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11-46-67
Section 11-46-67 Offenses of electors. (a) Any elector who takes or removes or attempts to
take or remove any ballot from the polling place at a municipal election before the close
of the polls or who remains longer than the time allowed by law in the booth or compartment
after being notified his or her time has expired must, on conviction, be fined not less than
ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). (b) Any person who willfully makes
to the inspectors of a municipal election a false declaration asserting an inability to prepare
his or her ballot without assistance must, on conviction, be fined not less than fifty dollars
($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). (c) Any qualified elector at any municipal
election who takes or receives any money or other valuable thing upon the condition that the
same shall be paid at any future time in exchange for the vote of such elector for any particular
candidate or the promise to vote for any particular candidate...
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11-81-201
Section 11-81-201 Election as to proposed undertaking. Whenever any county or municipal corporation
through its governing body shall vote to take advantage of the authority granted in this article,
as a condition to the exercise of such authority it shall call an election, at which election
the question of whether or not such county or municipality will enter upon the undertaking
proposed by the governing body of the county or municipal corporation will be voted upon.
If the majority of the voters shall vote in the affirmative, then the county or municipal
governing body shall proceed with the proposed undertaking in conformity with the provisions
of this article and the law of the state pertinent thereto; otherwise, it shall not. Such
election shall be ordered, held, canvassed and may be contested in the same manner as is or
may be hereafter provided by the law applicable to the authorization of municipal or county
bonds. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 100; Code 1940, T. 37,...
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17-11-10
Section 17-11-10 Procedure upon receipt of ballot by absentee election manager; counting of
ballots. (a) Upon receipt of the absentee ballot, the absentee election manager shall record
its receipt thereof on the absentee list as provided in Section 17-11-5 and shall safely keep
the ballot without breaking the seal of the affidavit envelope. (b) For absentee ballots received
by noon on the day of the election, the absentee election manager shall, beginning at noon,
deliver the sealed affidavit envelopes containing absentee ballots to the election officials
provided for in Section 17-11-11. The election officials shall then call the name of each
voter casting an absentee ballot with poll watchers present as may be provided under the laws
of Alabama and shall examine each affidavit envelope to determine if the signature of the
voter has been appropriately witnessed. If the witnessing of the signature and the information
in the affidavit establish that the voter is entitled to vote by...
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17-11-47
Section 17-11-47 Instructions. The committee and the Secretary of State may draft instructions
to be included when an absentee ballot is sent to an overseas voter, including, but not limited
to, the following instructions: "(1) To ensure that your absentee ballot is counted,
it should be completed and returned to the absentee election manager of the county of registration
as soon as possible, and not later than 12:00 noon on the day of the election. "(2) The
ballot should be marked in secret. "(3) Only the number of candidates or issue choices
indicated on the ballot should be marked. If the ballot instructs a voter to "vote for
one" candidate, and you vote for more than one candidate, your vote in that race will
not be counted. "(4) For your ballot to be counted, you must also complete an overseas
voter certificate, which includes your signature. Failure to include your signature will result
in your ballot not being counted. "(5) An overseas voted absentee ballot may be returned
to...
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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, ยง3.)...
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45-8A-23.052
Section 45-8A-23.052 Ballot. At every such election, all such ballots to be used by voters
shall be printed or prepared by the election commission or other body having charge of the
conduct of municipal elections in the city, and shall contain the names of all candidates
for the at large position on the council directly under the words "For the at large position
on the council," and the names of all candidates from each ward directly under the words
"For members of the council from the ___ ward." No name shall appear upon the ballot
as a candidate for election except the names of such persons as have become candidates according
to provisions as above set forth; no ballot shall be used at any such election except the
official ballot prepared by the election commission or other body having charge of the conduct
of municipal elections in the city, except that the names of candidates may be suitably placed
on voting machines if such machines are used to conduct such election. (Acts...
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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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11-46-30
Section 11-46-30 Schools for instruction of election officials in use of voting machines; qualifications
and certification of election officials. (a) When voting machines are to be used in any municipal
election, the municipal governing body shall provide for holding a school or schools of instruction
for those who will actually conduct the election. The municipal clerk shall notify those persons
who have been appointed election officials of the time and place of the holding of such school
of instruction and shall also publish notice thereof at least 48 hours before the same is
to be held. (b) No election official shall serve in any election district in which a voting
machine is used, unless he has received such instruction, is fully qualified to perform the
duties in connection with the machine and has received a certificate to that effect from the
authorized instructor; provided, that this requirement shall not prevent the appointment of
an uninstructed person as an election official...
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11-46-33
Section 11-46-33 Duties of clerk as to voting machines. (a) Whenever voting machines are to
be used in any municipal election the municipal clerk shall: (1) Cause the proper ballot labels
to be placed on the voting machines; (2) Cause the machines to be placed in proper working
order for voting; (3) Examine all voting machines in the presence of authorized watchers for
any interested persons before they are sent out to the polling places; (4) See that all the
registering counters are set at zero; (5) Lock, in the presence of authorized watchers, all
voting machines so that the counting machinery cannot be operated; and (6) Seal each one with
a numbered seal, a list of which numbered seals and the number on the protective counters,
together with the number of the voting place to which it was sent shall be kept as a permanent
record in such clerk's office, open to any citizen. (b) The inspection and sealing of voting
machines shall begin not later than 9:00 A.M., of the Monday before any...
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17-11-9
Section 17-11-9 Materials furnished with ballot; delivery of ballot to absentee election manager.
Each prospective absentee voter who meets the requirements of this chapter shall be furnished
with the absentee ballot herein provided for, together with two envelopes for returning his
or her marked ballot and instructions for completing and returning the absentee ballot as
well as instructions for correcting mistakes in completing ballots or obtaining a replacement
ballot. One envelope shall be a plain envelope in which the ballot shall be sealed by the
voter after he or she has marked it. The second envelope shall have the voter's affidavit
printed on the back and shall be large enough to seal the plain ballot envelope inside. The
second envelope shall also be a return mail envelope. Such return mail envelope shall be addressed
on the front to the absentee election manager and shall be endorsed on the left-hand upper
corner thereof as follows: "Absent Voter's Ballot. State, County,...
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