17-11-12
Section 17-11-12 Delivery of ballots, envelopes, etc. to absentee election manager. Not less
than 55 days prior to the holding of any election, except a municipal election, to which this
chapter pertains, or in the case of a runoff primary election, not more than 14 days after
the first primary election, the officer charged with the printing and distribution of the
official ballots and election supplies shall deliver to the absentee election manager of each
county in which the election is held or to the person designated to serve in his or her place
a sufficient number of absentee ballots, envelopes, and other necessary supplies. Not more
than seven days after the last day to qualify as a candidate in a municipal election, or in
the case of a runoff municipal election, not more than 14 days after the first election, or
in the case of a municipal election held for a purpose other than the election of municipal
officers, not more than seven days after the giving of notice of the...
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45-10-20.02
Section 45-10-20.02 Municipal option election. (a) Upon petition of 25 percent of the number
of voters voting in the last general election of the municipality having a population of not
less than 1,300 inhabitants nor more than 1,500 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 election shall contain the following: "It is petitioned that a municipal option
election be held to determine whether the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages
shall be permitted within this municipality," on the ballot to be used for the municipal
option election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do you favor the legal
sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages within this municipality? Yes...
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17-16-56
Section 17-16-56 Contest of election of judge of probate court and other county and municipal
officers - Generally. If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the probate
court, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, county treasurer, clerk of the circuit court,
or any other office filled by the vote of a single county or any subdivision thereof, or any
office of a city or town not in this article otherwise provided for, the party contesting
must file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the election
was held, a statement in writing, verified by affidavit, of the grounds of the contest as
provided in this article and must give good and sufficient security for the costs of the contest,
to be approved by the clerk. On the filing of the statement and the giving of the security,
the clerk must enter the contest on the trial docket as a civil action pending in the court
for trial, and, after having made such entry, the clerk must issue a...
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11-46-46
Section 11-46-46 Delivery of returns, etc.; retention and destruction of ballot boxes; opening
of ballot boxes. (a) At the time appointed by the municipal governing body to canvass the
returns of the election the municipal clerk shall deliver to the governing body the envelopes
addressed to the governing body, which were delivered to him or her by the returning officers
of the several wards in the city or town immediately after the votes had been counted and
the returns thereof prepared. (b) The clerk shall securely keep the ballot boxes until it
is known that there will be no contest, but in any event not less than six months, and, if
in that time no contest has been properly instituted, the clerk shall then destroy the contents
of the boxes without examining the same. (c) No ballot box shall be opened except in one of
the following events: (1) In the event of a contest, where the opening of a box has been ordered
by the court hearing the contest, in which event the ballot box shall...
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17-11-13
Section 17-11-13 Disqualification of circuit clerk from serving as absentee election manager.
When the circuit clerk is a candidate for any office and has opposition, he or she shall be
disqualified from performing any of the duties imposed by this chapter with reference to the
handling of absentee ballots. At least 55 days prior to the election, the circuit clerk shall
certify to the appointing board of the county his or her candidacy with opposition and that
he or she is disqualified to serve or otherwise prevented from serving. The appointing board
shall thereupon appoint a person to serve as absentee election manager in the manner provided
for in Section 17-11-2. (Acts 1975, No. 1147, p. 2251, §§11, 16; Acts 1978, No. 616, p.
873, §7; Acts 1986, No. 86-428, p. 791, §4; Acts 1988, No. 88-88, p. 114, §1; §17-10-13;
amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §52.)...
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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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11-46-48
Section 11-46-48 Provision of election materials and supplies; preparation of lighting facilities;
posting and placement of diagrams and models. The municipal clerk shall furnish and deliver
with each voting machine: Lighting facilities which shall give sufficient light to enable
voters while in the voting machine booth to read the ballot labels and suitable for the use
of election officers in examining the counters; a model and two diagrams or sample ballots
of suitable size, representing such part of the face of such voting machine as will be in
use in the election, and accompanied by directions for voting on the machine; a seal or seals
for sealing the machine after the polls are closed; an envelope for the return of the keys,
if the construction of the voting machine shall permit their separate return; and such other
election materials and supplies as may be necessary. The lighting facilities above mentioned
shall be prepared and in good order for use before the opening of the...
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11-81-84
Section 11-81-84 Conduct of election generally. The probate judge, the circuit clerk, and the
sheriff of the county in which an election is being held under this article, within 10 days
after notice in writing to them of the calling of such election, shall appoint three managers,
two clerks, and one returning officer to conduct the election in each beat or polling place
in the county, and said managers shall all reside in the beats, wards, or precincts where
they are appointed to serve and shall be qualified electors at the date of said election.
The sheriff shall notify the managers and returning officers of their appointments and shall
send out the boxes and ballots to the several beats or voting precincts in the county promptly.
(Acts 1927, No. 478, p. 534; Code 1940, T. 12, §96.)...
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17-17-52
Section 17-17-52 False or fraudulent returns. Any person who makes a false or fraudulent return
of the result of any primary election, or who falsely or fraudulently changes the votes, ballots,
figures, or results of any election shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class A misdemeanor.
(Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)...
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45-37-140.13
Section 45-37-140.13 Annexation; referendum; hearing; reestablishment of boundaries. (a) Whenever
any municipal corporation in Jefferson County annexes any portion of a district and a petition
is filed with the clerk of the municipality requesting annexation of the remaining portion
of the district, the petition containing the following: (1) signatures of 20 percent of the
qualified electors residing within the district or signatures of 200 qualified electors, whichever
is less, and (2) a written statement signed by at least two members of the board of trustees
of the district reciting that those signing the petition constitute either 10 percent of the
qualified electors residing within the district or 100 qualified electors residing within
the district, whichever is applicable, and (3) a description of the district; then the governing
body of such municipal corporation shall provide for and finance the cost of a referendum
election wherein the remaining qualified voter residents of...
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