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11-16-40
Section 11-16-40 Penalties for failure to perform duties required by chapter, etc. Any officer
or person who shall willfully or corruptly fail to perform any duty required of him under
any of the provisions of this chapter; or shall fraudulently alter or change the ballot of
any elector after it has been cast; or shall make any false or fraudulent count of votes;
or shall place in the receptacle for ballots any ballot not actually cast by an elector; or
shall take therefrom any ballot cast by an elector, with the intention of unlawfully changing
or affecting the result of the election; or shall make any false poll list or any false count
of the ballots or any false certificate to a poll list or to the result of the count of the
ballots; or shall wrongfully open the returns from any precinct or ward; or shall change,
secrete, destroy, or mutilate the returns from any precinct or ward or attempt to do so; or
shall prevent or attempt to prevent any such return from being made as required...
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11-43A-114
Section 11-43A-114 Referendum ballots. At such referendum, the proposition to be submitted
shall be printed in plain prominent type on ballots separate and distinct from ballots used
for any other office or question and shall read as follows: "Check one of the following:
(1) The City of ___ shall adopt and operate under the council-manager form of government pursuant
to the 'Council-Manager Act of 1991.' Yes ( ). or (2) The City of ___ shall adopt and operate
under the mayor-council form of government pursuant to Section 11-43-1 et seq. Yes ( )."
The voter shall mark his ballot with a cross mark (X) after the proposition which expresses
his choice. If voting machines are used at any voting place in such election, the above propositions
may, at the discretion of the election commission or other body or official having charge
of the conduct of municipal elections, be submitted as separate propositions on voting machines
so used. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §45.)...
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11-44F-21
Section 11-44F-21 Procedures for referendum. At the referendum, the proposition to be submitted
shall be printed in plain prominent type on ballots separate and distinct from ballots used
for any other office or question and shall read substantially as follows: Check one of the
following: Do you favor the Office of Mayor of the City (Town) of ___ being a full-time position
with the City (Town) of ___ for the person elected at the 1996 municipal election and thereafter?
Yes ___ No ___. The voter shall mark the ballot with a cross mark (x) after the proposition
which expresses his or her choice. If voting machines are used at any voting place in the
referendum, the proposition may, at the discretion of the election commission or other body
or official having charge of the conduct of municipal elections, be submitted as separate
propositions on the voting machines. (Acts 1995, No. 95-367, p. 739, §2.)...
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11-46-3
Section 11-46-3 Primary elections by political parties and partisan elections abolished in
municipalities having 300,000 inhabitants or less. Primary elections of political parties
are hereby abolished in cities and towns of this state which have a population of 300,000
inhabitants or less, according to the latest federal decennial census, and election of the
members of the municipal governing body of said cities and towns shall be by and on a nonpartisan
ballot in all elections held for the purpose of electing members of the governing body. (Acts
1971, No. 2234, p. 3592.)...
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11-46-38
Section 11-46-38 Electors to vote in wards or precincts of residence, etc.; qualifications
for voting. (a) At all municipal elections, a qualified elector may vote only in the ward
or precinct of his or her residence where he or she is registered to vote. (b) An individual
may not vote at any municipal election unless he or she is a qualified elector of the State
of Alabama, has resided in the county 30 days and in the ward 30 days prior to the election,
and has registered to vote in conformance with the time frame set forth in Section 17-3-50;
provided, however, if a qualified elector relocates his or her residence from one ward to
another ward in the same city or town within the 30-day period prior to the election, the
elector shall have the right to vote in the ward where the elector had previously resided
if he or she would have been entitled to vote in that ward but for relocating to the new ward.
If any elector attempts to vote in any ward other than that of his or her residence,...
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17-11-41
Section 17-11-41 Alabama Electronic Overseas Voting Advisory Committee. (a) The Alabama Electronic
Overseas Voting Advisory Committee is created to determine whether secure electronic means
may be established for conducting absentee voting for overseas voters and to advise and assist
the office of the Secretary of State in the establishment, testing, and implementation of
absentee overseas balloting by secure electronic means. (b) The membership of the committee
shall include all of the following: (1) The Secretary of State as chair. (2) A representative
of the Alabama Sheriff's Association appointed by that association. (3) A representative of
the Alabama Probate Judge's Association appointed by that association. (4) A representative
of the Alabama Circuit Clerks Association appointed by that association. (5) A representative
of the Alabama National Guard appointed by the Adjutant General. (6) The Chair of the Senate
Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics, and Elections Committee. (7)...
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17-12-2
Section 17-12-2 Statements of results. The authority charged with the holding of an election
or primary election shall cause to be prepared a statement of results on a form to be designated
by the Secretary of State. The statement of results shall conform with the type of electronic
voting machine to be used, and the designating number and letter, if the construction of the
electronic voting machine is such as to require a designating number and letter, of each candidate
(or proposition) shall be printed next to the candidate's name on the statement of results.
The statements of results shall be preserved by the judge of probate for use in the event
of contests. (Acts 1939, No. 292, p. 443; Code 1940, T. 17, §113; §17-9-34; amended and
renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §54.)...
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17-9-11
Section 17-9-11 Voter to sign name on poll list; exceptions. In every election held in this
state, the voter shall sign his or her name on one of the poll lists or lists of persons who
vote in the election, required by law to be maintained at each voting place; and no person
shall record on this list the name of any voter for him or her, except where the voter, because
of a physical disability, is unable to write his or her own name on the poll list; in which
case an election official shall write the name of such voter on the list and shall sign his
or her own name on the poll list on the same line with the name of the voter. If the voter
is unable to sign his or her name because of illiteracy, his or her name shall be written
for him or her and the voter shall make his or her mark upon the poll list, in the presence
of any of the election officials, and the election official witnessing the act shall record
his or her name, as witness, on the same line with the name of the voter. (Acts...
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11-46-34
Section 11-46-34 Voting booths. For all elections at which paper ballots will be used, the
chief executive officer of the municipality at the expense of the municipality shall provide
at each polling place in all municipalities having a population of over 3,000 inhabitants
a room or covered enclosure and in such room or covered enclosure shall provide booths or
compartments, one booth or compartment for each 100 or fraction thereof over 50 electors registered
in the ward or wards in such municipality for that election, and shall furnish each booth
or compartment with a shelf or table for the convenience of the electors in the preparation
of their ballots. Each booth or compartment shall be so arranged that it will be impossible
for one elector at a shelf or table in one compartment to see an elector at a shelf or table
in another compartment in the act of marking his ballot. Each voting shelf or table shall
be kept supplied with conveniences for marking the ballots. In voting places in...
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17-7-25
Section 17-7-25 Implementation of article. (a) It shall be the duty of the committee to recommend
procedures to be implemented by the Secretary of State under the Administrative Procedure
Act where appropriate to achieve and maintain the maximum degree of correctness and impartiality
of voting, counting, tabulating, and recording votes, by electronic vote counting systems
provided by this article. (b) To the extent practicable, statutes and procedures implemented
by the Secretary of State pursuant to this chapter shall apply in all municipal elections
that are conducted using automatic tabulating equipment or an electronic official vote counting
system. The duties assigned in the rules and statutes to a state or county election official
shall be performed by the corresponding municipal official. Where there is no corresponding
municipal official, the duties shall be performed by the municipal clerk or other election
official appointed by the municipal governing body where the clerk is...
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