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10A-2-7.28
Section 10A-2-7.28 Voting for directors; cumulative voting. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION
BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a)
Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, directors are elected by a majority
of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum
is present when the vote is taken. (b) Shareholders do not have a right to cumulate their
votes for directors unless the articles of incorporation so provide. (c) A statement included
in the articles of incorporation that "[all] [a designated voting group of] shareholders
are entitled to cumulate their votes for directors," or words of similar import, means
that the shareholders designated are entitled to multiply the number of votes they are entitled
to cast by the number of directors for whom they are entitled to vote and cast the product
for a single candidate or distribute the product among two or more...
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11-46-31
Section 11-46-31 Exhibition of voting machines for voter instruction and information; diagrams
furnished with voting machines. During the 30 days next preceding an election at which voting
machines will be used, the municipal governing body shall place on public exhibition in public
places and at times as it may deem most suitable for the information and instruction of the
voters one or more voting machines, containing the ballot labels and showing the offices and
questions to be voted upon and, so far as practicable, the names and arrangements of the candidates
for office. The machines will be under the charge and care of a person competent as custodian
and instructor. No voting machine which is to be assigned for use in an election shall be
used for public exhibition and instruction after having been prepared and sealed for the election.
This requirement shall not apply in any municipality which will use a vote tabulator that
requires voters to fill out a card or paper ballot that...
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11-43A-30
Section 11-43A-30 Municipal treasurer; establishment of office and assignment of duties; election;
assignment of duties to city clerk as clerk-treasurer. The council may establish, by ordinance,
the office of municipal treasurer and assign to such office the duties and responsibilities
it deems necessary. The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of the municipality
and shall keep an accurate record of the funds of the several departments and shall keep books
showing accurately the financial condition of the municipality. The election of a person as
treasurer shall require a majority vote of the whole qualified membership of the council.
The duties of the treasurer may, by ordinance, be assigned to the city clerk and if such duties
are assigned, he shall be known as the clerk-treasurer of the municipality. (Acts 1982, No.
82-517, p. 851, §29.)...
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11-43A-95
Section 11-43A-95 Municipal treasurer; establishment of office and assignment of duties; election;
assignment of duties for city clerk as clerk-treasurer. (a) The council may establish, by
ordinance, the office of municipal treasurer and shall assign to such office the duties and
responsibilities which it deems necessary. The treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds
of the municipality, shall keep an accurate record of the funds of the several departments
and shall keep books accurately reflecting the financial condition of the municipality. The
appointment of a person as treasurer shall require a majority vote of the whole qualified
membership of the council. (b) The duties of the treasurer may, by ordinance, be assigned
to the city clerk and if such duties are assigned, such officer shall be known as the clerk-treasurer
of the municipality. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §26.)...
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45-49-140.33
Section 45-49-140.33 Election requirements. (a) If the planned expansion of a municipal police
jurisdiction includes any portion of the Turnerville fire protection district, the council
or governing body of the respective municipality may request that the Judge of Probate of
Mobile County order an election to be held in the affected area. Only those qualified electors
residing within the boundaries of the affected area shall participate in the election. (1)
The council or governing body of the municipality may pass a resolution stating that the public
health or public good requires that the affected area, as described in the resolution, shall
be brought within the police jurisdiction of the municipality. (2) The mayor or other executive
head of the municipality shall certify and file a copy of the resolution together with a map
of the area showing its relationship to the municipal police jurisdiction to which the property
is proposed to be included, with the judge of probate. (3) At...
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11-40-7
Section 11-40-7 Change of name. Any city or town may change its corporate name by passing an
ordinance stating the new name proposed and submitting the question of change to a vote of
the qualified electors of such municipality at the next general municipal election to be held
therein. The result of the election shall be ascertained by the officers holding such general
election, and return shall be made to the council or other governing authorities which, in
the event that a majority of the votes cast at such election are in favor of the change, shall
pass a resolution or ordinance declaring the result of the election and stating the new name
of the city or town. (Code 1907, §1074; Code 1923, §1768; Code 1940, T. 37, §6.)...
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11-45-10
Section 11-45-10 Procedure for adoption or repeal of canine leash ordinance in Class 5 municipalities.
(a) The provisions of this section shall apply to all Class 5 municipalities of this state,
as such class is designated by act of the legislature. (b) The municipal governing bodies
are hereby authorized by resolution to call for referendum elections, which shall be held
only upon the dates of regularly scheduled municipal elections, to either call for the adoption
of a canine leash ordinance, or to call for the repeal of any existing canine leash ordinance.
(c) The question to be presented at any such election shall be substantially as follows: "Do
you favor the adoption (repeal) of a canine leash ordinance by the municipal governing body?
Yes ___. No ___." If a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality vote "Yes,"
the appropriate action shall be taken by the municipal governing body within 90 days following
any such election. If a majority vote "No," no action shall be...
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11-46-26
Section 11-46-26 Proceedings where only one candidate or nominee for office. In the event only
one person has filed a statement of candidacy for an office by 5:00 P.M. on the third Tuesday
in July preceding the date set for an election of municipal officers pursuant to subsection
(g) of Section 11-46-25, then such person shall for all purposes be deemed elected to such
office, any provisions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding. The mayor or other
chief executive officer shall not cause the name of such person or the office for which his
candidacy was declared to be printed on the ballot, but he shall immediately file a written
statement with the governing body of the municipality, attested by the clerk, certifying the
fact that only one person filed a statement of candidacy for the office of _____ (naming the
office) by 5:00 P.M. on the third Tuesday in July preceding the day of _____, 2__, the date
set for an election of municipal officers in the City (Town) of _____,...
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16-9-5
Section 16-9-5 Nomination by political party. Any political party may, in a county where the
county superintendent is elected by a direct vote of the qualified electors, either nominate
a candidate for such office or may certify to the probate judge that said political party
desires to leave the election of a county superintendent of education to the county board
of education. Whenever any political party certifies that such political party desires to
leave the selection of such officer to the county board of education, the probate judge shall
cause to be entered on the ballot where the names of such candidates (if nominated) would
appear, the following: "For selection by the county board of education." Such proposition
shall appear on the ballot before the names of the candidates and be arranged so that the
elector may express his choice for such proposition in the same manner as he expresses his
choice for a candidate. Every qualified elector may vote for such selection by the county...
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45-49-140.12
Section 45-49-140.12 Enlargement of district. (a) A district may be enlarged, provided, that
no area lying within a municipality at the time of the enlargement shall be brought within
the district. (b) No area shall be brought within a district by enlargement unless the majority
of the votes cast at the election provided for by subsection (c), approve the inclusion of
the area within the district and also approve every service charge in effect within the district
at the time of election. (c) The term proposed area, as used in this subsection, means an
area proposed to be brought within a district by enlargement of the district. When the board
of trustees of a district determines that the inclusion of a proposed area within the district
would be to the advantage of the district and also to the advantage of the majority of the
property owners of the proposed area, the board of trustees may file in the office of the
judge of probate a petition, signed by two-thirds of property owners,...
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