11-42-209
Section 11-42-209 Contests of election. The result of such election may be contested by any
qualified elector voting at the election in the manner provided for contest of general municipal
elections, making the city or town the contestee. (Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394; Code 1923,
§2423; Code 1940, T. 37, §247.)...
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11-46-55.1
Section 11-46-55.1 Recount procedures. (a) Any person with standing to contest a municipal
election may petition the canvassing authority for a recount of any or all precinct returns.
The time period for requesting a recount ends 48 hours after the official canvass of returns
by the municipal governing body. The petitioner must be prepared to pay the cost of the recount
and must be required to give security to cover these costs in an amount as determined by the
municipal governing body based upon an estimate of actual costs. The recount must be conducted
under the supervision of a trained and certified poll official. Representatives of opposing
interests shall be given at least 24 hours' notice and shall be invited to participate in
the recount. (b) The recount shall be conducted as simply as the type of equipment and local
conditions permit provided that the following minimum safeguards shall be observed: (1) The
box or envelope holding the ballots shall be delivered unopened to the...
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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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11-46-24.1
Section 11-46-24.1 Designation of voting places in Class 8 municipalities by combination of
districts and wards. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 11-46-24,
the municipal governing body of a Class 8 municipality, for the purpose of designating voting
places in a municipal election, may provide by ordinance for the combination of any district
in a ward with any other district in the ward, and may provide for the combination of any
ward with one or more wards. Voting places shall be designated by the municipal governing
body when it orders an election in the same manner as provided in Chapter 46. (Act 2004-361,
p. 590, §1.)...
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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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35-4-412
Section 35-4-412 Referendum election. The county or municipal governing body shall provide
for a referendum election to be held on the proposal made in the resolution or ordinance,
and the resolution or ordinance shall be effective only in the event the proposal is approved
by a majority of the qualified electors of the county, city, town or other subdivision affected
thereby voting in such referendum election. (Acts 1956, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 103, p. 425, §3.)...

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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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17-10-3
Section 17-10-3 Voting in precinct, etc., where elector's name does not appear on official
list. It shall be unlawful for any elector to cast his or her ballot during any general election,
primary election, municipal election or special election in any precinct, any district, any
ward, or any other subdivision where his or her name does not duly appear upon the official
list of the precinct, district, ward, or subdivision. All ballots cast in any election contrary
to this section are hereby declared illegal and, upon a contest duly instituted, the ballots
shall be excluded in determining the final result of any election; provided, that nothing
in this section shall prevent any qualified elector residing in the precinct, ward, or voting
district from voting after presenting a proper certificate from the board of registrars, or
from voting a provisional ballot or a provisional ballot in municipal elections when his or
her name does not duly appear upon the official list of the precinct,...
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17-16-21
Section 17-16-21 Recount procedures. (a) Any person with standing to contest the election under
Sections 17-16-40 and 17-16-47 may petition the canvassing authority for a recount of any
or all precinct returns. The time period for requesting a recount begins with the production
of the certificate of result and ends 48 hours after the official canvass of county returns.
The canvassing authority is the canvassing board in general elections and the county executive
committee in a party primary. The petitioner must be prepared to pay the cost of the recount
and shall give security to cover these costs. The canvassing authority shall set the amount
of the security based upon an estimate of actual costs. The costs shall be kept to a minimum
by using county personnel or volunteer workers whenever possible. However, the recount must
be conducted under the supervision of a trained and certified precinct election official.
Representatives of opposing interests shall be given at least 24 hours'...
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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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