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11-46-50
Section 11-46-50 Identification of voters where voting machines used; voting procedure; assistance
of voters; provisional ballot. (a) The election officials, where voting machines are used,
shall ascertain whether each applicant to vote is entitled to vote, and each applicant found
to be entitled to vote shall be permitted to vote in the manner provided in this article.
Each applicant to vote shall identify himself or herself to the chief clerk, who shall examine
the list of qualified electors furnished by the municipal clerk and, if such voter's name
appears on such list, the chief clerk shall mark the applicant's name off the list. The applicant,
unless unable to write his or her own name because of physical handicap or illiteracy, shall
then sign his or her name on the poll list on the line numbered to indicate the order in which
the voters cast their ballots, and the clerk shall record the voter's name on a second poll
list on the line numbered to indicate the order in which the...
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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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11-46-33
Section 11-46-33 Duties of clerk as to voting machines. (a) Whenever voting machines are to
be used in any municipal election the municipal clerk shall: (1) Cause the proper ballot labels
to be placed on the voting machines; (2) Cause the machines to be placed in proper working
order for voting; (3) Examine all voting machines in the presence of authorized watchers for
any interested persons before they are sent out to the polling places; (4) See that all the
registering counters are set at zero; (5) Lock, in the presence of authorized watchers, all
voting machines so that the counting machinery cannot be operated; and (6) Seal each one with
a numbered seal, a list of which numbered seals and the number on the protective counters,
together with the number of the voting place to which it was sent shall be kept as a permanent
record in such clerk's office, open to any citizen. (b) The inspection and sealing of voting
machines shall begin not later than 9:00 A.M., of the Monday before any...
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17-13-18
Section 17-13-18 Candidate with majority of votes declared nominee of party; second primary
election; certification of results. (a) At the respective meetings of the respective executive
committees, the county executive committee, as to candidates in the primary election for office,
except candidates for county office, shall publicly ascertain, determine, and declare whether
any candidate for office in the primary election has received a majority of the votes cast
for the office, and, if so, declare the candidate the nominee of the party for the office
for which he or she was a candidate and for which he or she received a majority of the votes
cast for that office in the primary election. (b) If no candidate receives a majority of all
of the votes cast in such primary election for any one office or offices for the nomination
to which there were more than two candidates, then there shall be held a second primary election
on the fourth Tuesday following the primary election, and the...
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17-16-20
Section 17-16-20 Recounts generally. (a) When, in a general election, the election returns
for any public office, including a judicial office, reflect that a candidate is defeated or
any ballot statewide measure is defeated by not more than one half of one percent of the votes
cast for the office, or the ballot measure, as certified by the appropriate election officer,
a recount shall be held unless the defeated candidate submits a written waiver for the recount
as provided herein: (1) In the case of an election for any federal, state, circuit, or district
office, or the state Senate, state House of Representatives, or any other office that is not
a county office, a written waiver for a recount may be submitted to the Secretary of State
within 24 hours after the certification of the results of the election. Upon receipt of the
waiver, the Secretary of State shall immediately order the recount to be cancelled. (2) In
the case of an election for any county office, a written waiver for a...
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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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11-46-49
Section 11-46-49 Election officers for voting machines; duties. (a) At all elections where
voting machines are used, there shall be the following election officers for each voting machine:
An inspector, a chief clerk, and a first and a second assistant clerk; except, in the event
voting centers are established, then the requirements of Section 11-46-24 shall control the
number of election officials. (b) The inspector shall be in general charge of the poll, shall
see that the counter compartments of the machine are never unlocked or opened so that the
counters are exposed during voting, shall see that the other election officers perform the
duties imposed on them by this section, shall keep a record of all voters at such machine
who received assistance pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 11-46-51, and all other records
required by this article, and immediately after the polls have closed and the statement of
the returns has been made, shall deliver such statement and the key or keys...
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11-44E-3
Section 11-44E-3 Election of commission and mayor; term of office. (a) The expense for all
elections shall be paid by such city. The mayor and all commission candidates shall qualify
as provided in Sections 11-44E-71 and 11-44E-72, respectively, and shall have the qualifications
and eligibility set forth in this chapter. Under applicable laws for the election of commissioners
to the commission, the mayor, within the scope of this chapter, shall provide for an election
to be held on the second Tuesday in July, 1991, and every two years thereafter for the positions
of associate commissioners in the manner herein provided. Upon the adoption of such form of
government and approval by the Justice Department, the mayor shall call an election, to be
governed by this chapter, to be held no later than the second Tuesday in July, 1991, and every
four years thereafter for the positions of associate commissioner for Districts 2, 4, and
6 for four-year terms. Associate commissioners for Districts 1...
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11-46-32
Section 11-46-32 Election supplies. (a) The mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality
shall at the expense of the municipality procure and superintend and insure the delivery to
the election officers at each polling place within the corporate limits of the municipality
of the necessary election supplies and shall also procure and deliver or cause to be delivered
to the municipal clerk a sufficient number of the absentee ballots and the envelopes therefor
prescribed by general laws and other supplies needed for the handling of absentee ballots
in such election in the manner prescribed by general law. In the event the municipal clerk
is a candidate in the election, he or she shall immediately upon receipt of the absentee ballots
and other supplies deliver the same to the person appointed pursuant to Section 11-46-55 to
act in his or her stead. (b) When paper ballots are used, such supplies shall consist of:
At least 100 ballots for each 50 registered electors at each...
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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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