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17-8-6
Section 17-8-6 Failure of election officials to attend. On the failure of any precinct election
official to attend at the hour of 7:00 A.M., such precinct election officials as may be present
may complete the number. If the inspector appointed is not present, the other precinct election
officials present shall choose one of their number to serve as inspector and shall appoint
from the qualified electors, who are entitled by law to vote at that polling place at the
election then to be held, such clerks as may be necessary to complete the requisite number
of precinct election officials. If there should be no precinct election officials present
at the polling place by the hour of 7:00 A.M., then any four qualified electors who are entitled
by law to vote at that polling place at the election then to be held may open the polls and
act as precinct election officials for the voting place during the absence of an appointed
precinct election official. (Code 1876, §262; Code 1886, §355; Code...
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45-19A-10
Section 45-19A-10 Regulation of sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. (a) This section shall
apply only to the City of Goodwater in Coosa County. (b)(1) The voters of the City of Goodwater
may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages within the municipality on Sunday by an election
pursuant to this section, in the following manner: The governing body of the City of Goodwater,
by resolution, may call an election for the municipality to determine the sentiment of the
voters of the municipality residing within the corporate limits, as to whether or not alcoholic
beverages can be legally sold or distributed on Sunday within the municipality. (2) On the
ballot to be used for such election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do
you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages within this municipality,
on Sunday between 1:00 P.M. and 9:30 P.M. and on those Sundays on which occurs New Year's
Eve (December 31), after 1:00 P.M.? Yes ___ No ___." (3) The election...
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45-19A-30
Section 45-19A-30 Regulation of sale of alcoholic beverages on Sunday. (a) The voters of the
Town of Kellyton in Coosa County may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages within the
municipality on Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the following manner: The
governing body of the Town of Kellyton, by resolution, may call an election for the municipality
to determine the sentiment of the voters of the municipality residing within the corporate
limits, as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed on Sunday
within the municipality. (b) On the ballot to be used for such election, the question shall
be in the following form: "Do you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic
beverages within this municipality on Sunday after 1:00 P.M.? Yes ___ No ___." (c) The
election shall be held and the officers appointed to hold the election in the manner provided
by law for holding other municipal elections, and the returns thereof tabulated and...
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11-42-152
Section 11-42-152 Calling of election; conduct of election generally; notice of election. (a)
The governing bodies shall within 10 days thereafter call an election at which the qualified
electors residing in the municipalities may vote at their usual voting places for or against
consolidation, and the voters residing in the territory outside the limits of either of the
municipalities shall also be permitted to vote at the voting place in either municipality
nearest to their place of residence. (b) The governing bodies of each municipality shall name
the election officers in their respective municipalities, and said election shall be governed,
the returns canvassed and the results declared as provided by law for other municipal elections.
(c) Such election shall be held in each of such municipalities on the same day and must be
advertised in each of the newspapers published in the county in which such municipalities
are situated once a week for four successive weeks, and said...
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11-43-63
Section 11-43-63 Division of municipality into single-member districts. Any city or town council
of this state not currently electing its members from single-member districts pursuant to
state law may, not less than six months prior to the regular general municipal election, by
ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality
into single-member districts (wards) of not less than five nor more than seven districts (wards).
Provided, however, that the number of districts (wards) in any Class 1, 2, or 3 municipality
may not exceed nine districts (wards). Such ordinance shall be considered only after two weeks
public notice has been given, outlining generally the voting districts under consideration.
The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council, where
the council has been divided into districts, shall reside within the boundaries of said district
(ward) for which he or she seeks election, and shall continue to...
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11-46-34
Section 11-46-34 Voting booths. For all elections at which paper ballots will be used, the
chief executive officer of the municipality at the expense of the municipality shall provide
at each polling place in all municipalities having a population of over 3,000 inhabitants
a room or covered enclosure and in such room or covered enclosure shall provide booths or
compartments, one booth or compartment for each 100 or fraction thereof over 50 electors registered
in the ward or wards in such municipality for that election, and shall furnish each booth
or compartment with a shelf or table for the convenience of the electors in the preparation
of their ballots. Each booth or compartment shall be so arranged that it will be impossible
for one elector at a shelf or table in one compartment to see an elector at a shelf or table
in another compartment in the act of marking his ballot. Each voting shelf or table shall
be kept supplied with conveniences for marking the ballots. In voting places in...
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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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17-11-12
Section 17-11-12 Delivery of ballots, envelopes, etc. to absentee election manager. Not less
than 55 days prior to the holding of any election, except a municipal election, to which this
chapter pertains, or in the case of a runoff primary election, not more than 14 days after
the first primary election, the officer charged with the printing and distribution of the
official ballots and election supplies shall deliver to the absentee election manager of each
county in which the election is held or to the person designated to serve in his or her place
a sufficient number of absentee ballots, envelopes, and other necessary supplies. Not more
than seven days after the last day to qualify as a candidate in a municipal election, or in
the case of a runoff municipal election, not more than 14 days after the first election, or
in the case of a municipal election held for a purpose other than the election of municipal
officers, not more than seven days after the giving of notice of the...
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11-43-64
Section 11-43-64 Procedural requirements for increasing number of single-member districts in
Class 3 municipalities. Notwithstanding other provision of law, including but not limited
to Section 11-43-63, a Class 3 municipality may, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the
membership of the council 90 days prior to the regular general municipal election, increase
the number of single-member districts (wards) in the municipality up to and including nine
members. The ordinance may only be considered after two weeks public notice has been given,
outlining generally the voting districts under consideration. The ordinance shall provide
that candidates for election for a place on the council, where the council has been divided
into districts, shall have resided within the boundaries of the district (ward) for which
he or she seeks election for at least 30 days immediately preceding the date of the election,
and shall continue to reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or...
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11-46-23
Section 11-46-23 Authority and procedure for adjustment of boundary lines of wards, division
of wards into voting districts, etc. The boundaries of wards within municipalities which have
been divided into wards as now defined shall so remain until changed by ordinance. Hereafter
the municipal governing body may, in its discretion, readjust the boundary lines of wards
and may divide or consolidate any number of wards and resubdivide the same into voting districts;
provided, that no such adjustment shall be made within three months of any election unless
such adjustment is made during calendar year 1984 for the purpose of complying with the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 as amended. Whenever the municipal governing body readjusts any ward lines
or divides a ward into voting districts, the ordinance whereby the ward is established or
subdivided into voting districts shall describe the territory composing the ward, and when
the ward has been subdivided, the territory composing each district...
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