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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11-46-55
Section 11-46-55 Canvassing of returns and certificate of election; determination of majority;
runoff elections. (a) Commencing at 12:00 noon on the first Tuesday next after the election,
the municipal governing body shall proceed to open the envelopes addressed to the governing
body which have been delivered by the several returning officers to the municipal clerk, canvass
the returns, and ascertain and determine the number of votes received by each candidate and
for and against each proposition submitted at the election. If it appears that any candidate
or any proposition in the election has received a majority of the votes cast for that office
or on that question, the municipal governing body shall declare the candidate elected to the
office or the question carried, and a certificate of election shall be given to the persons
by the municipal governing body or a majority of them, which shall entitle the persons so
certified to the possession of their respective offices immediately...
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11-44E-4
Section 11-44E-4 Mayor and commissioners to be known as commission; powers and duties; qualification
and taking of office; commencement of mayor/commission/city manager form of government. The
commissioners provided for in this section, along with the mayor, shall be known collectively
as the commission and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. The commissioners
first elected shall qualify and take office in the manner hereinafter prescribed on the first
Monday in October following the date of election, and thereupon such city shall at that time
be organized under the mayor/commission/city manager form of government provided under this
chapter and shall thereafter be governed by the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1988, No.
88-445, p. 660, §1.04.)...
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36-3-4
Section 36-3-4 Terms of office of county officers generally. (a) The sheriff, one coroner,
members of county commissions, one county treasurer, when elective, and one constable for
each election precinct shall hold their respective offices for the term of four years from
the first Monday after the second Tuesday of January next after their election and until their
successors are elected and qualified, except as provided in subsection (b) hereof. (b) Beginning
with the next term of office for each county commissioner, such term shall expire six days
next following the day of the general election at which the successor to that office is elected.
Thereafter each such county commissioner shall hold his respective office from 12:01 A.M.
of the seventh day next following his election and until his successor is elected and qualified.
(Code 1896, §3055; Code 1907, §1464; Code 1923, §2569; Code 1940, T. 41, §18; Acts 1989,
No. 89-301, p. 488, §2.)...
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45-48-70.05
Section 45-48-70.05 Election of commission. At the general election immediately prior to the
expiration date of the term of office of each member of the commission, and as is hereinabove
provided and every four years thereafter, their successors shall be elected by the qualified
voters of the entire county, and the term of office of each member so elected shall be four
years, beginning on the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January, following the election,
and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified. (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840,
§ 6; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 6.)...
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11-44B-2
Section 11-44B-2 Ordinances establishing boundaries of seven-council districts and salaries
of mayor and council members; compliance with Voting Rights Act; election of mayor and council;
powers and duties of municipality. If said ordinance be adopted by the governing body of any
municipality to which this chapter applies, then: (1) Within 90 days thereafter, the commission
board of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance, a. Establishing the boundaries of the
seven-council districts herein provided for, and b. Establishing the salaries to be paid to
the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election to be held hereunder; (2)
The commission board shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the Federal Voting
Rights Act of 1965, as amended; (3) After receipt of notification of compliance with the Federal
Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality
shall give notice that an election for mayor and all...
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11-44D-6
Section 11-44D-6 Provisions applicable to both mayor-council and manager-council forms of government.
The following provisions shall apply regardless of which form of government the majority of
the qualified electors voting in the referendum provided herein choose: (1) Within 30 days
after the referendum, the governing body of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance, a.
Establishing the boundaries of the five-council districts herein provided for, and b. Establishing
the salaries to be paid the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election
to be held hereunder. (2) The governing body shall take such steps as are necessary to comply
with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. (3) Within 10 days after the receipt
of notification of compliance with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the
mayor or other chief executive officer shall give notice of an election for the members of
the city council, and for mayor if the mayor-council form of...
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11-62-5
Section 11-62-5 Board of directors. (a) Every authority shall be governed by a board of directors.
All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization.
The board shall consist of three directors elected in the manner hereinafter prescribed, as
soon as may be practicable after the organization of the authority, by the governing body
of the determining municipality for staggered terms as follows: The first term of one director
shall begin immediately upon his election and shall end at noon on the second Monday of November
of the next succeeding odd-numbered calendar year following his election; the first term of
another director shall begin immediately upon his election and shall end at noon on the second
Monday of November of the second succeeding odd-numbered calendar year following his election;
and the first term of the remaining director shall begin immediately upon his election and
shall end at noon on the second Monday of November of the...
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11-88-6
Section 11-88-6 Board of directors. (a) Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors.
All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization.
(b) The board shall consist initially of three directors, elected, as soon as may be practicable
after the organization of the authority, by the governing body of the determining county for
staggered terms as follows: The first term of one director shall begin immediately upon the
director's election and shall end at noon on March 1 of the next succeeding odd-numbered calendar
year following the election; the first term of another director shall begin immediately upon
his or her election and shall end at noon on March 1 of the second succeeding odd-numbered
calendar year following the election; and the first term of the remaining director shall begin
immediately upon his or her election and shall end at noon on March 1 of the third succeeding
odd-numbered calendar year following the election....
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