11-16-9
Section 11-16-9 Order establishing date for election - Form. The order may be substantially
as follows: Order for county seat election. The State of Alabama, _____ County. A majority
of the qualified electors of this county having petitioned the Governor praying that an election
be held in this county on the question of removing the county seat from _____ to _____, in
this county; and the Governor having appointed the undersigned as the board of commissioners
of county seat election, as provided by law: It is hereby ordered that an election be held
at the usual voting places in this county, by the qualified electors thereof, on Tuesday,
the _____ day of _____, 2__, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., on the question
of such removal, at which election the elector who desires that the county site shall remain
at _____ shall have written or printed on his ballot the words: "Against removal";
and the elector who desires that the county seat shall be removed to _____ shall have...
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11-46-9
Section 11-46-9 Election commission in Class 1 municipality. In any Class 1 municipality, the
mayor, the city attorney, and the president of the city council shall constitute an election
commission for the city. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either the mayor or the president
of the council is a candidate for office, the mayor shall appoint a member of the city council
who is not a candidate for office to serve on the election commission for the election in
which the mayor or the president is a candidate. In the event that both the mayor and the
president of the council are candidates for office at the same election, the mayor shall appoint
two members of the council who are not candidates for office to serve on the election commission
in place of the mayor and the president. If the mayor and all members of the council are candidates
for office at the same election, the mayor shall designate a senior member of his or her staff
and the council president shall designate a senior...
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16-13-164
Section 16-13-164 Ballot and election supplies. The county commission shall provide a sufficient
number of ballots for each voting precinct within said county, and at the top of each ballot
shall be printed the rate of such proposed tax, the time it is to be continued and that the
purpose is for the support of the public schools, and directly underneath in plain type shall
be printed on different lines the words, "For proposed taxation," "Against
proposed taxation," and a place must be left directly to the left of each line thereof,
and the voters favoring the proposed taxation will make a cross mark directly to the left
of the line, "For proposed taxation," and the voter not favoring proposed taxation
will make a cross mark directly to the left of the line "Against proposed taxation."
(School Code 1927, §257; Code 1940, T. 52, §250.)...
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17-13-52
Section 17-13-52 Certificate of nomination by convention, mass meeting, etc. The certificate
of nomination by any caucus, convention, mass meeting, or other assembly of any political
party or faction in this state not conducting a primary election at the expense of the state
shall be filed on or before 5:00 P.M. of the primary election day to certify their nominees
with the judge of probate, in the case of nominations for county office, and with the Secretary
of State, in the case of all other offices. Each such certificate must have attached thereto
a separate sworn statement from the nominee, signed by the nominee, stating that he or she
accepts the nomination. (Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §43; §17-16-46; amended and renumbered
by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §61.)...
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17-13-78
Section 17-13-78 Statement by elector contesting election. (a) Any elector of a party desiring
to contest the nomination by his or her party of any candidate declared the nominee for any
office shall make a statement in writing setting forth specifically all of the following:
(1) The name of the party contesting and that the elector was a qualified elector when the
primary was held and he or she participated therein. (2) The nomination which the election
was held to fill. (3) The time of holding the election. (4) The name of the person declared
nominated. (5) The particular grounds on which the nomination is contested. (b) The contest
is instituted by filing this statement and giving security as provided in this article, which
statement must be certified by the affidavit of such contesting party to the effect that he
or she believes the same to be true. (c) If the reception of illegal votes is alleged as a
ground for contest, it is a sufficient statement of the ground to allege that...
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17-16-4
Section 17-16-4 Reimbursing counties for election expenses - Only federal or state offices.
The State of Alabama shall reimburse a county for all sums expended by the county in payment
of expenses as provided for in Sections 17-16-2 and 17-16-2.1 and incurred in holding and
conducting an election in which only candidates for federal or state offices are nominated
or federal or state officials are elected. For the purposes of this section, a candidate for
federal or state office includes a candidate seeking election as a district representative
for a federal or state office appearing on the ballot in any portion of a county. (Acts 1955,
No. 160, p. 406, §3; §17-21-3; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §78; Act
2011-147, p. 276, §1.)...
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17-5-14.1
Section 17-5-14.1 Establishment of segregated, separate political funds; voluntary contributions;
filing of disclosure reports; violations. (a) Any business or nonprofit corporation, incorporated
under the laws of or doing business in this state, or any officer or agent acting on behalf
of the corporation may give, pay, expend, or contribute money, services, anything of value
for the purposes of establishing, administering, or soliciting voluntary contributions to
a separate, segregated fund which can be utilized for political purposes (i) to aid or promote
the nomination or election of any person, including an incumbent political officeholder or
any other person who is or becomes a candidate for political office; or (ii) to aid or promote
the interest or success, or defeat of any political party or political proposition. Any separate,
segregated fund established hereunder for any of the above enumerated purposes shall be established
and administered pursuant to the following...
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17-6-28
Section 17-6-28 Requirements for write-in votes. (a) Write-in votes shall be permitted only
in non-municipal general elections and shall be counted as provided in this section based
on one of the following: (1) Upon a determination that the number of write-in votes for a
specific office is greater than or equal to the difference in votes between the two candidates
receiving the greatest number of votes for the specific office. (2) Upon a written request
satisfying the requirements in subsection (i). (b) The ballot for a non-municipal general
election must be constructed so that the voter can mark a write-in vote for each office in
the same manner that votes are registered for regular candidates. In order to cast a valid
write-in vote, the voter must (1) write the name on the ballot and (2) register the vote by
a mark in the space designated for that office. A write-in vote that is not registered as
provided above shall not be considered a valid write-in vote and shall not be included...

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11-44B-46
Section 11-44B-46 Establishment of personnel board; composition; terms; meetings; compensation;
records. (a) Upon election by ordinance of a city to participate in the personnel system provided
for in this article, there shall be established a personnel board composed of five members
designated, respectively, as place number 1, place number 2, place number 3, place number
4, and place number 5. Each member shall be of recognized good character and ability and a
resident and qualified elector of the city. No person shall be eligible for membership on
the board who holds any civil office of profit under the city, county, or state. No board
member shall be a member of any local committee of a political party, or an official of a
local partisan political club, or a candidate for nomination or election to any public office,
nor shall he or she take any part in the management or affairs of any local political party
or in any city political campaign, except to exercise his or her right as a...
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17-11-3
Section 17-11-3 Absentee balloting generally. (a) Any qualified elector of this state may apply
for and vote an absentee ballot by mail, by hand delivery, or by commercial carrier, as determined
by rule by the Secretary of State, as provided in Sections 17-11-5 and 17-11-9, in any primary,
general, special, or municipal election, if he or she makes application in writing therefor
not less than five days prior to the election in which he or she desires to vote and meets
one or more of the following requirements: (1) The person expects to be out of the county
or the state, or the municipality for municipal elections, on election day. (2) The person
has any physical illness or infirmity which prevents his or her attendance at the polls, whether
he or she is within or without the county on the day of the election. (3) The person expects
to work a shift which has at least 10 hours which coincide with the hours the polls are open
at his or her regular polling place. (4) The person is...
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