16-9-8
Section 16-9-8 Taking office on January 1 following election; procedure where successful
candidate dies or resigns prior to taking office. (a) In counties in which the county superintendent
of education is elected by popular vote, the successful candidate shall take office on January
1 following the date of election. In the event the successful candidate dies or resigns prior
to January 1 following the date of election, a successor shall be elected at a special election
held for that purpose set upon proclamation of the Governor. County party committees may call
primary elections to be held in accordance with Chapter 7 of Title 17, to determine party
candidates at the special election. In the event one candidate at the election does not receive
a majority of all votes cast at the election, there shall be held a run-off election three
weeks after the date of the first election between the two candidates who received the highest
number of votes. The incumbent shall continue to hold...
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45-37A-52.06
Section 45-37A-52.06 Election of first council and first mayor; terms of office. Immediately
upon the adoption of such form of government, the judge of probate of the county with whom
the petition was filed shall call an election to be held under and to be governed by this
part not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days after the date of such call, the expense
thereof to be paid by such city, for the election at large of nine council members and a mayor
by the qualified voters of such city. The nine candidates for the council receiving a majority
of the votes cast in the election shall be elected to the council; and in the event that nine
candidates should fail to receive such a majority, then and in that event those candidates
for the council receiving a majority shall be elected, and another election shall be held
upon the same day of the week four weeks thereafter to be called and held in the same mode
and manner and under the same rules and regulations. In the second election...
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17-13-8.1
Section 17-13-8.1 Instant runoff primary elections in certain situations. (a) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 17-6-23 and Section 17-13-18, in a primary election
or second primary election, this section shall apply only to voters who are voting
by absentee ballot pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act in
any county or portion thereof in which the nomination for a federal office other than the
office of President which is contested by three or more candidates. (b) The judge of probate
shall prepare each of the following: (1) A special federal ballot to be used in a federal
instant runoff primary election. The special federal ballot shall contain a list of all federal
offices, other than the office of President, contested by three or more candidates and the
candidates qualifying for the election for each office. (2) A special state ballot for the
primary election shall contain the office of President in presidential election years, any
federal...
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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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17-5-2
Section 17-5-2 Definitions. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall
have the following meanings: (1) CANDIDATE. An individual who has done any of the following:
a. Taken the action necessary under the laws of the state to qualify himself or herself for
nomination or for election to any state office or local office or in the case of an independent
seeking ballot access, on the date when he or she files a petition with the judge of probate
in the case of county offices, with the appropriate qualifying municipal official in the case
of municipal offices, or the Secretary of State in all other cases. b. Received contributions
or made expenditures in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or given his or her consent
for any other person or persons to receive contributions or make expenditures in excess of
one thousand dollars ($1,000), with a view to bringing about his or her nomination or election
to any state office or local office. (2) COMMISSION. The State Ethics...
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34-9-40
Section 34-9-40 Creation; composition. (a) In order to accomplish the purposes and to
provide for the enforcement of this chapter, there is hereby created the board. The board
is hereby vested with the authority to carry out the purposes and enforce the provisions of
this chapter. On June 24, 1959, the members of the present board now in existence shall hold
office for the remainder of their respective terms for which they have been elected and thereafter
until their successors are elected and qualified and shall constitute the board under this
chapter. The board shall consist of six dentists who shall be selected in the method set forth
herein all of whom having been actively engaged in the practice of dentistry in the State
of Alabama for at least five years next preceding the date of their election and one dental
hygienist elected at-large as provided in subsection (b). Each member of the board shall be
a citizen of this state. No member of the board shall be a member of the faculty...
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11-44D-6
Section 11-44D-6 Provisions applicable to both mayor-council and manager-council forms
of government. The following provisions shall apply regardless of which form of government
the majority of the qualified electors voting in the referendum provided herein choose: (1)
Within 30 days after the referendum, the governing body of such municipality shall adopt an
ordinance, a. Establishing the boundaries of the five-council districts herein provided for,
and b. Establishing the salaries to be paid the mayor and council members to be elected at
the first election to be held hereunder. (2) The governing body shall take such steps as are
necessary to comply with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. (3) Within 10
days after the receipt of notification of compliance with the Federal Voting Rights Act of
1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer shall give notice of an election
for the members of the city council, and for mayor if the mayor-council form of...
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45-35A-54.02
Section 45-35A-54.02 Election of board members; terms of office. The mayor and the associate
commissioner of Ward No. 2 shall continue to hold their respective offices until the first
Monday in October, 1981, as provided by Act 2141, 1971 Regular Session (Acts 1971, p. 3431).
Under applicable laws for the election of members of the board, the mayor, within the scope
of this part, shall provide for an election to be held on the second Tuesday in September,
1979, and every four years thereafter for the positions of associate commissioners of Ward
No. 1, Ward No. 3, and Ward No. 4 in the manner herein provided. On the second Tuesday in
September, 1981, and every four years thereafter an election shall be held for the positions
of mayor and associate commissioner of Ward No. 2 in the manner herein provided. Every candidate
for election to any of such offices shall, in announcing his or her candidacy, designate the
position for which he or she is a candidate; and the ballots or voting...
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45-37A-52.251
Section 45-37A-52.251 Petition for change of form of government. Such change, however,
shall first be initiated by petition and submitted to a vote of the qualified electors at
an election and shall receive at such election a majority of the votes yes or in favor thereof
in the same manner and subject to the same requirements as provided in Sections 45-37A-52.01
to 45-37A-52.04, inclusive, except that the proposition on the ballot shall be changed to
reflect the proposed form of municipal government to be submitted to the vote of the qualified
electors. The officers and members of the governing body of such newly adopted form of municipal
government shall be elected as soon as may be under the provisions of law applicable thereto;
and upon their election and qualification for office the term of office of all members of
the council under the mayor-council form of government shall terminate. (Acts 1955, No. 452,
p. 1004, §9.02.)...
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11-43A-16
Section 11-43A-16 Duties of mayor; assistant mayor; vacancy; mayor pro tempore; vacancies;
exceptions in Class 6 cities and Class 7 municipalities. (a) The mayor shall preside at the
meetings of the council and shall be recognized as the head of the municipal government for
all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for purpose of military law, but shall have no
other administrative duties. (b) In all cities to which this section applies, except
Class 6 cities wherein the municipal governing body has elected to have a nine-member council,
as authorized in Section 11-43A-8, and except in municipalities organized under Section
11-43A-1.1, the councilman-at-large shall be assistant mayor and shall act as mayor during
the absence or disability of the mayor. Any vacancy in the office of the mayor shall be filled
by the councilman-at-large. In the Class 6 cities and municipalities organized under Section
11-43A-1.1, a mayor pro tempore shall be elected from the membership by a majority vote...

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