45-8A-23.006
Section 45-8A-23.006 Election of first council; term of office. Within five days of the date of his or her receipt of the certificate of adoption the judge of probate with whom the certificate was filed shall call an election to be held on the first Tuesday in September, 1954. The expenses of this election shall be paid by the city. Before calling such election the judge of probate shall cause the city to be divided into five wards containing as nearly equal number of people as possible. Candidates shall qualify in the manner prescribed in Section 45-8A-23.051 and shall have the qualifications and eligibility set forth in Sections 45-8A-23.052 and 45-8A-23.053. Each candidate shall announce the ward from which he or she desires to become a candidate. Each voter in the election may cast one vote for a candidate from each of the wards. Any candidate receiving a majority of the total votes cast for the candidates from the ward from which he or she is a candidate shall be elected as the...
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11-46-26
Section 11-46-26 Proceedings where only one candidate or nominee for office. In the event only one person has filed a statement of candidacy for an office by 5:00 P.M. on the third Tuesday in July preceding the date set for an election of municipal officers pursuant to subsection (g) of Section 11-46-25, then such person shall for all purposes be deemed elected to such office, any provisions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding. The mayor or other chief executive officer shall not cause the name of such person or the office for which his candidacy was declared to be printed on the ballot, but he shall immediately file a written statement with the governing body of the municipality, attested by the clerk, certifying the fact that only one person filed a statement of candidacy for the office of _____ (naming the office) by 5:00 P.M. on the third Tuesday in July preceding the day of _____, 2__, the date set for an election of municipal officers in the City (Town) of _____,...
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45-35A-54.02
Section 45-35A-54.02 Election of board members; terms of office. The mayor and the associate commissioner of Ward No. 2 shall continue to hold their respective offices until the first Monday in October, 1981, as provided by Act 2141, 1971 Regular Session (Acts 1971, p. 3431). Under applicable laws for the election of members of the board, the mayor, within the scope of this part, shall provide for an election to be held on the second Tuesday in September, 1979, and every four years thereafter for the positions of associate commissioners of Ward No. 1, Ward No. 3, and Ward No. 4 in the manner herein provided. On the second Tuesday in September, 1981, and every four years thereafter an election shall be held for the positions of mayor and associate commissioner of Ward No. 2 in the manner herein provided. Every candidate for election to any of such offices shall, in announcing his or her candidacy, designate the position for which he or she is a candidate; and the ballots or voting...
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45-37A-52-51
Section 45-37A-52-51 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate in any election for the office of council member may become such candidate by filing in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which such city is situated, a statement in writing of such candidacy and an affidavit taken and certified by such judge of probate or by a notary public that such person is duly qualified to hold the office for which he or she desires to be a candidate. Such statement shall be filed at least 45 days before the day set for such election and shall be substantially 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 the state and county, and reside at ______ in the City of ______, that I desire to become a candidate for office as a member of the city council, district number ______, in the City at the election for that office to be held on the ______ day of...
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11-44E-74
Section 11-44E-74 Vacancy in office of mayor; acting mayor; special election; qualification, duties, and term of successor. Whenever a vacancy in the office of mayor shall occur by reason of death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, including physical or mental incapacity, the senior member of the commission based on consecutive time in service as commissioner shall serve as acting mayor until an acting mayor is selected by the commission. An acting mayor shall be selected by a majority vote of the commission and shall assume the duties of the office of mayor effective on the date selected and shall serve as acting mayor until a new mayor is elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. The acting mayor shall receive no compensation, expenses, or allowances as a commissioner while acting as mayor, but shall receive the same rate of pay and allowances provided for the mayor whose vacated office the acting mayor fills. The election commission of the city, if there be one, and if...
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45-48-101.21
Section 45-48-101.21 Districts; representation. (a) That area known as the Marshall County school system and served by the Marshall County Board of Education shall be divided by the board into four districts. The initial boundaries of the districts shall be based upon a map drawn by the board and filed in the office of the Judge of Probate of Marshall County by the members of the board. The separate districts shall be known as and shall include the following schools: (1) District 1, Ashbury. (2) District 2, Douglas. (3) District 3, Brindlee Mountain. (4) District 4, DAR. (b) As the terms of current board members expire, members shall be elected to the board to represent those districts without representation on the board. If more than one of those districts is without representation on the board, the board shall designate from which district or districts successor board members shall be elected. In designating the sequence of election of members from the districts, the board shall...
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11-42-103
Section 11-42-103 Division of consolidated municipality into wards by commission; election of mayor and other officers. (a) The mayor and one councilman from each municipality to be selected by the council shall be constituted a commission to divide such consolidated municipality into wards, and if they are unable to agree, they shall call in another person who shall cast a deciding vote, and such consolidated city or town shall be divided into wards as the commission or a majority of them may direct. (b) At a day not more than 30 days after said commission has divided such city or town into wards, an election, conforming to the general municipal election law, shall be held and conducted by officers selected by such commission, at which election a mayor and the proper officers for a municipality of such size shall be elected. Officers conducting such election shall forthwith count the votes and make return to the commission, who shall declare the results of such election, and those...
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45-31-71
Section 45-31-71 Commission districts. The present members of the Geneva County Commission shall divide the county into commission districts for purposes of electing future members to the county commission. Such districts shall be divided and defined, as nearly as may be, on a population basis, and in contiguous area and as provided by law, so that each district shall have approximately the same population as every other district. The judge of probate shall continue to serve as the ex-officio chair of the commission and shall vote only in cases of tie votes on matters before the commission. Each candidate for district commissioner shall be a resident and qualified elector of the district which he or she represents and upon election shall continue to reside therein throughout their respective terms. Such district members shall be elected only by the qualified electors from the respective districts which they represent. Such election shall be conducted in the same manner as are all other...
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45-37A-52.06
Section 45-37A-52.06 Election of first council and first mayor; terms of office. Immediately upon the adoption of such form of government, the judge of probate of the county with whom the petition was filed shall call an election to be held under and to be governed by this part not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days after the date of such call, the expense thereof to be paid by such city, for the election at large of nine council members and a mayor by the qualified voters of such city. The nine candidates for the council receiving a majority of the votes cast in the election shall be elected to the council; and in the event that nine candidates should fail to receive such a majority, then and in that event those candidates for the council receiving a majority shall be elected, and another election shall be held upon the same day of the week four weeks thereafter to be called and held in the same mode and manner and under the same rules and regulations. In the second election...
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45-48-70.06
Section 45-48-70.06 Qualifications for election. Each candidate for election to the commission at the general election shall be nominated by the voters of the entire county who are authorized to participate in any primary election, caucus, or convention, called or held by any political party for the nomination of the office, and their nomination by the qualified voters of any district, or of any subdivision of the county less than the whole county, by any primary election, caucus, or convention, is hereby prohibited. Each associate commissioner shall be a qualified voter and be a resident of the district for which he or she is elected, and shall reside in the district continuously during his or her term of office. (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, § 7; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 7.)...
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