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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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17-11-11
Section 17-11-11 Officials for counting of absentee ballots; poll watchers. (a) For every primary,
general, special, or municipal election, there shall be appointed one inspector and at least
three clerks, named and notified as are other election officials under the general laws of
the state, who shall meet, at the regular time of closing of the election on that day, in
the courthouse, or municipal building for municipal elections, as designated by the absentee
election manager for the purpose of counting and returning the ballots cast by absentee voters.
The returns from the absentee precinct shall be made as required by law for all other boxes.
It shall be unlawful for any election official or other person to publish or make known to
anyone the results of the count of absentee votes before the polls close. (b) Any person or
organization authorized to appoint poll watchers under Sections 17-8-7 and 17-13-11 may have
a single watcher present at the counting of absentee ballots, with...
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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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11-44E-41
Section 11-44E-41 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate in any
election for the office of commissioner may become such candidate by filing in the office
of the city clerk a statement in writing of such candidacy accompanied by a petition signed
by a minimum of fifty registered voters of such commission district or in the case of mayor,
one hundred registered voters of the municipality, endorsing the candidacy of such candidate
and an affidavit taken and certified by such city clerk or notary public. Such statement shall
be filed by 5:00 P.M. on the fourth Tuesday in June preceding the date set for the election
and shall be substantially in 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 said State and County, and reside at _____ in said City of _____, that I desire
to become a candidate for the office of commissioner for District _____, in said City...
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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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11-43A-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, ยง45.)...
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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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11-42-101
Section 11-42-101 Mode of consolidation - When municipalities to form new corporate organization.
If municipalities desiring to consolidate wish to form a new and distinct corporate organization
to be operated under the name of either one of such municipalities or a different name, the
several councils, upon the filing with the mayor or chief executive officer or chief executive
authority of each of such municipalities of a petition signed by not less than one fourth
of the number of the qualified electors residing in each of such municipalities setting forth
that they desire the consolidation of such municipalities, shall each pass an ordinance expressing
the purpose thenceforth to operate as one municipal corporation under the name therein mentioned
and call an election to be held simultaneously in the several municipalities on a day designated
by said ordinances, not less than 30 days after the passage thereof. Such election shall be
conducted in the same manner as general municipal...
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11-44D-1
Section 11-44D-1 Ordinance abandoning commission form of government and referendum adopting
mayor-council or manager-council form. Within three months of the adoption and approval of
this chapter, the governing body of any Class 6 municipality with a commission form of government
may by a majority vote of the members of that governing body adopt an ordinance abandoning
the commission form of government and calling for a referendum to be held at public expense
within 60 days after such call for the purpose of determining whether such city shall adopt
the mayor-council form of government, authorized by this chapter, or in the alternative the
manager-council form of government authorized by this chapter. The mayor or chief executive
officer shall give notice of the time and purpose of such referendum election by publication
once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality,
or, if there is no such newspaper of general circulation in the...
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17-13-7
Section 17-13-7 Persons entitled to vote; voter to certify political party preference by signing
poll list. (a) All persons who are qualified electors under the general laws of the State
of Alabama and who are also members of a political party and entitled to participate in such
primary election under the rules of the party shall be entitled to vote therein and shall
receive the official primary ballot of that political party, and no other; but every governing
body of a party shall have the right, power, and authority to fix and prescribe the political
or other qualifications of its own members and shall, in its own way, declare and determine
who shall be entitled and qualified to vote in such primary election or to be candidates therein
or to otherwise participate in such political parties and primaries. The qualifications of
electors entitled to vote in such primary election shall not necessarily be the same as the
qualifications for electors entitled to become candidates therein....
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