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17-12-12
Section 17-12-12 Returns of election - Sealing, delivery, and disposition of records. After
completing and signing the certificate of result, the election officials shall seal the ballots,
certificates, and other records as follows: (1) Where precinct ballot counters are used: a.
The list of registered voters shall be delivered to the judge of probate for transmittal to
the board of registrars for use by the board of registrars in updating their records. b. The
ballot accounting certificate and the first copy of the certificates of result shall be placed
in an envelope addressed to the judge of probate who shall keep them for public inspection
or election contest, or both. c. All voted ballots shall be placed in a voted ballot box and
sealed. All spoiled ballots, unused ballots, and ballot stubs, one copy of the certificate
of results, and the clerk's poll list (already sealed in a separate envelope) shall be placed
in the records of election container which shall be sealed and signed...
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17-2-4
Section 17-2-4 Voting system requirements; vote standards; uniform polling system; purchase
of equipment. (a) On or before January 1, 2005, each voting system used in an election shall
meet the following requirements: (1) The voting system shall: a. Permit the voter to verify,
in a private and independent manner, the votes selected by the voter on the ballot before
the ballot is cast and counted. b. Provide the voter with the opportunity, in a private and
independent manner, to change the ballot or correct any error before the ballot is cast and
counted, including the opportunity to correct the error through the issuance of a replacement
ballot if the voter was otherwise unable to change the ballot or correct any error. c. If
the voter selects votes for more than one candidate for a single office: 1. Notify the voter
that the voter has selected more than one candidate for a single office on the ballot. 2.
Notify the voter before the ballot is cast and counted of the effect of casting...
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17-6-5
Section 17-6-5 List of voters for each voting place. The judge of probate shall prepare a separate,
correct alphabetical list of all the names of qualified electors or voters for each voting
place from the state voter registration list, pursuant to Sections 17-4-1 and 17-4-2, for
all elections hereafter held in this state, whether primary, general, or special, or federal,
state, district, or county, and, except for municipal elections, shall certify separately
for each voting place, to the election officials appointed for holding the election, which
election official shall be an elector qualified to vote only in the box at the place for which
he or she is chosen to serve, a list containing only the names of the voters or qualified
electors entitled to vote at the voting place. Nothing in this section shall prevent a series
of lists of names of voters or electors of other voting places from being certified by the
judge of probate on the same general list for information. A vote cast at...
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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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11-81-55
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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17-16-1
Section 17-16-1 Preservation of voted ballot containers and records of election containers;
electronic voting specialists. (a) The voted ballot containers and records of election containers
shall remain sealed for the time provided by law for the filing of contests and then shall
have the seal broken only on the order of that body which, under the general provisions of
law, now has charge of and control over voted ballot containers and records of election containers
in that county, municipality, or other political subdivision. If, in the opinion of such body,
a contest has developed or is likely to develop, the containers shall remain sealed until
such time as ordered opened by the court hearing the contest, or until a final determination
of the contest. On the order of any court of competent jurisdiction or on the order of any
legislative body or governing body having jurisdiction over such election, the seal may be
broken for the purpose of proper investigation and when such...
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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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28-2-1
Section 28-2-1 Procedure for elections to determine classification of counties as wet or dry
counties; laws applicable in dry counties. (a) In every county where a majority of the electors
voting in an election, called by the Governor to determine whether Chapter 3 of this title
shall be adopted in the county, vote "Yes," Chapter 3 and all of its provisions
shall be immediately put into operation in such county, but in every county where a majority
of the electors voting in the election vote "No," Chapter 3 shall not go into effect
in such county and all laws prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors or beverages
now in force and effect in Alabama shall remain in full force and effect in every such county.
For the purpose of this chapter the term "wet county" shall mean any county which
by a majority of those voting voted in the affirmative in the election provided for in this
section, and "dry counties" shall be construed to mean all counties which by a majority
of...
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45-31-110.03
Section 45-31-110.03 Voting lists. (a) The voting list of any territory which is furnished
the election officers serving at the voting center designated for such territory shall contain
the names of all qualified electors of the territory on a single roll; however, when the roll
contains more than 2,400 names the list of qualified electors or roll shall be divided into
alphabetical sections of not more than 2,400 names per section. Except as herein otherwise
provided, the laws applicable to the preparation, distribution, publication, and checking
of qualified lists shall apply to the poll list of a territory for which a voting center has
been established by the county governing body pursuant to authority hereby conferred. (b)
No elector shall vote at any voting center other than the voting center of the territory of
which he or she is a qualified elector, but any elector eligible to vote at a voting center
may vote on any voting machine maintained at such voting center, upon...
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45-48-111
Section 45-48-111 Voting machines provided for elections. The county governing body shall provide
voting machines for all elections, and shall determine the number of voting machines deemed
necessary to serve adequately the voters at an election, taking into consideration the nature
or character of the election; provided, however, that at each election there shall be maintained
at each voting place at least one voting machine for each six hundred registered electors,
or fraction thereof, residing in the territory served by the voting place designated for the
voting place. Except as otherwise provided, in Section 110, Title 17, Code of Alabama 1940,
as amended, paper ballots shall not be used in elections at any voting place. (Acts 1971,
No. 1899, p. 3088, § 1.)...
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