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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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11-43B-16
Section 11-43B-16 Redistricting of boundaries after publication of census or change in corporate
limits. After the publication of a federal census of population or a substantial change in
the corporate limits, if any council district contains a population which is 10 percent more
or less than the total population of the city divided by the number of council districts,
then the council shall redistrict the boundaries in the following manner: (1) Within six months
after the publication of such a census or after such a change in the corporate limits, the
mayor shall file with the council a report recommending a plan for redistricting of the boundaries
in accordance with the following standards: a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous
and, to the extent reasonably possible, compact territory, and its boundary lines shall be
the center lines of streets or other well-defined boundaries; b. Each district shall contain
as nearly as possible the same population, but shall not vary by...
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11-42-100.1
Section 11-42-100.1 Mode of consolidation - When municipality to annex city or town. (a) When
two or more municipalities lying contiguous to each other desire to consolidate and operate
as one municipality, they may do so by proceeding in the manner hereafter provided in this
section. (b) If it is the purpose to annex a city or town to another municipality, then the
governing body of each city or town shall adopt an ordinance expressing a willingness to such
annexation. After both ordinances are passed and published as provided for by law, the governing
body of the municipality to be annexed shall, by resolution submit the question of annexation
at a special election to be held at a time specified in such resolution, not less than 40
days nor more than 90 days after passage of the last adopted willingness ordinance or at a
time otherwise specified by law. No other proposition may be on the ballot. Said election
shall be held pursuant to the general municipal election laws. (c) In...
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11-44B-10
Section 11-44B-10 Initial territorial limits; reapportionment of council districts; recommended
plan for reapportionment; redistricting ordinance. (a) The initial territorial limits of any
municipality which adopts the mayor-council form of government as provided by this chapter
shall be the same as under its former organization. (b) If following a federal census of population
or an alteration of the corporate limits, any council district shall contain a population
of 10 percent more or less than the total population of the city divided by seven, then there
shall be a reapportionment of the council districts in the manner hereinafter provided. (1)
The mayor shall, within six months after the publication of such federal census of population
for the municipality or within six months after there shall have been such substantial change
in the corporate limits of the municipality, file with the council a report containing a recommended
plan for reapportionment of the council district...
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11-44E-121
Section 11-44E-121 Reapportionment. Whenever there shall be a change in population in any of
the districts heretofore established, evidenced by a federal decennial census of population
published following the last federal census of population preceding the adoption of this chapter,
there shall be a reapportionment of the commission districts in the manner hereinafter provided:
(1) The mayor and commissioners shall within six months after the publication of each federal
census of population for the city, following the last federal decennial census of population
preceding the adoption of this chapter, or if within six months after there shall have been
any change in the corporate limits of the city, file with the commission a report containing
a recommended plan for reapportionment of the commission district boundaries to comply with
the following specifications: a. Each district shall be formed of contiguous, and to the extent
reasonably possible, compact territory, and its boundary...
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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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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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11-43-2
Section 11-43-2 Election of mayors and aldermen; exercise of legislative functions; salary
of aldermen. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), in all cities and towns at the general
election to be held on the fourth Tuesday in August, 1984, and quadrennially thereafter, there
shall be elected a mayor, who, in cities having a population of 12,000 or more according to
the last or any subsequent federal census, shall not sit with the council nor have a vote
in its proceedings, and he or she shall have the power and duties conferred in this chapter.
(b) In all cities and towns having a population of less than 12,000 inhabitants according
to the last or any subsequent federal census, the legislative functions shall be exercised
by the mayor and five aldermen. The mayor shall preside over all deliberations of the council.
At his or her discretion he or she may vote as a member of the council on any question coming
to a vote, except in case of a tie, in which event he or she must vote....
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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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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used in
this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus which automatically
examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and tabulates the results.
(2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which conforms in layout and
format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card" shall mean a tabulating
card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label" shall mean the cards, papers,
booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of offices and candidates and statements
of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot"
shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting center" shall mean one or
more locations selected and designated by the county commission or the municipal governing
body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots in the election. (7) "Electronic...
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