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11-44E-41
Section 11-44E-41 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate in any election for the office of commissioner may become such candidate by filing in the office of the city clerk a statement in writing of such candidacy accompanied by a petition signed by a minimum of fifty registered voters of such commission district or in the case of mayor, one hundred registered voters of the municipality, endorsing the candidacy of such candidate and an affidavit taken and certified by such city clerk or notary public. Such statement shall be filed by 5:00 P.M. on the fourth Tuesday in June preceding the date set for the election and shall be substantially in the following form: "State of Alabama, _____ County. I, the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of the City of _____, in said State and County, and reside at _____ in said City of _____, that I desire to become a candidate for the office of commissioner for District _____, in said City...
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11-43-40
Section 11-43-40 Composition of city councils; voting by president of council. (a) Except as provided in Section 11-43-2 as it relates to the legislative functions of the mayor in cities and towns having a population of 12,000 or more but less than 25,000 inhabitants according to the most recent or any subsequent federal decennial census, in cities having a population of 12,000 or more, the following officers shall be elected at each general municipal election, who shall compose the city council for the cities and who shall hold office for four years and until their successors are elected and qualified, and who shall exercise the legislative functions of city government and any other powers and duties which are or may be vested by law in the city council or its members: (1) In cities having seven wards or less, a president of the city council and two aldermen from each ward, to be elected by the qualified voters of the several wards voting separately in every ward; except, that in...
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