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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11-44E-46
Section 11-44E-46 Vacancies in commission. (a) Whenever a vacancy in the office of commissioner
shall occur by reason of death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, and the remainder
of the term is six months or less, the remaining members shall, by a majority vote, appoint
a commissioner to serve the remainder of the vacated term, who shall serve until a successor
has been elected and qualified. (b) If the remainder of the vacated term is more than six
months, the remaining members shall, by a majority vote, appoint a commissioner to serve until
a successor has been elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. The interim commissioner
selected shall receive the same rate of pay and allowances provided for the commissioner whose
vacated office he or she fills. The mayor shall within 10 days after the occurrence of the
vacancy, call for a special election to be held in the district of the vacancy on a Tuesday
not less than 60 days and not more than 120 days from the date the...
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12-17-98
Section 12-17-98 Deputy clerk for Bessemer division of tenth judicial circuit. At the general
election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1982, and every six
years thereafter, there shall be elected by the qualified voters of the territory over which
the circuit court of the tenth judicial circuit sitting at Bessemer has and exercises jurisdiction
a deputy clerk of the circuit court, who shall hold office for six years and until his successor
is elected and qualified. He shall, at the time of his election and during his term of office,
reside within and be a qualified voter of the territory from which he is elected. Such deputy
clerk shall perform the same duties and exercise the same authority under the supervision
of the circuit court when being held at said place as if he were the circuit clerk. Before
entering upon the duties of his office such deputy clerk shall take and subscribe to the same
oath of office, and enter into the same bond as circuit court...
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34-12-30
Section 34-12-30 Creation; composition; diversity of membership. (a) A State Board of Registration
for Foresters is created whose duty it shall be to administer this chapter. The board shall
consist of five foresters, who shall be selected and appointed by the Governor of Alabama
from among 10 nominees recommended by the Alabama Division of the Society of American Foresters
and shall have the qualifications required by Section 34-12-31. Each member of the board shall
receive a certificate of his or her appointment from the Governor and before beginning his
or her term of office shall file with the Secretary of State his or her written oath of affirmation
for the faithful discharge of his or her official duties. The five members of the initial
board shall be appointed for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively,
and in making the appointment the Governor shall designate the term for which each of the
members is appointed as provided for above. At the expiration of...
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45-20A-10.03
Section 45-20A-10.03 Board of education - Election of members. (a) The Andalusia City Council
shall take necessary steps to ensure that this part complies with the Federal Voting Rights
Act of 1965, as amended. (b) The Andalusia City Council shall call the elections to elect
the initial members of the board of education and, pursuant to this part, shall call the elections
to elect subsequent board members. The appointed members of the board of education serving
on August 1, 2001, shall serve until their respective terms expire or a successor is elected
to their position on the board and assumes office as specified herein. The initial election
to elect members of the board of education from District 1, District 3, and District 5 shall
be held during a special election on the third Tuesday in August 2002, and those elected shall
serve a four-year term of office. A runoff election, if necessary, shall be held on the second
Tuesday in September. Those elected members shall assume office on...
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45-37A-50.04
Section 45-37A-50.04 Election procedures. (a) The Birmingham City Council shall take necessary
steps to ensure that this subpart complies with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as
amended. (b) The election shall be called to coincide with the next mayoral election after
final approval of this subpart by the United States Department of Justice. (c) The initial
election and the initial runoff election, if necessary, and all subsequent elections held
pursuant to this subpart shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, and the results declared
in the same manner as provided for the election of members of the city council, unless otherwise
required in this subpart. (d) The initial elected members of the board of education shall
assume office immediately upon the certification of the election results and shall serve initial
terms of office which shall expire at the same prescribed time as the expiration of the corresponding
terms of office of the then current city council members....
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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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17-16-56
Section 17-16-56 Contest of election of judge of probate court and other county and municipal
officers - Generally. If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the probate
court, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, county treasurer, clerk of the circuit court,
or any other office filled by the vote of a single county or any subdivision thereof, or any
office of a city or town not in this article otherwise provided for, the party contesting
must file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the election
was held, a statement in writing, verified by affidavit, of the grounds of the contest as
provided in this article and must give good and sufficient security for the costs of the contest,
to be approved by the clerk. On the filing of the statement and the giving of the security,
the clerk must enter the contest on the trial docket as a civil action pending in the court
for trial, and, after having made such entry, the clerk must issue a...
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34-24-250
Section 34-24-250 Appointment; composition; qualifications of members; appointment; terms of
office. (a) The Governor of Alabama shall appoint a State Board of Podiatry consisting of
seven persons, each of whom shall be a citizen of the United States and of Alabama, over the
age of 25, and shall have been engaged in the actual continuous practice of podiatry in the
State of Alabama for at least five years next preceding his or her appointment. One member
of the board shall be appointed each year, with the exception of three members being appointed
every fifth year starting in 1979, for terms of five years and until their successors are
appointed and qualified. No member of the board shall be reappointed for a successive term.
Previous board members are eligible for nonsuccessive appointments. The Governor may remove
from office at any time any member of the board for neglect of duty, incompetency, improper
or unprofessional conduct, or when the license or certificate of any member has...
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36-21-61
Section 36-21-61 Board of Commissioners of Alabama Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund
- Creation; composition; qualifications, appointment and terms of office of members; vacancies.
There is created a board to be known as the Board of Commissioners of the Alabama Peace Officers'
Annuity and Benefit Fund. The board shall consist of seven persons, one appointed by the Governor
of the state for a period of six years, one elected by the members of the association to serve
for a period of four years, one elected by the members of the order to serve for a period
of four years, one elected by the members of the State Trooper Association, Inc., to serve
for a period of four years, one designated by the Association of Chiefs of Police, one elected
by the State Police Association to serve for a period of four years, and one elected by the
Alabama Sheriff's Association, to serve for a period of four years. The first person elected
by the association shall serve for a period of two years....
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