45-37A-40
Section 45-37A-40 Board of education. (a) Beginning with the municipal elections in
2002, a school board for the City of Bessemer, Alabama, is established and shall be elected
in 2002, and every four years thereafter. The board shall be called the Bessemer City Board
of Education. The board shall be composed of seven members, with one member being elected
from each of the districts from which the Bessemer City Council are elected, by a majority
of the qualified electors voting who reside in the respective districts. (b) Candidates for
each place on the board of education shall be at least 21 years of age, residents of the district
which they seek to represent on the board for at least 90 consecutive days immediately preceding
the deadline date for qualifying as a candidate, and shall not have a record of conviction
for a felony or any other crime involving moral turpitude. Each candidate shall pay a qualifying
fee in an amount prescribed by the Bessemer City Council. (c)(1) The...
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45-5A-70
Section 45-5A-70 Election of board of education; referendum. (a)(1) Pursuant to Amendment
659 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and as soon as practicable after final approval
of this section by the United States Department of Justice, if necessary, the Oneonta
City Council shall call an authorizing referendum election, to be held at the time of the
next general election held in the city on November 7, 2000, regarding changing the Oneonta
City Board of Education to an elected city board of education. (2) If a majority of the qualified
electors of the municipality voting in the authorizing referendum election vote in favor of
an elected city board of education, the board shall be established as provided in this section
and the Legislature, as provided in Amendment 659, from time to time, by local law may provide
further for the election and operation of the Oneonta City Board of Education. The local laws
may provide for the termination of the terms of office of members of the...
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11-44B-46
Section 11-44B-46 Establishment of personnel board; composition; terms; meetings; compensation;
records. (a) Upon election by ordinance of a city to participate in the personnel system provided
for in this article, there shall be established a personnel board composed of five members
designated, respectively, as place number 1, place number 2, place number 3, place number
4, and place number 5. Each member shall be of recognized good character and ability and a
resident and qualified elector of the city. No person shall be eligible for membership on
the board who holds any civil office of profit under the city, county, or state. No board
member shall be a member of any local committee of a political party, or an official of a
local partisan political club, or a candidate for nomination or election to any public office,
nor shall he or she take any part in the management or affairs of any local political party
or in any city political campaign, except to exercise his or her right as a...
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11-44D-4
Section 11-44D-4 Mayor-council form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors
voting in the referendum provided herein choose a mayor-council form of government, the following
provisions of this chapter shall be applicable: (1) The municipality shall thereafter and
as provided in this chapter be governed by a mayor elected at-large and a five-member council
elected from single-member districts, which municipality shall have the same powers and duties
as herein enumerated and as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Chapter 43,
Title 11, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may be
now or hereafter granted to such municipality. (2) The council shall include five members
who shall be elected from districts, which shall be, as near as practicable, of equal population
according to the last federal decennial census, but not more than five percent, more or less,
than the average of the five districts. (3) The council members shall...
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45-5-141.20
Section 45-5-141.20 Powers and duties; annual dues; board of trustees; referendum election.
(a) This section shall apply only in Blount County. (b) A district for the delivery
of fire and emergency medical services may be formed in any unincorporated area of the county
pursuant to this section subject to the approval of a majority of the qualified electors
who vote at a referendum election for that purpose in the proposed district and for the approval
of the mandatory annual dues of the district. (c) In order to call for a referendum election
for the formation of a district, a petition signed by not less than 20 percent of the registered
voters who reside in the proposed district shall be presented to the county commission and
the Judge of Probate of Blount County. The petition shall contain an accurate legal description
of the proposed area and shall state the name of the proposed district. The petition for the
establishment of a district shall be accompanied by a request for the...
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11-50A-6
Section 11-50A-6 Board of directors; election committee; meetings; officers; compensation;
recordkeeping. (a) The board of directors of the authority shall be elected by the duly designated
representatives of the municipalities which are authorized and directed to designate a member
of the election committee as hereinafter provided in this section. Until the first
meeting of the board of directors following the meeting in 2015 of the election committee
hereinafter provided for, the board of directors shall consist of nine members; thereafter,
the board shall consist of the number of members equal to the number of municipalities contracting
with the authority for the purchase of electric power and energy pursuant to Section
11-50A-17, which are authorized and directed to designate a member of the election committee.
Members of the board of directors shall be eligible to succeed themselves. The business, affairs,
and property of the authority shall be managed by its board of directors....
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11-44C-8
Section 11-44C-8 Mayor - Majority vote requirements; run-off election. The candidate
for mayor receiving the largest number of votes for the office shall be elected thereto, provided
such candidate receives a majority of all votes cast for such office. If at the first election
no candidate received a majority of the votes cast for the office, then another election shall
be held upon the same day of the week three weeks thereafter to be called and held in the
same mode and manner and under the same rules and regulations. In the second election there
shall be two candidates for the office of mayor; and these candidates shall be the two who
received the highest number of votes for said office at the first election. (Acts 1985, No.
85-229, p. 96, §8.)...
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17-13-20
Section 17-13-20 Determination of majority of votes cast. If a nominee for a single
office is to be selected, with more than one candidate, then the majority of votes cast for
the office in such election shall be ascertained by dividing the total votes cast for all
candidates for the office by two, and any number of votes in excess of one half of such total
votes cast for all candidates for such office shall be a majority within the meaning of this
section. If nominees for two or more offices, constituting a group, are to be selected
and there are more candidates for nomination than there are such offices, then the majority
of votes cast for the office in such election shall be ascertained by dividing the total votes
cast for all such candidates by the number of positions to be filled, and then dividing the
result by two. Any number of votes in excess of the number ascertained by such last division
shall be the majority herein provided for necessary for nomination. If, in ascertaining...

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17-13-18
Section 17-13-18 Candidate with majority of votes declared nominee of party; second
primary election; certification of results. (a) At the respective meetings of the respective
executive committees, the county executive committee, as to candidates in the primary election
for office, except candidates for county office, shall publicly ascertain, determine, and
declare whether any candidate for office in the primary election has received a majority of
the votes cast for the office, and, if so, declare the candidate the nominee of the party
for the office for which he or she was a candidate and for which he or she received a majority
of the votes cast for that office in the primary election. (b) If no candidate receives a
majority of all of the votes cast in such primary election for any one office or offices for
the nomination to which there were more than two candidates, then there shall be held a second
primary election on the fourth Tuesday following the primary election, and the...
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11-65-4
Section 11-65-4 Elections required to approve incorporation of commission and conduct
of racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon. (a) No commission shall be incorporated for a
Class 1 municipality and no horse racing or greyhound racing or pari-mutuel wagering thereon
shall be permitted in such municipality pursuant to this chapter unless the incorporation
of such commission, together with the conduct of horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon
or greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon or both such activities, shall have been
authorized by an election held in the host county in which such incorporation and such racing
and wagering activities shall have been approved by both (i) a majority of the votes cast
in such election by voters who reside in the host county (including those voters who reside
in the sponsoring municipality) and (ii) a majority of the votes cast in such election by
voters who reside in the commission municipal jurisdiction. In order to authorize the...
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