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45-10-20.02
Section 45-10-20.02 Municipal option election. (a) Upon petition of 25 percent of the number
of voters voting in the last general election of the municipality having a population of not
less than 1,300 inhabitants nor more than 1,500 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 election shall contain the following: "It is petitioned that a municipal option
election be held to determine whether the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages
shall be permitted within this municipality," on the ballot to be used for the municipal
option election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do you favor the legal
sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages within this municipality? Yes...
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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candidates who have properly qualified and have not withdrawn, as provided in subsection (g),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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17-4-2
Section 17-4-2 State voter registration lists. The board of registrars, when registration is
closed before a primary, general, or special election, shall certify to the Secretary of State
any additions, deletions, corrections, or changes to the state voter registration list. Except
as provided in Section 17-4-2.1, after registration has closed and within the 10-day period
before an election, the judge of probate and municipal election officials shall prepare and
print a report from the state voter registration list of the correct alphabetical lists of
the qualified electors registered by precincts, districts, or subdivisions of a precinct where
the precinct has been divided or subdivided, if not within a city or incorporated town, and
by wards and other subdivisions, if within a city or incorporated town, and no others. An
electronic archive in the database for the state voter registration list shall be recorded
simultaneously with the printing of each county's list of qualified...
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11-46-46
Section 11-46-46 Delivery of returns, etc.; retention and destruction of ballot boxes; opening
of ballot boxes. (a) At the time appointed by the municipal governing body to canvass the
returns of the election the municipal clerk shall deliver to the governing body the envelopes
addressed to the governing body, which were delivered to him or her by the returning officers
of the several wards in the city or town immediately after the votes had been counted and
the returns thereof prepared. (b) The clerk shall securely keep the ballot boxes until it
is known that there will be no contest, but in any event not less than six months, and, if
in that time no contest has been properly instituted, the clerk shall then destroy the contents
of the boxes without examining the same. (c) No ballot box shall be opened except in one of
the following events: (1) In the event of a contest, where the opening of a box has been ordered
by the court hearing the contest, in which event the ballot box shall...
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11-46-35
Section 11-46-35 Watchers. (a) Each candidate may name a watcher for every polling place. As
used in this subsection, a polling place shall mean a location for ballot boxes or voting
machines, regardless of the number thereof. (b) The watcher, upon presentation of his or her
appointment in writing and being sworn faithfully to observe the rule of law prescribed for
the conduct of elections, shall be permitted to be present at the place where ballots are
cast from the time the polls are opened until the ballots are counted and certificates of
the result of the election are duly signed by the proper election officers. The function of
the watcher is to observe activities at the polling place. The watcher may not disturb voters,
attempt to influence voters, campaign, or display or wear any campaign material or buttons
while inside any polling place. (c) When paper ballots are used at the election, the watcher
shall be permitted to see the ballots as they are called during the count. (d)...
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17-12-8
Section 17-12-8 Count of votes to be sealed, certified, and delivered to sheriff; public inspection
of results. As soon as the ballots are counted, the inspectors shall ascertain the number
of votes received for each person and for what office and shall make a statement of the same
in writing, which statement shall be signed by them. They shall also certify in writing on
both the clerk's poll list and the voters' poll list, that the poll list is the poll list
of the voting places at which they were inspectors, the day and year on which the election
was held, and for what offices, which certificates shall be signed by them. The clerk's poll
list, as sealed and certified, shall be placed in the records of election containers to be
furnished for each voting place. The record of election containers shall be securely sealed
and delivered by the precinct returning officer to the sheriff as county returning officer.
No later than two hours after the polls are closed, the voting place election...
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17-13-14
Section 17-13-14 Counting of ballots; materials to be sealed; delivery and retention of materials;
posting of certificate of result. (a) No ballot shall be counted until the polls are closed;
and, before counting any ballot or examining the same, the voters' poll list, as provided
in Section 17-9-15, shall be securely sealed in an envelope designated to the appropriate
political party chair and the inspector shall write his or her name across every fold at which
the envelope, if fastened, could be opened. After the counting of the votes is finished and
certificates of the result have been prepared and signed, the inspector shall seal in a separate
voted ballots container all the ballots cast at such election. The following items shall be
placed into a records of election container, which shall then be securely sealed: (1) One
certificate of the results. (2) The spoiled ballot envelope. (3) Clerk's poll list. (4) All
partial ballot pads. (5) Stubs of ballot pads. The inspector shall...
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45-22-110
Section 45-22-110 Compensation of election officials. (a) In Cullman County, election officials
who work at polling places shall receive an additional expense allowance in an amount as will,
together with any amount paid by the state pursuant to Section 17-6-13, make the total amount
paid to each inspector sixty-five dollars ($65) for each day the inspector works at the polls
and make the total amount paid to each clerk fifty-five dollars ($55) for each day the clerk
works at the polls. The additional expense allowance provided for in this section shall be
paid from the county general fund. (b) Election officials who work at polling places shall
receive an expense allowance of ten dollars ($10) per day while they attend courses on the
operation of voting machines. (Act 93-377, p. 652, ยงยง1,2.)...
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17-11-47
Section 17-11-47 Instructions. The committee and the Secretary of State may draft instructions
to be included when an absentee ballot is sent to an overseas voter, including, but not limited
to, the following instructions: "(1) To ensure that your absentee ballot is counted,
it should be completed and returned to the absentee election manager of the county of registration
as soon as possible, and not later than 12:00 noon on the day of the election. "(2) The
ballot should be marked in secret. "(3) Only the number of candidates or issue choices
indicated on the ballot should be marked. If the ballot instructs a voter to "vote for
one" candidate, and you vote for more than one candidate, your vote in that race will
not be counted. "(4) For your ballot to be counted, you must also complete an overseas
voter certificate, which includes your signature. Failure to include your signature will result
in your ballot not being counted. "(5) An overseas voted absentee ballot may be returned
to...
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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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