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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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candidates who have properly qualified and have not withdrawn, as provided in subsection (g),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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11-41-3
Section 11-41-3 Conduct of election generally; provision and form of ballots; qualifications
for voting. The judge of probate shall appoint three qualified electors within the limits
of the proposed city or town as inspectors to manage the election, which shall be conducted
under the same sanction and penalties as are provided by the general election laws, except
that a voter may furnish his own ballot, upon which must be written or printed "corporation"
or "no corporation," and any person who is a qualified elector under the state law
and has resided within the boundaries of the proposed city or town for three months next preceding
may vote at such election. (Code 1907, §1055; Code 1923, §1746; Code 1940, T. 37, §12.)...

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16-13-183
Section 16-13-183 Election notice. The sheriff must give notice at least 30 days before any
election to be held under this article, by publication in some newspaper in the county, if
any is published therein, and if not, by writing posted at the courthouse door and at three
other public places in the county of the time of holding, and when any election is to be held
for a special tax for school purposes in any rural or city school tax district, written notices
shall be posted in three public places within said district 30 days prior to said election.
Said publications, both for special county and school tax district elections for school purposes,
shall show the rate of such proposed tax, the time it is proposed to be continued, the purpose
for which the levy is proposed to be made and a description of the boundaries of the proposed
school tax district. (School Code 1927, §263; Code 1940, T. 52, §256.)...
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16-13-161
Section 16-13-161 Election notice. There shall be made publication of the election in some
newspaper within the county, which publication shall show the rate of such proposed tax, the
time it is proposed to be continued and the purpose for which the levy is proposed to be made.
(School Code 1927, §254; Code 1940, T. 52, §247.)...
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16-13-191
Section 16-13-191 School tax district - Boundaries fixed by county board. In order to make
it possible to work out a system of local tax units adapted to the needs of the whole county,
the county board of education of its own initiative shall fix the boundaries of any school
tax district within its jurisdiction in which it is proposed to levy a local school tax. In
making application for a special election in any such district, the county board of education
shall submit a map made by the county surveyor, or other competent person, showing the boundaries
of the school tax district for which a special tax levy is proposed, indicating the section
or sections and ranges, together with the correct description of the boundaries of the said
district for which a special tax levy is proposed. These maps shall also show the location
of public utilities, such as power plants, railroad and telegraph lines, if any, in such districts,
and the railroad mileage for each and every corporation having...
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16-13-165
Section 16-13-165 Levy and assessment of tax. If three fifths of those voting at said election
have voted for the proposed taxation, the county commission shall levy said special tax and
cause the tax assessor to assess the same on the taxable property in said county, which shall
not exceed $.10 on each $100.00 of taxable property in said county; but the rate of such special
tax shall not increase the rate of taxation, state and county combined, in any one year to
more than $1.25 on each $100.00 of taxable property in said county, but all special county
taxes for public buildings, roads, bridges and the payment of debts existing at the ratification
of the Constitution of 1875 shall not be included in the aforesaid $1.25 on the $100.00 of
taxable property. (School Code 1927, §258; Code 1940, T. 52, §251.)...
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45-37A-52-51
Section 45-37A-52-51 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate in any
election for the office of council member may become such candidate by filing in the office
of the judge of probate of the county in which such city is situated, a statement in writing
of such candidacy and an affidavit taken and certified by such judge of probate or by a notary
public that such person is duly qualified to hold the office for which he or she desires to
be a candidate. Such statement shall be filed at least 45 days before the day set for such
election and shall be substantially the following form: State of Alabama, ______ County. I,
the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of the City of
______ in the state and county, and reside at ______ in the City of ______, that I desire
to become a candidate for office as a member of the city council, district number ______,
in the City at the election for that office to be held on the ______ day of...
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45-37A-52.91
Section 45-37A-52.91 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate at any
election for the office of mayor may become such candidate by filing in the office of the
judge of probate of the county in which such city is situated, a statement in writing of such
candidacy, accompanied by an affidavit taken and certified by such judge of probate or by
a notary public that such person is duly qualified to hold the office for which he or she
desires to be a candidate. Such statement shall be filed at least 45 days before the day set
for such election and shall be in substantially the following form: State of Alabama, ______
County. I, the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of
the City of ______, in the state and county, and reside at ______ in the City of ______, that
I desire to become a candidate for the office of mayor in that city at the election of the
office to be held on the ______ day of August, next and that I am duly qualified...
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16-13-188
Section 16-13-188 Election result; levy, amount and duration of tax; limitation on use of proceeds.
The county commission shall declare the result of the election; and, where the electors have
voted so as to require the levy of a tax, the county commission shall levy said special tax
and cause the tax assessor to assess the same on the taxable property in said county or in
said rural or city school tax district, as the case may be, which shall not exceed $.30 on
each $100.00 worth of taxable property in said county or in said rural or city school tax
district, as the case may be. Any special tax levied hereunder shall not be for a shorter
term than two years. In all elections hereafter held, if the specific purposes for which said
tax, when levied, shall be used is printed on the ballots to be used in said election, it
shall be unlawful for the county board of education to apply it to any other purpose. (School
Code 1927, §280; Code 1940, T. 52, §269.)...
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