17-6-3
Section 17-6-3 Voting districts; naming of precincts. (a) Except as may be provided further by local election laws or by the electronic vote counting statutes, the counties in this state, as divided pursuant to this chapter into election precincts, and the boundaries of such precincts shall so remain until changed by order of the county governing body, but the county governing body, at its first regular meeting in March in each even-numbered year, shall subdivide any election precinct in which there are more than 2,400 qualified voters and electronic voting machines are used into voting districts or shall divide alphabetically the list of qualified voters in such precincts into groups and assign each qualified voter a designated voting place so as to provide an electronic voting machine for every person legally entitled to vote at a polling place at which not more than 2,400 votes on a single electronic voting machine will be cast. (b) Except as may be provided further by local...
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45-31-110.01
Section 45-31-110.01 Definitions. Unless a contrary intent appears from the context, as used herein, the phrase county governing body means the court of county commissioners, board of revenue, or other like governing body of any such county; the word election means any general, special, or primary election held in the county, including a district, municipal, county, state, or federal election; and the term voting center means any place in the county which the county governing body designates as a place where a voting machine or voting machines will be maintained or operated at elections. (Act 82-746, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 218, §2.)...
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11-44C-3
Section 11-44C-3 Form of ballot; marking of ballot; use of voting machines. At such election the proposition to be submitted shall be printed in plain prominent type on ballots separate and distinct from ballots used for any other office or question and shall read as follows: Check one of the following: (1) Shall the mayor-council form of government, as provided by Act 85-229, be adopted for the city of _____? Yes _____; or (2) Shall the district commission form of government be adopted for the city of _____? Yes _____. The voter shall mark his ballot with a cross mark (X) after the proposition which expresses his choice. If voting machines are used at any voting place in such election, the above proposition may, at the discretion of the election commission or other body or official having charge of the conduct of municipal elections in such city, be submitted as a separate proposition on voting machines so used. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §3.)...
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17-8-9
Section 17-8-9 Instruction of election officials. (a) Not less than five days before an election or primary election, the authority charged with holding the same shall cause to be held a school of instruction for those who will actually conduct the election or primary election at the polling places. The judge of probate shall notify such election officials of the time and place of the holding of such school of instruction, and shall also publish notice at least 48 hours before the same is to be held. (b) No election official shall serve in any election in which an electronic voting machine is used, unless he or she shall have received such instruction within 60 days prior to the election and is fully qualified to perform the duties in connection with the electronic voting machine, and has received a certificate from the authorized instructor to that effect; provided, that this shall not prevent the appointment of an uninstructed person as an election official to fill a vacancy among...
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45-49-111
Section 45-49-111 Instruction of election officials. (a) Not less than five days before an election or primary election, the authority charged with holding the same shall cause to be held a school of instruction in each state Senate district in Mobile County for those who will actually conduct the election or primary election at the polling places. The sheriff shall notify such election officials of the time and place of the holding of such school of instruction, and shall also publish notice at least 48 hours before the same is to be held. (b) No election official shall serve in any election district in which a voting machine is used, unless he or she shall have received such instruction and is fully qualified to perform the duties in connection with the machine, and has received a certificate from the authorized instructor to that effect; provided, that this shall not prevent the appointment of an uninstructed person as an election official to fill a vacancy among the election...
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11-46-36
Section 11-46-36 Preparation, certification, filing, and publication of lists of qualified regular voters. (a) The mayor or other chief executive officer of the city or town shall cause to be made a list of the qualified voters who reside within the corporate limits of such city or town and who are registered to vote regular ballots, dividing the same into separate alphabetical lists of the qualified voters of each ward where such city or town has been divided into wards and all qualified voters thereof vote at one box or voting machine, or dividing such list into separate alphabetical lists of voters authorized to vote at each respective box or voting machine if the list of qualified voters has been divided alphabetically and each alphabetical group assigned a box or machine at which to vote. He or she shall have such lists compared with the official list of electors qualified to vote during the current year on file in the probate office of the county in which the municipality is...
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11-81-55
Section 11-81-55 Conduct of election generally. The governing body of any municipality in which an election is held under this article shall designate the number and location of voting places and shall appoint three managers, two clerks, and one returning officer for each voting place in such municipality to conduct said election, and the mayor or other chief executive shall notify the managers, clerks, and returning officers of their appointment and shall deliver the box and ballots to the managers at the several voting places in the municipality; provided, that if voting machines are to be used at said election, then the election officials therefor shall be appointed and the election shall be conducted as is prescribed in the applicable provisions of Sections 17-9-1 through 17-9-41, inclusive, with amendments thereto or any other laws governing the use of voting machines at elections for such municipality. (Acts 1927, No. 478, p. 534; Code 1940, T. 37, §279; Acts 1953, No. 851, p....
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17-6-6
Section 17-6-6 Adjustment of precinct configuration, boundaries, etc. (a) The county governing body shall have sole authority to change the configuration, boundaries, or designation of an election precinct. Any change so determined shall be adopted by resolution of the county governing body. (b) A county governing body shall only change a precinct by dividing the precinct into two or more precincts except when in order to make it more convenient for voters to vote, or to facilitate the administration of the election process, or to accomplish reapportionment, it becomes necessary to consolidate all or part of a precinct with adjacent precincts, a part or parts may be consolidated. (c) Except as may be provided further by local election laws or by the electronic vote counting statutes, whenever at any general or primary election it is anticipated over 2,400 votes will be cast on an electronic voting machine , the county governing body shall adjust the boundary lines of the election...
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45-48-111.04
Section 45-48-111.04 Representative of candidate authorized to observe conduct of election. Any candidate in an election shall have the right to designate one representative to be present at each polling place, and such representative shall have the right to observe the conduct of the election as a watcher at such polling place as provided by law, but shall also have the right to observe and be present at the opening of each voting machine when the totals of such machines are tabulated by the election officials. Such representative shall be appointed as provided by law. (Acts 1971, No. 1899, p. 3088, § 5.)...
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11-46-54
Section 11-46-54 Designation, etc., of custodians of voting machines and keys; transportation, storage, and protection of machines. (a) The governing body of any municipality procuring voting machines shall designate a person or persons who shall have the custody of the voting machines and the keys therefor when the machines are not in use at an election and shall provide for his compensation and for the safe storage and care of the machines and keys. (b) All voting machines, when not in use, shall be properly boxed or covered and stored in a suitable place or places by said custodian. The same authority that caused the delivery of the voting machines shall be charged with transporting such machines back to the custodian and shall furnish all necessary protection to see that such machines are not molested nor injured from the time such machines leave the place where they are regularly stored until they are turned over to the custody of the officials of a voting district and from the...
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