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11-43C-7
Section 11-43C-7 Qualification of council candidates; votes cast by each voter; majority vote
requirements; runoff elections; elections held quadrennially; when elected councilmen take
office; term of office; councilman may succeed himself. Council candidates shall qualify as
provided by law and shall have the qualification and eligibility set forth herein. Each voter
in the election may cast one vote for a candidate from his district, and one vote for a candidate
for mayor. Any district councilman candidate receiving a majority of the total votes cast
from the district in which he is a candidate shall be elected as a district councilman in
his district. In the event that a district councilman candidate should fail to receive such
a majority, then another election shall be held upon the same day of the week three weeks
thereafter to be called and held in the same mode and manner and under the same rules and
regulations. In the second election there shall be two candidates for each...
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11-44C-7
Section 11-44C-7 Qualification of council candidates; votes cast by each voter; majority vote
requirements; run-off elections; elections held quadrennially; when elected councilmen take
office; term of office; councilman may succeed himself. Council candidates shall qualify as
provided by law and shall have the qualification and eligibility set forth herein. Each voter
in the election may cast one vote for a candidate from his district, and one vote for a candidate
for mayor. Any district councilman candidate receiving a majority of the total votes cast
from the district in which he is a candidate shall be elected as a district councilman in
his district. In the event that a district councilman candidate, should fail to receive such
a majority, then another election shall be held upon the same day of the week three weeks
thereafter to be called and held in the same mode and manner and under the same rules and
regulations. In the second election there shall be two candidates for each...
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11-43A-9
Section 11-43A-9 Election of municipal officers; division of municipality into districts; qualifications
and eligibility of candidates; runoff election; term of office; exception for Class 6 cities.
(a) In all cities to which this section applies, except Class 6 cities wherein the municipal
governing body has elected to have a nine-member council, as authorized in Section 11-43A-8,
the election for the first officers of the municipality shall be held on the same date as
the date of election for the next ensuing general municipal election. Except as otherwise
provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the election of the governing body of the municipality
shall cause the municipality to be divided into three districts containing as nearly an equal
number of people as possible. Candidates shall qualify in the manner prescribed in the general
municipal election laws and shall have the qualifications and eligibility set forth therein.
Each candidate shall announce that he or she is to become a...
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11-43A-78
Section 11-43A-78 Election of municipal officers; qualifications and eligibility of candidates;
runoff election; term of office. With respect to municipal elections, each candidate shall
announce that he is to become a candidate for either mayor or for councilman of District 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. A candidate may not run for both mayor and councilman in the same election.
A candidate for mayor shall have resided in the municipality for a period of at least ninety
days immediately preceding the date of regular election, and, if elected, shall continue to
reside therein so long as he remains mayor. A candidate for councilman shall have resided
within the district from which he seeks election for a period of at least ninety days immediately
preceding the date of the regular election, and, if elected, shall continue to reside therein
so long as he remains a councilman. Each voter in the election may cast one vote for a candidate
for mayor and one vote for a candidate for councilman from...
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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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11-44E-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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45-10A-20
Section 45-10A-20 Election of council members. (a) Any law, whether special, local, or general,
or municipal ordinance, to the contrary notwithstanding, pursuant to Civil Action No. 87-T-1174-N,
U.S. District Court for the Middle District Northern Division Federal Court Order, the City
of Centre in Cherokee County, shall not designate by place number, or by other similar method,
seats for city council. (b) The City Council of the City of Centre, Alabama, shall consist
of seven members elected at large, without designated or numbered places. In the election
of members of the city council, the seven candidates receiving the greatest number of votes
shall be elected to the council. There shall be no run-off election and in the event of a
tie vote, the winner shall be selected by a majority vote of the newly elected mayor and council.
(c) In the election for members of the city council, each qualified voter is authorized to
cast as many as seven votes. Such voter may cast these seven votes...
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45-42-162.08
Section 45-42-162.08 Elections. The metropolitan-government shall be governed by a commission
of nine part-time members and a full-time mayor. The election for the first officers of the
metropolitan-government shall be held on the date established by the judge of probate. Before
such election the governing body of the municipalities and the county shall cause the metropolitan
area to be divided into nine districts containing as nearly as possible an equal number of
people. The division of the metropolitan-government into districts shall be by a committee
appointed as follows: Three persons appointed by the Limestone County Commission; two persons
appointed by the Athens City Commission; two persons by a committee of mayors from the four
incorporated cities; one person appointed by the Limestone County School Board; and one person
appointed by the Athens City School Board. Candidates for metropolitan-government offices
shall qualify in the manner prescribed in the general municipal...
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17-16-20
Section 17-16-20 Recounts generally. (a) When, in a general election, the election returns
for any public office, including a judicial office, reflect that a candidate is defeated or
any ballot statewide measure is defeated by not more than one half of one percent of the votes
cast for the office, or the ballot measure, as certified by the appropriate election officer,
a recount shall be held unless the defeated candidate submits a written waiver for the recount
as provided herein: (1) In the case of an election for any federal, state, circuit, or district
office, or the state Senate, state House of Representatives, or any other office that is not
a county office, a written waiver for a recount may be submitted to the Secretary of State
within 24 hours after the certification of the results of the election. Upon receipt of the
waiver, the Secretary of State shall immediately order the recount to be cancelled. (2) In
the case of an election for any county office, a written waiver for a...
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45-37-140.13
Section 45-37-140.13 Annexation; referendum; hearing; reestablishment of boundaries. (a) Whenever
any municipal corporation in Jefferson County annexes any portion of a district and a petition
is filed with the clerk of the municipality requesting annexation of the remaining portion
of the district, the petition containing the following: (1) signatures of 20 percent of the
qualified electors residing within the district or signatures of 200 qualified electors, whichever
is less, and (2) a written statement signed by at least two members of the board of trustees
of the district reciting that those signing the petition constitute either 10 percent of the
qualified electors residing within the district or 100 qualified electors residing within
the district, whichever is applicable, and (3) a description of the district; then the governing
body of such municipal corporation shall provide for and finance the cost of a referendum
election wherein the remaining qualified voter residents of...
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