45-16-71
Section 45-16-71 Composition and election of county commission. (a) The Coffee County
Commission shall be composed of seven members, elected from single-member districts one through
seven, inclusive, by the qualified voters residing within each district. The seven districts
shall be apportioned as provided by law. Each commissioner shall reside in the district he
or she represents at the time of qualifying for office and during his or her tenure. The chair
of the commission, who shall be a voting member of the commission, shall be elected at the
first meeting after the election of the county commission from among the seven members of
the commission to serve for a one-year term. A successor shall be elected each year in the
same manner and any person serving as chair may serve succeeding terms. (b) The composition
and election of the county commission as it existed on January 1, 2003, is ratified and confirmed.
The districts for the election of commissioners in 2004 shall be the...
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45-26-244.38
Section 45-26-244.38 Authorization to levy tax; referendum; renewal and termination.
(a) In the event the tax set forth herein receives approval by a majority of the qualified
county voters who vote in the referendum described below, the tax shall then be in full force
and effect for a period of 10 years from the date of its first collection, after which time
period it shall automatically terminate unless the tax is renewed and continued for an additional
10-year period by a majority of the qualified voters who vote in a referendum held on the
same date as the 2010 General Election. If not approved by a majority of voters voting in
the referendum, the tax shall not be collected after November 30, 2010, and this subpart shall
have no further force or effect. (b) If the tax is approved in the referendum hereinafter
described, then the date of its first collection shall be the first day of the second month
following the month in which the referendum is held. (Act 2000-487, p. 921, §9.)...
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17-10-1
Section 17-10-1 Voter identification requirements. (a) Each person who registers to
vote by mail shall provide identification prior to the first time they vote in an election
containing a federal office on the ballot and as otherwise required by Section 17-9-30.
(b) Voters who are voting by absentee ballot shall submit with the absentee ballot application
a copy of one of the forms of identification listed in Section 17-9-30. An absentee
ballot shall not be issued unless the required identification is submitted with the absentee
ballot application except as provided in subsection (c). (c) If an individual required to
present identification in accordance with this section is unable to meet the identification
requirements of this section, the ballot cast is a provisional ballot. (Act 2003-313,
p. 733, §4; §17-10A-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §50; Act 2019-507,
§1.)...
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17-12-4
Section 17-12-4 Procedures upon malfunction of equipment. If a precinct ballot counter
malfunctions, the polls shall remain open and voters shall deposit their ballots in a ballot
box or other suitable container. The inspector shall notify the custodian, who shall maintain
a public list of all voting places in which equipment failure has occurred. After the polls
close, the ballot box shall be opened and the ballots counted either by hand, as described
in Sections 17-12-2 and 17-12-6, or by feeding the ballots into an operable hand precinct
ballot counter. Poll watchers of opposing interests and members of the media, if any are present,
shall be permitted to witness this process. Where precinct counting equipment is programmed
to return ballots containing over-votes, any such ballot returned during a post-election count
must be counted by hand following the rules for ballots. The results of this hand count shall
be added to the certificate of results, and the ballots shall be bound...
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17-8-5
Section 17-8-5 Political parties furnish lists from which appointments are made. Each
political party or organization having made nominations, by the chair of its state or county
executive committee or nominees for office, may furnish the appointing board a list of names
of recommended poll workers from qualified electors for each voting place not later than 45
days before the election. From the lists provided, one inspector and at least three clerks
shall be appointed for each voting place from members of opposing political parties, if practicable.
If there are more than two lists filed, the appointments shall be made from the lists presented
by the two political parties having received the highest number of votes in the state in the
next preceding regular election, if each of the parties presents a list. If no lists are furnished,
the appointing board shall appoint an inspector and at least three clerks for each voting
place from the qualified electors of the precinct from members of...
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28-2-1
Section 28-2-1 Procedure for elections to determine classification of counties as wet
or dry counties; laws applicable in dry counties. (a) In every county where a majority of
the electors voting in an election, called by the Governor to determine whether Chapter 3
of this title shall be adopted in the county, vote "Yes," Chapter 3 and all of its
provisions shall be immediately put into operation in such county, but in every county where
a majority of the electors voting in the election vote "No," Chapter 3 shall not
go into effect in such county and all laws prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic
liquors or beverages now in force and effect in Alabama shall remain in full force and effect
in every such county. For the purpose of this chapter the term "wet county" shall
mean any county which by a majority of those voting voted in the affirmative in the election
provided for in this section, and "dry counties" shall be construed to mean
all counties which by a majority of...
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45-8A-23.050
Section 45-8A-23.050 Number, election, term. The council shall have five to seven members
consisting of one councilman who shall be elected by all of the qualified voters of the city,
and the remainder of such councilmen shall reside within a residential ward and be elected
by all of the qualified voters from such ward. Any election of councilmen shall be held and
conducted, at the same times and in the same manner, as provided by law in respect to municipal
elections in cities of this state, not organized under a commission form of government. All
municipal officers of the city shall have the same duties and responsibilities as they have
with respect to said municipal elections. The officer or officers shall issue any orders necessary
to cause all election requirements to be met. Each councilman shall hold office for four years,
but shall serve until his or her successor shall have qualified. A councilman may succeed
himself or herself in office. Each councilman elected from a...
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11-16-21
Section 11-16-21 Provision of certified lists of registered voters for inspectors; qualifications
for voting. The judge of probate must furnish to the board of commissioners provided for in
this chapter a duly certified list of the registered voters in each precinct or ward in the
county on request of said commissioners or either of them and the payment of one cent for
each name contained in such list, to be paid out of the county treasury on order of the commissioners.
The commissioners aforesaid shall cause said lists to be placed in the hands of the inspectors
of the respective precincts or wards or other voting places prior to the day of said election,
and no person shall be entitled to vote in said election whose name does not appear as that
of a duly registered elector on said list, unless he shall produce to the inspectors a certificate
of registration showing his right to vote therein. (Code 1907, §193; Code 1923, §285; Code
1940, T. 12, §248.)...
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11-44E-201
Section 11-44E-201 Petition for change of form of government; election as to proposed
change; election of new officers and governing body; termination of term of office of mayor
and commissioners. Any proposal to change the form of government shall be initiated by a petition
signed by at least the number of qualified voters, equal to four for every 100 inhabitants
of the city or fraction thereof according to the last federal census, and then filed with
the city clerk. The city commission shall forthwith order an election, at which the legally
qualified voters of the city shall vote for or against the proposed change in form of government.
The officers and members of the governing body of such newly adopted form of municipal government
shall be elected as soon as practicable under the provisions of law applicable thereto; and
upon their election and qualification for office the term of office of all members of the
commission and mayor under the mayor/commission/city manager form of...
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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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