11-43A-5
Section 11-43A-5 Form and marking of ballots. At such election the question to be submitted shall be printed in plain, prominent type on separate ballots and shall read as follows: "Shall the council-manager form of government as provided by the Council-Manager Act of 1982 be adopted for the municipality of ___ ? Yes ______ No ______" The voter shall mark his ballot with a cross mark (X) after the word which expresses his choice. (Acts 1982, No. 82-517, p. 851, §5.)...
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9-8-57
Section 9-8-57 Referendum upon creation of district - Contents of ballot; qualifications of voters; voting procedure. The question to be voted on shall be submitted by ballots upon which appear the words: "For creation of _____ Watershed Conservancy District" "Against creation of _____ Watershed Conservancy District" A square shall follow each proposition. The ballot shall also contain a direction to insert an "X" mark in the square following one or the other of the propositions as the voter may favor or oppose creation of the district. The ballot shall set forth the boundaries of the proposed district as determined by the board of supervisors. Only owners of lands lying within the boundaries of the territory, as determined by the board, shall be eligible to vote in the referendum. Qualified voters may vote by absentee ballot in such referendum under rules and regulations prescribed by the board of supervisors. (Acts 1957, No. 517, p. 705, §7.)...
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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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11-46-68
Section 11-46-68 Miscellaneous offenses. (a) Any person who shall willfully fail or refuse to perform or discharge any duty relating to absent voters required of him by this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not more than $100.00. (b) Any person found drunk or intoxicated at or about any polling place during any municipal election day is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $500.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months. (c) Any person who, at a municipal election, interferes with any elector when inside the polling place or when marking the ballot, or unduly influences or attempts to unduly influence any elector in the preparation of his ballot must, on conviction, be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00. (d) Any person who, during or before a municipal election, willfully removes, tears down, destroys, or defaces any...
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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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11-46-67
Section 11-46-67 Offenses of electors. (a) Any elector who takes or removes or attempts to take or remove any ballot from the polling place at a municipal election before the close of the polls or who remains longer than the time allowed by law in the booth or compartment after being notified his or her time has expired must, on conviction, be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). (b) Any person who willfully makes to the inspectors of a municipal election a false declaration asserting an inability to prepare his or her ballot without assistance must, on conviction, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). (c) Any qualified elector at any municipal election who takes or receives any money or other valuable thing upon the condition that the same shall be paid at any future time in exchange for the vote of such elector for any particular candidate or the promise to vote for any particular candidate...
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16-13-187
Section 16-13-187 Ballots. The ballots used in said election shall have printed at the top the purpose of such election and, if a tax is proposed to be levied, there shall be printed at the top the rate of such proposed tax, the time such tax is proposed to be continued and that it is to be used for public school purposes. Where the election is only for a proposed tax levy, directly underneath such statement at the top of the ballot in plain type shall be printed on different lines the words, "For proposed taxation," "Against proposed taxation"; and, where the election is for consolidation of school tax districts or a school tax district and adjacent territory and proposed taxation, there shall be so printed the words, "For proposed consolidation and taxation," "Against proposed consolidation and taxation." A blank must be left directly to the left of each line so that the voter may indicate his choice by a cross mark directly to the left and in front of the line expressing his choice....
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45-37-111
Section 45-37-111 Compensation of election officials; expense allowance. (a)(1) This section shall apply only in Jefferson County. (2)a. In all general, municipal, special, and primary elections, the compensation of certain election officers and workers shall be as follows: The chief inspector shall be paid one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per day, the assistant chief inspector shall be paid eighty-five dollars ($85) per day, and each clerk and each worker assigned to canvas the vote shall be paid seventy-five dollars ($75) per day. In municipal elections where paper ballots are used exclusively, the provisions of law applicable to the use of paper ballots shall apply as to the amount which each election official in the voting centers or box shall be paid. To receive the returning fee allowed in this section the election official shall present an affidavit indicating he or she has attended an election procedure school since the last election. b. In all city and municipal...
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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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