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11-46-39
Section 11-46-39 Oath and identification of voters challenged; voting procedure where paper
ballots used. (a) Where paper ballots are used, the inspector, upon the elector's entering
the polling place, shall examine the list of qualified electors furnished by the clerk pursuant
to subsection (a) of Section 11-46-36, and, if it appears from this examination that the person
is a qualified elector of the state authorized to vote at that box, the inspector shall then
give the person one ballot on the stub of which the inspector shall write or shall have already
written his or her name or initials. If the person's name does not appear on the list of qualified
voters for that ward or box, the person may not vote except by provisional ballot. (b) In
cities of more than 3,000 inhabitants, each elector on receiving a ballot shall forthwith
and without leaving the polling place retire alone to one of the booths or compartments provided
for that purpose and there prepare the ballot in the manner...
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17-4-3
Section 17-4-3 County board of registrars to purge disqualified electors. (a) Each county board
of registrars shall purge the computerized statewide voter registration list on a continuous
basis, whenever it receives and confirms information that a person registered to vote in that
county has died, become a nonresident of the state or county, been declared mentally incompetent,
been convicted of any offense designated pursuant to Section 17-3-30.1 as a felony involving
moral turpitude for the purposes of Article VIII of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 since
being registered, or otherwise become disqualified as an elector. Except as provided below,
a person convicted of a disqualifying criminal offense shall be notified by certified mail
sent to the voter's last known address of the board's intention to strike his or her name
from the list. No person convicted of a disqualifying crime may be stricken from the poll
list while an appeal from the conviction is pending. (b) On the date...
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45-35-71.02
Section 45-35-71.02 Qualifications. Candidates for nomination or election to the commission
shall designate which of the five offices on the commission they are seeking. All candidates
shall be 21 years of age and those qualifying for the positions of associate commissioners
shall have resided in and be a qualified elector registered in the area designated in the
respective district for a period of one year prior to qualifying for such candidacy. Associate
commissioners so elected shall reside in their respective district continuously during their
term of office. (Act 86-174, p. 203, §3.)...
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11-46-27
Section 11-46-27 Appointment, compensation, etc., of election officers. (a) The municipal governing
body or a majority of them must, not less than 15 days before the holding of any municipal
election, appoint from the qualified electors of the respective wards or voting districts
officers to hold the election as follows: Where paper ballots are used, one returning officer
for each ward and three inspectors and two clerks for each box at each voting place and, where
voting machines are used, an inspector, a chief clerk, and a first and second assistant clerk
for each voting machine; except that in the event voting centers or voting places are established,
then the requirements of Section 11-46-24 shall control the number of election officials.
In any Class 6, Class 7, or Class 8 municipality, election officials must reside within the
municipality and may serve at any polling place within the municipality. An election official
appointed to serve in a polling place other than where he or...
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11-46-68
Section 11-46-68 Miscellaneous offenses. (a) Any person who shall willfully fail or refuse
to perform or discharge any duty relating to absent voters required of him by this article
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not more than $100.00.
(b) Any person found drunk or intoxicated at or about any polling place during any municipal
election day is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, 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. (c) Any person who, at a municipal election, interferes with
any elector when inside the polling place or when marking the ballot, or unduly influences
or attempts to unduly influence any elector in the preparation of his ballot must, on conviction,
be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00. (d) Any person who, during or before
a municipal election, willfully removes, tears down, destroys, or defaces any...
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17-1-5
Section 17-1-5 Employers to allow time off for voting. Each employee in the state shall, upon
reasonable notice to his or her employer, be permitted by his or her employer to take necessary
time off from his or her employment to vote in any municipal, county, state, or federal political
party primary or election for which the employee is qualified and registered to vote on the
day on which the primary or election is held. The necessary time off shall not exceed one
hour and if the hours of work of the employee commence at least two hours after the opening
of the polls or end at least one hour prior to the closing of the polls, then the time off
for voting as provided in this section shall not be available. The employer may specify the
hours during which the employee may absent himself or herself as provided in this section.
(Act 2006-545, p. 1263, §1; §17-1-9.)...
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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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11-16-40
Section 11-16-40 Penalties for failure to perform duties required by chapter, etc. Any officer
or person who shall willfully or corruptly fail to perform any duty required of him under
any of the provisions of this chapter; or shall fraudulently alter or change the ballot of
any elector after it has been cast; or shall make any false or fraudulent count of votes;
or shall place in the receptacle for ballots any ballot not actually cast by an elector; or
shall take therefrom any ballot cast by an elector, with the intention of unlawfully changing
or affecting the result of the election; or shall make any false poll list or any false count
of the ballots or any false certificate to a poll list or to the result of the count of the
ballots; or shall wrongfully open the returns from any precinct or ward; or shall change,
secrete, destroy, or mutilate the returns from any precinct or ward or attempt to do so; or
shall prevent or attempt to prevent any such return from being made as required...
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11-46-25
Section 11-46-25 Ballots; statements of candidacy; withdrawal of candidacy. (a) In all municipal
elections on any subject which may be submitted by law to a vote of the people of the municipality
and for any municipal officers, if paper ballots are used, the voting shall be by official
ballot printed and distributed as provided in subsections (c) and (d), and no ballot shall
be received or counted in any election unless it is provided as prescribed by law. (b) There
shall be but one form of ballot for all the candidates for municipal office and every ballot
provided for use at any polling place in a municipal election shall contain the names of all
candidates who have properly qualified and have not withdrawn, as provided in subsection (g),
together with the title of the office for which they are candidates. (c) All ballots shall
be printed in black ink on clear book paper. At the bottom of each ballot and at a point an
equal distance from the sides thereof there shall be printed a...
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17-1-9
Section 17-1-9 Employers to allow time off for voting. THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE
COMMISSIONER. IT HAS NOT BEEN CODIFIED BY THE LEGISLATURE. Each employee in the state shall,
upon reasonable notice to his or her employer, be permitted by his or her employer to take
necessary time off from his or her employment to vote in any municipal, county, state, or
federal political party primary or election for which the employee is qualified and registered
to vote on the day on which the primary or election is held. The necessary time off shall
not exceed one hour and if the hours of work of the employee commence at least two hours after
the opening of the polls or end at least one hour prior to the closing of the polls, then
the time off for voting as provided in this section shall not be available. The employer may
specify the hours during which the employee may absent himself or herself as provided in this
section. (Act 2006-545, §1.)...
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