17-8-10
Section 17-8-10 Returning officer. The sheriff of each county or the person discharging the
duties of such office is the returning officer for the county. The inspector for each voting
place is charged with the duty of returning the ballots and sealed election materials from
the voting place to the county returning officer. (Code 1876, §260; Code 1886, §353; Code
1896, §1589; Code 1907, §356; Code 1923, §446; Code 1940, T. 17, §129; §17-6-11; amended
and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §41.)...
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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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45-41-141.15
Section 45-41-141.15 Election supplies. When any special election is to be held in any district
under this part, the commission shall provide the necessary number of ballots, poll lists,
tally sheets, ballot boxes, booths, instructions for holding such special election, and all
other necessary and proper stationery for holding such special election; and the sheriff shall
see that the same are delivered to the appropriate election officers before the day of such
special election. (Act 89-390, p. 747, §16.)...
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11-16-18
Section 11-16-18 Opening of polls to be proclaimed prior to receipt of ballots. The inspectors,
before they commence receiving ballots, must cause it to be proclaimed aloud at the place
of voting that the election is opened. (Code 1907, §190; Code 1923, §282; Code 1940, T.
12, §245.)...
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17-11-43.1
Section 17-11-43.1 Use of federal write-in absentee ballots by overseas voters. A person who
votes by absentee ballot pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act,
42 U.S.C. 1973ff, may use a federal write-in absentee ballot as provided in 42 U.S.C. 1973ff-2
for casting his or her vote in any primary, primary runoff, general, or special election for
federal, state, or county office or proposed constitutional amendment or other referenda.
The Secretary of State may promulgate rules in accordance with the Alabama Administrative
Procedure Act to implement this section. (Act 2014-6, p. 21, §2.)...
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17-6-44
Section 17-6-44 Number of ballots per elector. There shall be provided for each voting place
at least one ballot for each registered elector at that place. (Code 1896, §1613; Code 1907,
§394; Code 1923, §484; Code 1940, T. 17, §170; Acts 1991, No. 91-583, p. 1073, §1; §17-8-25;
amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)...
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17-9-9
Section 17-9-9 Proclaiming polls open. The inspectors, before they commence receiving ballots,
must cause it to be proclaimed at the place of voting that the election is opened. (Code 1876,
§272; Code 1886, §367; Code 1896, §1619; Code 1907, §397; Code 1923, §487; Code 1940,
T. 17, §173; §17-7-11; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §44.)...
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45-25A-40
Section 45-25A-40 Composition; election of members; vacancies. (a) Any law, whether special,
local, or general, or municipal ordinance, to the contrary notwithstanding, the City of Fort
Payne, in DeKalb County, shall not designate by place number, or by other similar method,
seats for city council. (b)(1) In the election for the five members of the city council, if
there are more than five candidates, then the majority of the votes cast for the office in
the election shall be determined by dividing the total votes cast for all candidates for the
offices by the number of positions to be filled, and then dividing that result by two. Any
number of votes in excess of the number determined by the last division shall be the majority
necessary for election. (2) If it appears that any candidate in the election has received
a majority of the votes cast for that office, the municipal governing body shall declare that
candidate elected to the office, and a certificate of election shall be given...
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11-42-152
Section 11-42-152 Calling of election; conduct of election generally; notice of election. (a)
The governing bodies shall within 10 days thereafter call an election at which the qualified
electors residing in the municipalities may vote at their usual voting places for or against
consolidation, and the voters residing in the territory outside the limits of either of the
municipalities shall also be permitted to vote at the voting place in either municipality
nearest to their place of residence. (b) The governing bodies of each municipality shall name
the election officers in their respective municipalities, and said election shall be governed,
the returns canvassed and the results declared as provided by law for other municipal elections.
(c) Such election shall be held in each of such municipalities on the same day and must be
advertised in each of the newspapers published in the county in which such municipalities
are situated once a week for four successive weeks, and said...
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16-13-186
Section 16-13-186 Election supplies. When any election is to be held in any county or in any
rural or city school tax district, under the provisions of this article, the county commission
shall provide the necessary number of ballots, poll lists, tally sheets, ballot boxes, booths,
instructions for holding the election and all other necessary and proper stationery for holding
said election; and the sheriff shall see that the same are delivered to the managers before
the day of the election. (School Code 1927, §278; Code 1940, T. 52, §267.)...
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