17-11-3
Section 17-11-3 Absentee balloting generally. (a) Any qualified elector of this state
may apply for and vote an absentee ballot by mail, by hand delivery, or by commercial carrier,
as determined by rule by the Secretary of State, as provided in Sections 17-11-5 and 17-11-9,
in any primary, general, special, or municipal election, if he or she makes application in
writing therefor not less than five days prior to the election in which he or she desires
to vote and meets one or more of the following requirements: (1) The person expects to be
out of the county or the state, or the municipality for municipal elections, on election day.
(2) The person has any physical illness or infirmity which prevents his or her attendance
at the polls, whether he or she is within or without the county on the day of the election.
(3) The person expects to work a shift which has at least 10 hours which coincide with the
hours the polls are open at his or her regular polling place. (4) The person is...
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17-11-10
Section 17-11-10 Procedure upon receipt of ballot by absentee election manager; counting
of ballots. (a) Upon receipt of the absentee ballot, the absentee election manager shall record
its receipt thereof on the absentee list as provided in Section 17-11-5 and shall safely
keep the ballot without breaking the seal of the affidavit envelope. (b) For absentee ballots
received by noon on the day of the election, the absentee election manager shall, beginning
at noon, deliver the sealed affidavit envelopes containing absentee ballots to the election
officials provided for in Section 17-11-11. The election officials shall then call
the name of each voter casting an absentee ballot with poll watchers present as may be provided
under the laws of Alabama and shall examine each affidavit envelope to determine if the signature
of the voter has been appropriately witnessed. If the witnessing of the signature and the
information in the affidavit establish that the voter is entitled to vote by...
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45-48-111.01
Section 45-48-111.01 Voting by electors; voting machines numbered. No elector shall
vote at any voting place other than the voting place of which he or she is a qualified elector,
but any elector whose name appears on the qualified voter's list at a voting place may vote
on any voting machine maintained at such voting place, upon presentation of the identification
card issued to him or her by an election officer serving at such voting place and upon signing
the poll list maintained at the voting machine at which he or she proposes to vote. The voting
machines at any such voting place shall be numbered consecutively beginning with number 1,
and each machine shall display a card indicating the number of that machine. The numbers on
such cards shall be clearly visible from the registration table. (Acts 1971, No. 1899, p.
3088, § 2.)...
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11-46-29
Section 11-46-29 Appointment of election officers upon failure of others to attend polls.
On the failure of any person who has been duly appointed an election officer to attend the
polls at the hour prescribed for his attendance, such of the election officers appointed for
that voting box or machine as are present may appoint such election officers as are needed
to complete the number of election officials for the box or machine. All persons so appointed
shall be qualified electors who are entitled to vote at that polling place. Should all the
appointed election officers fail to be present at a polling place by the hour prescribed on
election day, then any three qualified electors who are entitled by law to vote at that polling
place at the election then to be held may open the polls, act as three of the election officers
for such box or machine and appoint such other officers as are required to fill the place
of those absent; provided, that every person so appointed shall be a...
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45-18-70.08
Section 45-18-70.08 Assignment of qualified electors based on residency; unassigned
voters. (a) After April 22, 1986, the Conecuh County Board of Registrars is directed to place
the names of each qualified elector in the proper precinct and voting box consistent with
the residence address known to the board of registrars taken from the list of qualified electors.
Where an elector's residency is in question, the voter's name shall be listed as an unassigned
voter, until properly verified. (b) The board of registrars shall cause notice to be given
to the unassigned voters in any precinct, that unless they shall identify for assignment,
their names shall be maintained on a separate list of unassigned qualified electors for the
purpose of voting, but they shall not be assigned to a particular division of the precinct
until they have identified for assignment. They may not vote unless they shall identify at
the time of voting and sign an affidavit of residency in the division of the...
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17-12-1
Section 17-12-1 Conclusion of voting; locking of equipment; certificates of result.
When the time arrives for closing the polls, all qualified voters, who are then waiting within
the voting room to vote, shall be permitted by the election officers to do so. After closing
the polls and sealing the required records, the precinct election officials shall follow the
manufacturer's instructions to lock the equipment against further voting and to obtain a printout
of the votes on each office and question. The first printout shall be torn from the equipment
so that all printing during the day, from the initial test before the polls opened through
the first printout of results, shall be on one continuous sheet or roll of paper. Then, four
other printouts of the results shall be produced and torn out. To each certificate shall be
added, if it is not automatically printed, the following information: (1) The name of the
voting place. (2) The date. (3) The identifying number (serial number) of the...
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17-17-28
Section 17-17-28 Failure to require proper identification; voting at multiple or unauthorized
locations; liability of officials. Any polling official who knowingly fails to require proper
identification to verify the name of the prospective voter on the list of qualified voters
at the polling place in violation of this section, or who knowingly allows a person
to vote who he or she knows is not the person he or she claims to be shall be guilty, upon
conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor for each violation. Any person who knowingly presents
false identification in order to vote at a polling place where he or she otherwise would not
be qualified to vote, or who knowingly votes at a polling place where he or she has not been
authorized to vote, or who knowingly votes at more than one polling place in the same election
on the same day shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. Any election or polling
official acting in the good faith exercise of his or her duties pursuant to...
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45-31-110.03
Section 45-31-110.03 Voting lists. (a) The voting list of any territory which is furnished
the election officers serving at the voting center designated for such territory shall contain
the names of all qualified electors of the territory on a single roll; however, when the roll
contains more than 2,400 names the list of qualified electors or roll shall be divided into
alphabetical sections of not more than 2,400 names per section. Except as herein otherwise
provided, the laws applicable to the preparation, distribution, publication, and checking
of qualified lists shall apply to the poll list of a territory for which a voting center has
been established by the county governing body pursuant to authority hereby conferred. (b)
No elector shall vote at any voting center other than the voting center of the territory of
which he or she is a qualified elector, but any elector eligible to vote at a voting center
may vote on any voting machine maintained at such voting center, upon...
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11-43-40
Section 11-43-40 Composition of city councils; voting by president of council. (a) Except
as provided in Section 11-43-2 as it relates to the legislative functions of the mayor
in cities and towns having a population of 12,000 or more but less than 25,000 inhabitants
according to the most recent or any subsequent federal decennial census, in cities having
a population of 12,000 or more, the following officers shall be elected at each general municipal
election, who shall compose the city council for the cities and who shall hold office for
four years and until their successors are elected and qualified, and who shall exercise the
legislative functions of city government and any other powers and duties which are or may
be vested by law in the city council or its members: (1) In cities having seven wards or less,
a president of the city council and two aldermen from each ward, to be elected by the qualified
voters of the several wards voting separately in every ward; except, that in...
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45-8A-110
Section 45-8A-110 Annexation based on resolution of public health or public good; elections.
(a) Whenever the council of the City of Oxford shall pass a resolution to the effect that
the public health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution)
shall be brought within the limits of the City of Oxford: (1) It shall be the duty of the
mayor to certify a copy of such resolution to the Judge of Probate of Calhoun County and the
certified resolution shall have attached thereto a plat or map of the territory proposed to
be annexed, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed by the judge of probate.
(2) Within 10 days from the date of the filing of such resolution, the judge of probate must
make and enter an order upon the minutes of the court, directing and ordering an election
to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory described, not less than
20 days nor more than 40 days from the date of the making of the order. The...
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