11-42-52
Section 11-42-52 Contests of election. The result of such election may be contested by any
qualified elector voting at the election in the manner provided for control of general municipal
elections, making the city the contestee. (Code 1907, §1087; Code 1923, §1781; Code 1940,
T. 37, §150.)...
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11-43A-7
Section 11-43A-7 Time for change in form of government. The change in the form of government
shall take place on the first Monday in November following the date of the next ensuing municipal
election for the election of members of the governing body held by the municipality during
a general municipal election year as established by Section 11-46-21, except in Class 6 cities
wherein the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council as authorized
in Section 11-43A-8; and in such cities the change in the form of government may take place
on the first Monday in November in any even-numbered year, designated therefor by the municipal
governing body unless the election approving such change was held in 1983, in which case the
change shall take place on the first Monday in October 1986. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851,
§7; Acts 1983, No. 83-621, p. 964, §1; Act 2019-360, §2.)...
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11-43A-8
Section 11-43A-8 Name of governing body; composition of council; election of council; alternate
form for Class 6 cities. (a) The governing body provided for herein shall be known collectively
as the "Council of the City (Town) of _____ (name of city or town to be inserted)"
and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. Except as hereinafter provided
and as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the council shall have five members.
One member shall be the mayor, elected by the voters at large, to preside over the deliberations
of the council. One member shall be a council member elected by the voters at large. Three
members shall be council members elected by the voters from each of three single-member districts.
The council first elected shall qualify and take office on the first Monday in November following
the date of the next ensuing municipal election held for the election of members of a municipal
governing body during a general municipal election year. (b) In...
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11-46-31
Section 11-46-31 Exhibition of voting machines for voter instruction and information; diagrams
furnished with voting machines. During the 30 days next preceding an election at which voting
machines will be used, the municipal governing body shall place on public exhibition in public
places and at times as it may deem most suitable for the information and instruction of the
voters one or more voting machines, containing the ballot labels and showing the offices and
questions to be voted upon and, so far as practicable, the names and arrangements of the candidates
for office. The machines will be under the charge and care of a person competent as custodian
and instructor. No voting machine which is to be assigned for use in an election shall be
used for public exhibition and instruction after having been prepared and sealed for the election.
This requirement shall not apply in any municipality which will use a vote tabulator that
requires voters to fill out a card or paper ballot that...
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11-46-61
Section 11-46-61 Offenses of election officers generally. (a) Any election officer appointed
as such by a municipal governing body who shall fail to attend a municipal election without
a lawful excuse shall, on conviction, be fined not more than $100.00. (b) Any election officer
who drinks any intoxicating liquors while any election is being held shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00. (c) Any election officer
who, without lawful excuse, neglects, fails, or refuses to perform any official duty prescribed
by this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless otherwise provided, and, on conviction,
shall be fined not less than $50.00. (d) Any election officer who discloses how any elector
voted shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $100.00
nor more than $500.00, and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more
than six months. (e) If any election officer willfully...
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11-46-71
Section 11-46-71 Annulment of elections. No misconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of
the election officers, the marker, the municipal governing body, or any other person, nor
any offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other misconduct which prevented a fair, free,
and full exercise of the elective franchise can annul or set aside any municipal election
unless the person declared elected and whose election is contested shall be shown not to have
received the requisite number of legal votes for election to the office for which he was a
candidate thereby, nor must any election contested under the provisions of this article be
annulled or set aside because of illegal votes given to the person whose election is contested
unless it appears that the number of illegal votes given to such person, if taken from him,
would reduce the number of votes given to him below the requisite number of votes for election.
No election shall be annulled or set aside because of the rejection of...
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17-9-8
Section 17-9-8 No adjournment. After the polls have opened, no adjournment or recess shall
be taken until the certificate of the result of the election is signed. (Code 1907, §360;
Code 1923, §450; Code 1940, T. 17, §133; §17-7-7; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570,
p. 1331, §44.)...
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45-36-20
Section 45-36-20 Charge of classification for incorporated municipalities. (a) Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 2A of Title 28, and pursuant
to authority granted by Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the electors of
an incorporated municipality located in Jackson County with a population of 2,500 or more
inhabitants may change its classification from dry to wet or wet to dry by a municipal option
election as provided by this section. (b)(1) Upon petition of 25 percent of the number of
voters voting in the last general election of the municipality having a population of 2,500
or more inhabitants being filed with the city or town clerk or governing body of the municipality,
the governing body shall call a municipal option election for the municipality to determine
the sentiment of the people as to whether alcoholic beverages may be legally sold or distributed
in the municipality. The petition for the municipal option...
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11-43A-3.1
Section 11-43A-3.1 Election in Class 6 municipalities - Time, procedure, etc. Any law to the
contrary notwithstanding, an election shall be held in every Class 6 municipality wherein
the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council, at the same time that
the election for members of the Alabama legislature is held in 1983; and the question submitted
at such election shall be: "shall the council-manager form of government, provided in
the Council-Manager Act of 1982, with the change in the form of government of such municipality
to become operative on the first Monday in October 1986, be adopted for the municipality of
_____?" The election shall be held and in all things governed as nearly as possible by
the provisions regulating elections on the question the adoption of the council-manager form
of government provided in the Council-Manager Act of 1982, except that no petition of any
of the qualified voters of the municipality need be filed and the mayor of any city...
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11-46-2
Section 11-46-2 Establishment of qualification fee for candidates for office. The governing
body of all municipal corporations of this state may, by ordinance, establish and fix a qualification
fee to be imposed upon all candidates seeking election in municipal elections conducted under
the provisions of Sections 11-46-20 through 11-46-25, 11-46-27 through 11-46-73, as amended,
and of Sections 11-46-90 through 11-46-96, 11-46-98 through 11-46-144, as amended. Such fee,
if established as provided for in this section, shall in no event be less than $10.00 and
shall not exceed $50.00 for any office for which a candidate qualifies for election. The ordinance
establishing and fixing such qualification fee shall be adopted by the governing body at least
five days prior to the first day upon which a candidate seeking election in a municipal election
may qualify for the office to be filled at the municipal election. (Acts 1969, No. 1109, p.
2045.)...
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