45-25A-40
Section 45-25A-40 Composition; election of members; vacancies. (a) Any law, whether special,
local, or general, or municipal ordinance, to the contrary notwithstanding, the City of Fort
Payne, in DeKalb County, shall not designate by place number, or by other similar method,
seats for city council. (b)(1) In the election for the five members of the city council, if
there are more than five candidates, then the majority of the votes cast for the office in
the election shall be determined by dividing the total votes cast for all candidates for the
offices by the number of positions to be filled, and then dividing that result by two. Any
number of votes in excess of the number determined by the last division shall be the majority
necessary for election. (2) If it appears that any candidate in the election has received
a majority of the votes cast for that office, the municipal governing body shall declare that
candidate elected to the office, and a certificate of election shall be given...
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11-43B-4
Section 11-43B-4 Conduct of elections; residency requirements; qualifying fee; statement of
campaign expenses and contributions. The initial elections provided for herein, and all subsequent
elections, shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, the results declared, and those elected
assume the duties of their offices in the same manner as provided by the general law of the
state pertaining to municipal elections for mayor-council forms of government, except as otherwise
provided by state statute. The mayor shall be elected by the whole of the electors of the
city and shall have been a resident of the city for at least 90 days prior to his or her election.
Council members shall be elected by the electors of the district which they represent, and
shall have been residents of the district which they represent for at least 90 days prior
to their election. Any person desiring to become a candidate for mayor or council member must,
at the time of filing a statement of candidacy, pay to the...
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11-44A-30
Section 11-44A-30 Adoption of mayor-council form of government where commission form violates
federal Voting Rights Act; division into single-member districts; residence requirements for
candidates and electors. Any Class 7 municipality operating under a commission form of government
with its members elected at large and which at large system has been decreed to be in violation
of the federal Voting Rights Act by a court of law may, by an ordinance duly adopted not less
than three months prior to the regular municipal election, adopt a mayor-council form of government
with the mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts.
The ordinance shall divide the municipality into five single-member districts of nearly equal
population and shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council shall
have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days
immediately preceding the date of the election, and...
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11-44F-1
Section 11-44F-1 Adoption of mayor-council form of government where commission form violates
federal Voting Rights Act; division into single-member districts; residence requirements for
candidates and electors. Any Class 8 municipality operating under a commission form of government
with its members elected at large and which at large system has been decreed to be in violation
of the federal Voting Rights Act by a court of law may, by an ordinance duly adopted not less
than three months prior to the regular municipal election, adopt a mayor-council form of government
with the mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts.
The ordinance shall divide the municipality into five single-member districts of nearly equal
population and shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council shall
have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days
immediately preceding the date of the election, and...
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11-43C-18
Section 11-43C-18 District council members - Compensation; additional stipend for president
of council. Each council member shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of
$50.00 for each meeting of the council attended, and $400.00 per month. Said salaries shall
be payable in monthly installments at the end of each month. The president of the council
shall receive an additional stipend not to exceed $100.00 per month. Subsequent to the term
of office of the mayor and councilmen elected hereunder, the mayor and each councilman shall
receive as compensation for their services the sum established by the municipal governing
body at least six months prior to the date of the regular election, but in no event shall
salaries be set above those as specified in this chapter. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116,
§18.)...
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11-44C-18
Section 11-44C-18 District council members - Compensation; additional stipend for president
of council. Each council member shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of
$100.00 for each meeting of the council attended, and $500.00 per month. Said salaries shall
be payable in monthly installments at the end of each month. The president of the council
shall receive an additional stipend not to exceed $100.00 per month. Subsequent to the term
of office of the mayor and councilmen elected hereunder, the mayor and each councilman shall
receive as compensation for their services the sum established by the municipal governing
body at least six months prior to the date of the regular election, but in no event shall
salaries be set below those as specified in this chapter. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §18.)...

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11-46-25
Section 11-46-25 Ballots; statements of candidacy; withdrawal of candidacy. (a) In all municipal
elections on any subject which may be submitted by law to a vote of the people of the municipality
and for any municipal officers, if paper ballots are used, the voting shall be by official
ballot printed and distributed as provided in subsections (c) and (d), and no ballot shall
be received or counted in any election unless it is provided as prescribed by law. (b) There
shall be but one form of ballot for all the candidates for municipal office and every ballot
provided for use at any polling place in a municipal election shall contain the names of all
candidates who have properly qualified and have not withdrawn, as provided in subsection (g),
together with the title of the office for which they are candidates. (c) All ballots shall
be printed in black ink on clear book paper. At the bottom of each ballot and at a point an
equal distance from the sides thereof there shall be printed a...
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45-49-72.01
Section 45-49-72.01 Election of commissioners; qualifications; election of president of commission;
vacancies. (a) Members of the commission shall be elected at the general election to be held
in November 1960, and every four years thereafter, by the qualified electors of the entire
district which they are seeking. In all primary and general elections held to choose members
of the commission, the ballots shall separately designate and specify the places on such commission
by number, and each candidate shall designate in the announcement of his or her candidacy
the number of the place for which he or she is a candidate and such candidate shall have resided
within and be registered to vote in that district at least 90 days prior to qualifying. Members
of the commission shall be qualified electors of Mobile County. Each commissioner shall continue
to reside within the respective district which he or she represents throughout his or her
term of office. Any commissioner who resides outside...
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45-9A-50
Section 45-9A-50 City Board of Education; election. (a) 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 section and the
Legislature, as provided in Amendment 659, from time to time, by local law may provide further
for the election of the Lanett City Board of Education. The local laws may provide for the
termination of the terms of office of members of the existing city board of education; the
composition of the city board of education; initial and succeeding terms of office, including
staggered terms; election districts and at-large membership; qualifications; powers, duties,
and responsibilities; vacancies; compensation; and any other matter that the Legislature determines
necessary for the operation of the board. (b) If the majority of electors voting pursuant
to Act 2000-428 vote in favor of changing to an elected board,...
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11-43-64
Section 11-43-64 Procedural requirements for increasing number of single-member districts in
Class 3 municipalities. Notwithstanding other provision of law, including but not limited
to Section 11-43-63, a Class 3 municipality may, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the
membership of the council 90 days prior to the regular general municipal election, increase
the number of single-member districts (wards) in the municipality up to and including nine
members. The ordinance may only be considered after two weeks public notice has been given,
outlining generally the voting districts under consideration. The ordinance shall provide
that candidates for election for a place on the council, where the council has been divided
into districts, shall have resided within the boundaries of the district (ward) for which
he or she seeks election for at least 30 days immediately preceding the date of the election,
and shall continue to reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or...
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