11-46-32
Section 11-46-32 Election supplies. (a) The mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality shall at the expense of the municipality procure and superintend and insure the delivery to the election officers at each polling place within the corporate limits of the municipality of the necessary election supplies and shall also procure and deliver or cause to be delivered to the municipal clerk a sufficient number of the absentee ballots and the envelopes therefor prescribed by general laws and other supplies needed for the handling of absentee ballots in such election in the manner prescribed by general law. In the event the municipal clerk is a candidate in the election, he or she shall immediately upon receipt of the absentee ballots and other supplies deliver the same to the person appointed pursuant to Section 11-46-55 to act in his or her stead. (b) When paper ballots are used, such supplies shall consist of: At least 100 ballots for each 50 registered electors at each...
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17-13-9
Section 17-13-9 Duty of judge of probate to furnish and deliver election supplies. The judge of probate of each county is hereby required to furnish to the officers of the primary election a copy of the official list of voters of each voting place in the county, of the same kind and in the same manner as the judge of probate is required by law to furnish such list to the officers at any general state election. The judge of probate shall also furnish all necessary election supplies. The judge of probate shall deliver such election supplies and lists to the sheriff of the county not less than three days before the day of the election, and it shall be the duty of the sheriff to deliver the same, together with ballot boxes, to the officers of the election, at the place provided by law for holding the election, and not later than one hour before the polls are scheduled to open on election day. (Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §20; §17-16-22; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331,...
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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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17-1-2
Section 17-1-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this title, the following terms shall have the definitions ascribed to them: (1) APPOINTING BOARD. In all elections the appointing board consists of the judge of probate, circuit clerk, and sheriff of the county. (2) BALLOT. The term includes paper ballots and electronic ballots. (3) BALLOT CONFIGURATION. The particular combination and arrangement of offices, candidates, and questions for a precinct or subdivision thereof. (4) BEAT. Has the same meaning as precinct. (5) BOX. The voting place in a precinct or subdivision of a precinct for voting purposes. (6) CANVASSING BOARD. In all elections except primary elections, the canvassing board consists of the judge of probate, circuit clerk, and sheriff of the county. In primary elections, the county executive committee of the party is the canvassing board for the primary of the party. (7) CENSUS BUREAU. The Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce, or any successor...
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17-17-28
Section 17-17-28 Failure to require proper identification; voting at multiple or unauthorized locations; liability of officials. Any polling official who knowingly fails to require proper identification to verify the name of the prospective voter on the list of qualified voters at the polling place in violation of this section, or who knowingly allows a person to vote who he or she knows is not the person he or she claims to be shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor for each violation. Any person who knowingly presents false identification in order to vote at a polling place where he or she otherwise would not be qualified to vote, or who knowingly votes at a polling place where he or she has not been authorized to vote, or who knowingly votes at more than one polling place in the same election on the same day shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. Any election or polling official acting in the good faith exercise of his or her duties pursuant to...
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11-46-24
Section 11-46-24 Designating and equipping voting places; election officials; canvass returns. (a) The municipal governing body may, when it orders an election, designate at least one place of voting in each ward and if the ward has been divided into voting districts then at least one place of voting in each district or the municipal governing body may establish and designate one central place (location) within the municipality as the place of voting for all wards. The number of voting boxes or voting machines as prescribed, shall be placed in a central place of voting for use by the electors. The municipal governing body shall provide at least one machine or at least one box for the voters of each ward, provided that this requirement shall not apply to any municipality which uses electronic vote counters or tabulators or other devices that are regulated by the Alabama Electronic Voting Committee established in Chapter 24 of Title 17 that are capable of counting the ballots from all...
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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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17-11-5
Section 17-11-5 Delivery of absentee ballots; maintenance of voter lists. (a) Upon receipt of an application for an absentee ballot as provided in Section 17-11-3, if the applicant's name appears on the list of qualified voters produced from the state voter registration list in the election to be held, or if the applicant qualifies for a provisional absentee ballot, the absentee election manager shall furnish the absentee ballot to the applicant by: (1) Forwarding it by United States mail to the applicant's or voter's residence address or, upon written request of the voter, to the address where the voter regularly receives mail; or (2) by handing the absentee ballot to the applicant in person or, in the case of emergency voting when the applicant requires medical treatment, his or her designee in person. If the absentee election manager has reasonable cause to believe that the applicant has given a fraudulent address on the application for the absentee ballot, the absentee election...
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17-11-7
Section 17-11-7 Form of affidavit to be printed on envelope - General, special, or municipal elections. (a) Each absentee ballot shall be accompanied by an envelope upon which shall be printed an affidavit. (b) With respect to an absentee ballot cast pursuant to Section 17-11-3, the affidavit shall read as follows: "State of Alabama County of ___ I, the undersigned, do swear (or affirm) that: My place of residence in Alabama is: ___ (street) ___, Alabama ___ (city or town) (zip code) My date of birth is: ___ month day year I am entitled to vote an absentee ballot because: Check at least one: ___ I expect to be out of the county or the state on election day. ___ I am physically incapacitated and will not be able to vote in person on election day. ___ I expect to work a required workplace shift which has at least 10 hours which coincide with the polling hours at my regular polling place. ___ I am a student at an educational institution...
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17-6-46
Section 17-6-46 Instructional posters. (a) The judge of probate shall cause to be printed in large type posters of instructions for the guidance of electors in preparing their ballots. Instructional information shall not show partiality to any political party or candidate. The information shall include: (1) A sample version of the ballot that will be used for that election. (2) Information regarding the date of the election and the hours during which polling places will be open. (3) Instructions on how to vote, including how to cast a vote and how to cast a provisional ballot. (4) Instructions for mail-in registrants and first-time voters registering and voting for the first time after January 1, 2003. (5) General information on voting rights under applicable federal and state laws, including information on the right of an individual to cast a provisional ballot and instructions on how to contact the appropriate officials if these rights are alleged to have been violated. (6) General...
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