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11-50-149
Section 11-50-149 Disposition of ballots at conclusion of election; canvassing of returns
and declaration of election results. The ballots shall be kept in a sealed box; and, at the
conclusion of the election, the box shall be turned over forthwith by the managers to the
officers designated as the returning officers and shall by them be safely and at once delivered
to the mayor or other chief executive officer of such city or town. Within three days after
such election the votes shall be canvassed and counted by the board of aldermen or other governing
body of such city or town, and it shall declare the result. (Acts 1909, No. 212, p. 253; Code
1923, §2067; Code 1940, T. 37, §384.)...
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11-42-207
Section 11-42-207 Question submitted; conduct of election generally; form, marking,
etc., of ballots; appointment, etc., of clerks, inspectors, and returning officer; ascertainment,
etc., of election results; entry of order as to adoption of proposed corporate limits, etc.
(a) The election shall be to determine whether or not the proposed corporate limits shall
be established, and such election must be conducted in all respects as provided by the general
election laws and under the same sanctions and penalties, except as changed by the provisions
of this article and except that no official ballot need be provided. (b) Each voter may furnish
his own ballot with the following words written or printed thereon: "For adoption of
the proposed corporate limits," if he desires to vote in favor of proposed corporate
limits or "Against the adoption of proposed corporate limits," if he desires to
vote against the adoption of proposed corporate limits. It shall not be necessary for the
ballot to...
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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used
in this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus
which automatically examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and
tabulates the results. (2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which
conforms in layout and format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card"
shall mean a tabulating card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label"
shall mean the cards, papers, booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of
offices and candidates and statements of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction
with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot" shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting
center" shall mean one or more locations selected and designated by the county commission
or the municipal governing body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots
in the election. (7) "Electronic...
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11-42-2
Section 11-42-2 Annexation election and proceedings generally; proceedings where parties
consent to annexation. Whenever the council shall pass a resolution to the effect that the
public health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution)
shall be brought within the limits of the city or town: (1) It shall be the duty of the mayor
to certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land
proposed to be annexed is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached thereto
a plat or map of said territory, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed
by the judge of probate. (2) Except as provided in subdivision (9) of this section,
the judge of probate shall, not less than 10 nor more than 15 days from the date of the filing
of such resolution, make and enter an order upon the minutes of said court, directing and
ordering an election to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory...
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11-46-27
Section 11-46-27 Appointment, compensation, etc., of election officers. (a) The municipal
governing body or a majority of them must, not less than 15 days before the holding of any
municipal election, appoint from the qualified electors of the respective wards or voting
districts officers to hold the election as follows: Where paper ballots are used, one returning
officer for each ward and three inspectors and two clerks for each box at each voting place
and, where voting machines are used, an inspector, a chief clerk, and a first and second assistant
clerk for each voting machine; except that in the event voting centers or voting places are
established, then the requirements of Section 11-46-24 shall control the number of
election officials. In any Class 6, Class 7, or Class 8 municipality, election officials must
reside within the municipality and may serve at any polling place within the municipality.
An election official appointed to serve in a polling place other than where he or...
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11-42-125
Section 11-42-125 Form and marking of ballots; ascertainment of election results; contests
of election. (a) The mayor of the city or town shall cause the ballots to be used in such
election to be printed with the following words thereon: "Shall the agreement for the
annexation of (naming the city or town) to (naming the city or town) be ratified?" and
printed on the ballot with the above quoted words immediately thereunder the words "Yes"
and "No," and the elector shall designate his choice by marking with ink or pencil
a cross mark (X) in a place to be left before the word expressing his wish. The ballots provided
under the terms of this division need not be of any particular size, form, or color. (b) The
result of the election shall be ascertained in the same manner that the result of the election
of city or town officers is ascertained, and the election may be contested in the same manner
as is provided for the contest of the election of any city or town officers. (Code 1907,...
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17-6-45
Section 17-6-45 Performance of duties under chapter for municipal elections. In case
of any municipal election held at a time different from a general state or federal election,
the duties herein prescribed for the judge of probate in respect to receiving nominations,
printing and distributing ballots and cards of instructions shall be discharged under the
same sanctions by the mayor or other chief executive officer of the city or town. (Code 1896,
§1615; Code 1907, §395; Code 1923, §485; Code 1940, T. 17, §171; §17-8-26; amended and
renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §33.)...
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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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17-1-2
Section 17-1-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this title, the following terms shall
have the definitions ascribed to them: (1) APPOINTING BOARD. In all elections the appointing
board consists of the judge of probate, circuit clerk, and sheriff of the county. (2) BALLOT.
The term includes paper ballots and electronic ballots. (3) BALLOT CONFIGURATION. The particular
combination and arrangement of offices, candidates, and questions for a precinct or subdivision
thereof. (4) BEAT. Has the same meaning as precinct. (5) BOX. The voting place in a precinct
or subdivision of a precinct for voting purposes. (6) CANVASSING BOARD. In all elections except
primary elections, the canvassing board consists of the judge of probate, circuit clerk, and
sheriff of the county. In primary elections, the county executive committee of the party is
the canvassing board for the primary of the party. (7) CENSUS BUREAU. The Bureau of the Census
of the United States Department of Commerce, or any successor...
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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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