11-44E-168
Section 11-44E-168 Recall of elected official. The mayor or any commissioner shall be subject
to recall. To institute a recall election, any registered voter may present a petition to
the city clerk having the signatures of no less than 30 percent of the registered voters having
voted in the last preceding election. Such petition shall contain the following statement:
To the city clerk. We the following registered voters of _____ (name of municipality) do respectfully
request that you instigate an election to be held for the purpose of recalling _____ (name
of person) who holds the office of _____ (name of office) Signatures of those signing the
petition along with residential addresses shall follow. Upon receipt of such petition, the
city clerk shall make arrangements under Alabama law to hold such election within 30 days
of receipt by the city clerk of such petition. Provided that a majority of registered voters
vote for the recall, then the city clerk shall thereupon declare that...
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11-44E-71
Section 11-44E-71 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate at any
election for the office of mayor may become such candidate by filing in the office of the
city clerk a statement in writing of such candidacy, accompanied by a petition signed by a
minimum of 100 registered voters of such city endorsing the candidacy of such candidate and
an affidavit taken and certified by such city clerk or by a notary public that such person
is duly qualified to hold the office for which he (she) desires to be a candidate. Such statement
shall be filed by 5:00 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday in June preceding the day set for such election
and shall be in 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 said State and County, and reside at _____ in said City of _____, that I desire
to become a candidate for the office of mayor in said City at the election for...
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11-44E-41
Section 11-44E-41 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate in any
election for the office of commissioner may become such candidate by filing in the office
of the city clerk a statement in writing of such candidacy accompanied by a petition signed
by a minimum of fifty registered voters of such commission district or in the case of mayor,
one hundred registered voters of the municipality, endorsing the candidacy of such candidate
and an affidavit taken and certified by such city clerk or notary public. Such statement shall
be filed by 5:00 P.M. on the fourth Tuesday in June preceding the date set for the election
and shall be substantially in 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 said State and County, and reside at _____ in said City of _____, that I desire
to become a candidate for the office of commissioner for District _____, in said City...
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17-10-2
Section 17-10-2 Provisional ballots; certification; tabulation; identification of ballots.
(a) A voter shall be required to cast a provisional ballot when: (1) The name of the individual
does not appear on the official list of eligible voters for the precinct or polling place
in which the individual seeks to vote, and the individual's registration cannot be verified
while at the polling place by the registrar or the judge of probate. (2) An inspector has
knowledge that the individual is not entitled to vote at that precinct and challenges the
individual. (3) The individual is required to comply with the voter identification provisions
of Section 17-10-1 but is unable to do so. If the voter's ballot becomes a provisional ballot
due to lack of identification, the identification, including the address and telephone number
of the voter, must be provided to the board of registrars no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Friday
following the election. If the voter fails to provide identification to...
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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used in
this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus which automatically
examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and tabulates the results.
(2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which conforms in layout and
format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card" shall mean a tabulating
card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label" shall mean the cards, papers,
booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of offices and candidates and statements
of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot"
shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting center" shall mean one or
more locations selected and designated by the county commission or the municipal governing
body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots in the election. (7) "Electronic...

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28-2A-1
Section 28-2A-1 Procedure for wet or dry classification option elections. (a) Any municipality
having a population of 1,000 or more, may change its classification from dry to wet or wet
to dry by a municipal option election, in the following manner. (b) Upon petition of 30 percent
of the number of voters voting in the last preceding general election of the municipality
being filed with the city or town clerk or governing body of the municipality, the governing
body must call a municipal option election for the municipality to determine the sentiment
of the people as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed
in the municipality. The petition for municipal option election shall contain the following:
"It is petitioned that a municipal option election be held to permit the legal sale and
distribution of alcoholic beverages within this municipality." On the ballot to be used
for such municipal option election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do...

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11-43C-15
Section 11-43C-15 District council members - No primary elections; filing of pauper's oath
or petition to become candidate. No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates
for the office of council member, and candidates shall be nominated only as provided herein.
A person may also become a candidate for the office of council member by filing a verified
pauper's oath with the city clerk, or by filing a verified petition containing an endorsement
of candidacy by the signatures and addresses of 500 persons, each of whom is a registered
voter residing in the city and within the district for which the individual intends to be
a candidate for election to office, provided that no such signature may be obtained more than
12 months preceding the deadline for filing said statements. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116,
§15.)...
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11-43C-33
Section 11-43C-33 Mayor - No primary election; filing of pauper's oath or petition to become
candidate. No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for the office
of mayor, and candidates shall be nominated as herein provided. A person may also become a
candidate for the office of mayor by filing a verified pauper's oath with the city clerk,
or by filing a verified petition containing an endorsement of candidacy by the signatures
and addresses of 2,000 persons, each of whom is a registered voter residing in the city, provided
that no such signature may be obtained more than 12 months immediately preceding the deadline
for filing said statements of candidacy. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §33.)...
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11-44C-15
Section 11-44C-15 District council members - No primary elections; filing of pauper's oath
or petition to become candidate. No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates
for the office of council member, and candidates shall be nominated only as provided herein.
A person may also become a candidate for the office of council member by filing a verified
pauper's oath with the city clerk, or by filing a verified petition containing an endorsement
of candidacy by the signatures and addresses of 500 persons, each of whom is a registered
voter residing in the city and within the district for which the individual intends to be
a candidate for election to office, provided that no such signature may be obtained more than
12 months preceding the deadline for filing said statements. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96,
§15.)...
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11-44C-33
Section 11-44C-33 Mayor - No primary election; filing of pauper's oath or petition to become
candidate. No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for the office
of mayor, and candidates shall be nominated as herein provided. A person may also become a
candidate for the office of mayor by filing a verified pauper's oath with the city clerk,
or by filing a verified petition containing an endorsement of candidacy by the signatures
and addresses of 2,000 persons, each of whom is a registered voter residing in the city, provided
that no such signature may be obtained more than 12 months immediately preceding the deadline
for filing said statements of candidacy. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §33.)...
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