11-44E-201
Section 11-44E-201 Petition for change of form of government; election as to proposed change;
election of new officers and governing body; termination of term of office of mayor and commissioners.
Any proposal to change the form of government shall be initiated by a petition signed by at
least the number of qualified voters, equal to four for every 100 inhabitants of the city
or fraction thereof according to the last federal census, and then filed with the city clerk.
The city commission shall forthwith order an election, at which the legally qualified voters
of the city shall vote for or against the proposed change in form of government. The officers
and members of the governing body of such newly adopted form of municipal government shall
be elected as soon as practicable under the provisions of law applicable thereto; and upon
their election and qualification for office the term of office of all members of the commission
and mayor under the mayor/commission/city manager form of...
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11-46-28
Section 11-46-28 Polling place hours; duties of election officers; challenger; deletion of
absentee voter applicants from voter list; preservation of order. (a) Every polling place
shall open for voting at 7:00 A.M. and shall close at 7:00 P.M. and shall remain open for
voting for not less than 12 consecutive hours. All polling places in areas operating on eastern
time may open and close under this section pursuant to eastern time. The election officers
at voting places shall meet at the respective places of holding elections for which they have
been appointed 30 minutes before the hour established by the municipal governing body to open
the polls and shall at the designated hour open the several polling places as designated and
keep them open without adjournment or recess until the hour established by the municipal governing
body to close the polls and no longer. (b) Any qualified elector entitled to vote at a polling
place who has identified himself or herself with the election...
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17-13-6
Section 17-13-6 Only qualified candidates to be listed on ballots. The name of no candidate
shall be printed upon any official ballot used at any primary election unless such person
is legally qualified to hold the office for which he or she is a candidate and unless he or
she is eligible to vote in the primary election in which he or she seeks to be a candidate
and possesses the political qualifications prescribed by the governing body of his or her
political party. (Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §11; §17-16-12; amended and renumbered by
Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §59.)...
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28-2A-1
Section 28-2A-1 Procedure for wet or dry classification option elections. (a) Any municipality
having a population of 1,000 or more, may change its classification from dry to wet or wet
to dry by a municipal option election, in the following manner. (b) Upon petition of 30 percent
of the number of voters voting in the last preceding general election of the municipality
being filed with the city or town clerk or governing body of the municipality, the governing
body must call a municipal option election for the municipality to determine the sentiment
of the people as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed
in the municipality. The petition for municipal option election shall contain the following:
"It is petitioned that a municipal option election be held to permit the legal sale and
distribution of alcoholic beverages within this municipality." On the ballot to be used
for such municipal option election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do...

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45-18-120.12
Section 45-18-120.12 Political activities. No employee shall make, solicit, or receive any
assessment, donation, subscription, or contribution for any political purpose whatsoever,
or be a member of a committee or an officer of a political party, or take any part in its
management or affairs except to exercise his or her right as a citizen to express his or her
opinion and cast his or her vote. No employee shall assist any candidate for nomination or
election to public office, or make any public statement in support of or against any such
candidate or participate in any manner whatever in the campaign of any candidate in any general
or primary election. No employee shall receive any appointment or advancement as a reward
for his or her support of a candidate for office or a political party, nor shall he or she
be dismissed, suspended, or reduced in rank or pay as punishment for failure to support any
candidate for political office. (Acts 1976, No. 708, p. 984, §13.)...
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45-28-21
Section 45-28-21 Regulation of sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages on Sunday - Municipalities.
(a) The voters of any municipality within Etowah County may authorize the sale of alcoholic
beverages within the municipality on Sunday by an election pursuant to this section, in the
following manner: The governing body of the municipality, by resolution, may call an election
for the municipality to determine the sentiment of the voters of the municipality residing
within the corporate limits, as to whether alcoholic beverages may be legally sold or distributed
on Sunday within the municipality. (b) On the ballot to be used for the election, the question
shall be in the following form: "Do you favor the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic
beverages within this municipality on Sundays as further provided for and regulated by ordinance
of the municipal governing body? Yes ___ No ___." (c) The first election and any subsequent
elections shall be held and the officers appointed to...
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45-29-120.14
Section 45-29-120.14 Political activity. No employee shall make, solicit, or receive any assessment,
donation, subscription, or contribution for any political purpose whatsoever, or be a member
of a committee or an officer of a political party, or take any part in its management or affairs
except to exercise his or her right as a citizen to express his or her opinion and cast his
or her vote. No employee shall assist any candidate for nomination or election to public office,
or make any public statement in support of or against any such candidate, or participate in
any general or primary election. No employee shall receive any appointment or advancement
as a reward for his or her support of a candidate for office of a political party, nor shall
he or she be dismissed, suspended, or reduced in rank or pay as punishment for his or her
failure to support any candidate for political office. (Act 93-388, p. 664, §15.)...
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45-36-20
Section 45-36-20 Charge of classification for incorporated municipalities. (a) Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, Chapter 2A of Title 28, and pursuant
to authority granted by Section 104 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, the electors of
an incorporated municipality located in Jackson County with a population of 2,500 or more
inhabitants may change its classification from dry to wet or wet to dry by a municipal option
election as provided by this section. (b)(1) Upon petition of 25 percent of the number of
voters voting in the last general election of the municipality having a population of 2,500
or more 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...
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45-37A-52.90
Section 45-37A-52.90 Election; term; qualification. The first mayor shall be elected at the
same election at which the council members are elected under Section 45-37A-52.06 and shall
hold office until the second Tuesday in November of that year ending in an odd number which
would give him or her a term of office most closely approximating four years and until his
or her successor is elected and qualified. The first mayor shall qualify and take office in
the manner hereinafter prescribed on the second Monday following the date the election of
all nine council members is completed or on the second Monday following the election of such
mayor, whichever last occurs. The regular election for mayor shall be held on the second Tuesday
in October of the year during which the term of the first mayor elected hereunder terminates
and every four years thereafter. The mayor elected at any such regular election, on or before
the fourth Tuesday of November of the year of such election, shall qualify...
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45-47-231.33
Section 45-47-231.33 Political activities. No employee shall make, solicit, or receive any
assessment, donation, subscription, or contribution for any political purpose whatsoever,
or be a member of a committee or an officer of a political party, or take any part in its
management or affairs except to exercise his or her right as a citizen to express his or her
opinion and cast his or her vote; no employee shall assist any candidate for nomination or
election to public office, or make any public statement in support of or against any such
candidate, or participate in any general or primary election; and no employee shall receive
any appointment or advancement as a reward for his or her support of a candidate for office
or a political party; nor shall he or she be dismissed, suspended, or reduced in rank or pay
as punishment for his or her failure to support any candidate for political office. (Act 80-88,
p. 111, § 15.)...
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