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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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11-44E-40
Section 11-44E-40 Elections; qualification and term of office; oath. (a) Any commissioner whose
present term does not expire until October, 1993, shall continue to serve the remainder of
his or her term, but shall represent the district in which he or she resides. The commissioners
shall qualify and take office in the manner hereinafter prescribed on the first Monday in
October following his or her election. An election shall be held on the second Tuesday in
July, 1991, and every four years thereafter for the positions of associate commissioner for
Districts 2, 4, and 6 and in the manner herein provided. Associate commissioners for Districts
1 and 5 shall also be elected the second Tuesday in July, 1991, for initial two-year terms.
Districts 1, 3, and 5 shall elect associate commissioners the second Tuesday in July, 1993,
for four-year terms. After 1993, all associate commissioners shall serve four-year terms.
The mayor shall continue to hold office until the first Monday in October,...
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16-9-8
Section 16-9-8 Taking office on January 1 following election; procedure where successful candidate
dies or resigns prior to taking office. (a) In counties in which the county superintendent
of education is elected by popular vote, the successful candidate shall take office on January
1 following the date of election. In the event the successful candidate dies or resigns prior
to January 1 following the date of election, a successor shall be elected at a special election
held for that purpose set upon proclamation of the Governor. County party committees may call
primary elections to be held in accordance with Chapter 7 of Title 17, to determine party
candidates at the special election. In the event one candidate at the election does not receive
a majority of all votes cast at the election, there shall be held a run-off election three
weeks after the date of the first election between the two candidates who received the highest
number of votes. The incumbent shall continue to hold...
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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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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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34-9-40
Section 34-9-40 Creation; composition. (a) In order to accomplish the purposes and to provide
for the enforcement of this chapter, there is hereby created the board. The board is hereby
vested with the authority to carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
On June 24, 1959, the members of the present board now in existence shall hold office for
the remainder of their respective terms for which they have been elected and thereafter until
their successors are elected and qualified and shall constitute the board under this chapter.
The board shall consist of six dentists who shall be selected in the method set forth herein
all of whom having been actively engaged in the practice of dentistry in the State of Alabama
for at least five years next preceding the date of their election and one dental hygienist
elected at-large as provided in subsection (b). Each member of the board shall be a citizen
of this state. No member of the board shall be a member of the faculty...
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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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11-46-27
Section 11-46-27 Appointment, compensation, etc., of election officers. (a) The municipal governing
body or a majority of them must, not less than 15 days before the holding of any municipal
election, appoint from the qualified electors of the respective wards or voting districts
officers to hold the election as follows: Where paper ballots are used, one returning officer
for each ward and three inspectors and two clerks for each box at each voting place and, where
voting machines are used, an inspector, a chief clerk, and a first and second assistant clerk
for each voting machine; except that in the event voting centers or voting places are established,
then the requirements of Section 11-46-24 shall control the number of election officials.
In any Class 6, Class 7, or Class 8 municipality, election officials must reside within the
municipality and may serve at any polling place within the municipality. An election official
appointed to serve in a polling place other than where he or...
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17-13-18
Section 17-13-18 Candidate with majority of votes declared nominee of party; second primary
election; certification of results. (a) At the respective meetings of the respective executive
committees, the county executive committee, as to candidates in the primary election for office,
except candidates for county office, shall publicly ascertain, determine, and declare whether
any candidate for office in the primary election has received a majority of the votes cast
for the office, and, if so, declare the candidate the nominee of the party for the office
for which he or she was a candidate and for which he or she received a majority of the votes
cast for that office in the primary election. (b) If no candidate receives a majority of all
of the votes cast in such primary election for any one office or offices for the nomination
to which there were more than two candidates, then there shall be held a second primary election
on the fourth Tuesday following the primary election, and the...
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11-44E-70
Section 11-44E-70 Election; term; qualification. The mayor shall be elected at the same election
at which commissioners for Districts 1, 3, and 5 are elected under the provisions of Article
3 of this chapter and shall hold office for four years. The mayor shall be elected at large.
The mayor shall qualify and take office in the manner hereinafter prescribed on the first
Monday in October following his (her) election. The regular election for mayor shall be held
on the second Tuesday of July, 1993, and every four years thereafter. The mayor elected at
any such regular election shall on or before the first Monday in October following his (her)
election make oath that he (she) is eligible for said office and will execute the duties of
same according to the best of his (her) knowledge and ability. At any election for mayor the
candidate receiving a majority of votes for the office shall be elected thereto. If at the
first election a majority is not received by any candidate for the office...
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