45-11-244.06
Section 45-11-244.06 Referendum authorized. The governing body of the county may call an advisory
countywide referendum election on the question of whether or not the qualified electors of
the county support or oppose the governing body levying the additional sales and use taxes
authorized in this part. All costs of the advisory referendum, including, but not limited
to, the cost of publishing the notice and of furnishing ballots or renting voting machines,
shall be paid by the county. The governing body of the county shall not be bound by the results
of any such advisory referendum and may in its sole discretion determine to levy or not levy
the taxes authorized in this part. (Act 2014-422, p. 1539, §7.)...
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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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11-46-30
Section 11-46-30 Schools for instruction of election officials in use of voting machines; qualifications
and certification of election officials. (a) When voting machines are to be used in any municipal
election, the municipal governing body shall provide for holding a school or schools of instruction
for those who will actually conduct the election. The municipal clerk shall notify those persons
who have been appointed election officials of the time and place of the holding of such school
of instruction and shall also publish notice thereof at least 48 hours before the same is
to be held. (b) No election official shall serve in any election district in which a voting
machine is used, unless he has received such instruction, is fully qualified to perform the
duties in connection with the machine and has received a certificate to that effect from the
authorized instructor; provided, that this requirement shall not prevent the appointment of
an uninstructed person as an election official...
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11-44F-22
Section 11-44F-22 Ordinance once majority of voters vote in favor of mayor being full-time.
If a majority of voters vote in favor of the mayor of the Class 8 municipality being full-time,
the governing body of the city may provide, by ordinance, that the mayor of the Class 8 municipality
shall serve in a full-time capacity, until such time, if any, that the municipality subsequently
holds a referendum on the issue as provided by Section 11-44F-25. (Acts 1995, No. 95-367,
p. 739, §3.)...
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11-81-201
Section 11-81-201 Election as to proposed undertaking. Whenever any county or municipal corporation
through its governing body shall vote to take advantage of the authority granted in this article,
as a condition to the exercise of such authority it shall call an election, at which election
the question of whether or not such county or municipality will enter upon the undertaking
proposed by the governing body of the county or municipal corporation will be voted upon.
If the majority of the voters shall vote in the affirmative, then the county or municipal
governing body shall proceed with the proposed undertaking in conformity with the provisions
of this article and the law of the state pertinent thereto; otherwise, it shall not. Such
election shall be ordered, held, canvassed and may be contested in the same manner as is or
may be hereafter provided by the law applicable to the authorization of municipal or county
bonds. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 100; Code 1940, T. 37,...
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11-43A-3.3
Section 11-43A-3.3 Election in Class 7 municipality - Adoption of council-manager form of government.
(a)(1) In addition to any mayor-council form of government authorized in this chapter, the
governing body of a Class 7 municipality may elect by resolution to adopt a council-manager
form of government comprised of a mayor and four council members elected at-large. No petition
of qualified electors is required to initiate such an election by the governing body pursuant
to this section. If the governing body elects to adopt a council-manager form of government
pursuant to this section, an election on the question shall be submitted to the qualified
electors of the municipality. The governing body shall hold the election before January 1,
2011. The question submitted at the election shall be: "Shall the municipality of ______
adopt a council-manager form of government consisting of a mayor and four council members
elected in an at-large election to become operative on the first Monday in...
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11-46-24.1
Section 11-46-24.1 Designation of voting places in Class 8 municipalities by combination of
districts and wards. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 11-46-24,
the municipal governing body of a Class 8 municipality, for the purpose of designating voting
places in a municipal election, may provide by ordinance for the combination of any district
in a ward with any other district in the ward, and may provide for the combination of any
ward with one or more wards. Voting places shall be designated by the municipal governing
body when it orders an election in the same manner as provided in Chapter 46. (Act 2004-361,
p. 590, §1.)...
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11-46-46
Section 11-46-46 Delivery of returns, etc.; retention and destruction of ballot boxes; opening
of ballot boxes. (a) At the time appointed by the municipal governing body to canvass the
returns of the election the municipal clerk shall deliver to the governing body the envelopes
addressed to the governing body, which were delivered to him or her by the returning officers
of the several wards in the city or town immediately after the votes had been counted and
the returns thereof prepared. (b) The clerk shall securely keep the ballot boxes until it
is known that there will be no contest, but in any event not less than six months, and, if
in that time no contest has been properly instituted, the clerk shall then destroy the contents
of the boxes without examining the same. (c) No ballot box shall be opened except in one of
the following events: (1) In the event of a contest, where the opening of a box has been ordered
by the court hearing the contest, in which event the ballot box shall...
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11-46-5
Section 11-46-5 Date of elections in certain municipalities. The governing body of a municipality
having a general municipal election or runoff election required by general or local act at
a time different from the dates now or hereafter provided by Article 2, Chapter 46 of Title
11, may elect by ordinance to have the election at the same time required by Article 2 and
the election made by ordinance shall not have the effect of changing the beginning of a term
of office or the time for taking office. (Acts 1980, No. 80-243, p. 320; Acts 1993, No. 93-760,
p. 1514, §1.)...
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11-46-59
Section 11-46-59 Offenses of mayor and other executive officers. (a) Any mayor or other chief
executive officer of a municipality who willfully fails to give notice of any municipal election
as required in this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall
be fined not more than $500.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced
to hard labor for the county for not more than six months. (b) Any mayor or other chief executive
officer of a municipality who knowingly puts on the list of qualified electors for a municipal
election the name of any person who is not registered, as shown by the records in the probate
office of the county in which such municipality lies, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and,
on conviction, must be fined not less than $100.00. (c) Any mayor or other chief executive
officer of a municipality or other officer on whom the duty of the mayor may have temporarily
devolved who willfully and knowingly neglects, fails or...
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