16-9-2
Section 16-9-2 Qualifications of superintendent. (a) The county superintendent of education shall be chosen for his general fitness and character and shall be a person of recognized ability as a school administrator. No person shall be eligible for appointment by any county board of education or for any political party nomination, or for election to the office of county superintendent of education unless such person: (1) Holds an Alabama certificate in administration and supervision based upon requirements established by the State Board of Education for such certificate; (2) Has had not less than five years of experience in public school work at the time he assumes office; (3) Submits proof to the State Superintendent of Education of three years of successful educational experience as a teacher, principal, supervisor, superintendent, educational administrator or instructor in school administration during the five years next preceding his appointment or election; (4) Submits proof to...
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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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17-13-84
Section 17-13-84 Filing statements of contests; depositions; costs; service of process; contempt. Upon the filing of any contest of nomination, the chair of the executive committee with which the contest is filed shall file a statement in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county where the contestant resides of the fact that such a contest has been filed, giving the names of the parties thereto, the nomination contested and the day set for hearing. After such statement is filed, the clerk of the circuit court shall issue such subpoenas for witnesses and orders for production of documents and shall issue commissions for the taking of testimony by deposition as required by either party, each party to the contest being responsible for costs incurred by him or her for the summoning and attendance of witnesses on his or her behalf, and the clerk may issue execution for such costs the same as in civil cases. It shall be the duty of the sheriff to serve all process issued by...
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37-1-7
Section 37-1-7 Impeachment and removal of commissioners. The commissioners may be impeached and removed from office by the supreme court for the same causes and in the same manner as other state officers; and any commissioner who shall accept directly or indirectly any gift, gratuity, emolument or employment from any person, firm, corporation, company or association, owning or operating in whole or in part in this state a utility, as defined in this title, during his continuance in office, except a pass for himself or any employee of the commission on official business, shall forfeit his office and may be impeached and removed from office therefor, or for any other cause of impeachment. (Code 1886, §1124; Code 1896, §3485; Code 1907, §5639; Code 1923, §9613; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 297, p. 302; Code 1940, T. 48, §8.)...
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45-26-72
Section 45-26-72 Election. (a) The organization and composition of the County Commission of Elmore County is altered to comply with this section. The governing body shall continue to be known as the County Commission of Elmore County and shall have and exercise all of the powers, duties, limitations, and responsibilities conferred upon it by the general laws of Alabama relating to county commissions insofar as they are consistent with this section. For the purpose of transacting official business, a quorum shall consist of three commissioners. (b) Each member of the Elmore County Commission shall represent a separate district. Only the qualified electors residing in a district may vote to elect the commissioner representing the respective district. No person shall be eligible as a candidate for county commissioner unless he or she is a bona fide resident of the district he or she seeks to represent. Each member of the county commission shall reside in the district he or she represents...
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45-49-91.04
Section 45-49-91.04 Certification of petition. The judge of probate, with assistance from the revenue commissioner of the county, shall certify the accuracy of the petition within 30 days of receipt in his or her office. If the accuracy of the petition cannot be certified, the judge of probate shall return the petition to the person or persons submitting it to the probate court, and shall notify the persons submitting the petition of the reason or reasons for returning the petition and that no election will be called. If the petition is certified, the judge of probate shall provide for a special election on the question within that district within 70 days from the date the petition was certified by the judge of probate. The judge of probate shall certify no more than one petition for election per district during any calendar year and no special election shall be held within the 12-month period since the previous special election on this issue. (Act 2005-75, p. 111, § 5.)...
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11-44E-168
Section 11-44E-168 Recall of elected official. The mayor or any commissioner shall be subject to recall. To institute a recall election, any registered voter may present a petition to the city clerk having the signatures of no less than 30 percent of the registered voters having voted in the last preceding election. Such petition shall contain the following statement: To the city clerk. We the following registered voters of _____ (name of municipality) do respectfully request that you instigate an election to be held for the purpose of recalling _____ (name of person) who holds the office of _____ (name of office) Signatures of those signing the petition along with residential addresses shall follow. Upon receipt of such petition, the city clerk shall make arrangements under Alabama law to hold such election within 30 days of receipt by the city clerk of such petition. Provided that a majority of registered voters vote for the recall, then the city clerk shall thereupon declare that...
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12-16-86
Section 12-16-86 Performance of act with intent to affect fair drawing of jury by probate judge, jury commissioner, county commissioner, etc. Any person who does an act calculated to affect the fair drawing of a jury and with intent to affect the same shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $200.00 nor more than $1,000.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than six months, and if such person is a probate judge, sheriff or clerk of the circuit court or jury commissioner or a member of a county commission, his office shall be thereby vacated and shall be filled as in other cases of vacancy, on such conviction's being certified to the appointing power by the presiding judge or the clerk of the court in which it is had. (Code 1852, §543; Code 1867, §4093; Code 1876, §4766; Code 1886, §3923; Code 1896, §5100; Code 1907, §7480; Code 1923, §5072; Code 1940, T. 30, §51.)...
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17-16-60
Section 17-16-60 Contest not abated by death of contestant. In all contests of elections, such contests are not abated by the death of the party commencing them before final judgment, if any qualified elector appears in court and substitutes as a contestant and gives good and sufficient security for the costs which have accrued or may accrue on the contest. But if no qualified elector appears and proposes to substitute as the party contesting, the contest abates on the death of the contesting party, and judgment must be rendered against the sureties for the costs of the contest, which must be collected by execution in the name of the party whose election was contested. In all cases the person whose election is contested, if the successful party in such contest, is entitled to judgment for the cost thereof against the party contesting and the sureties, for which execution may issue returnable to the court of probate or to the circuit court, as the case may be. (Code 1896, §1701; Code...
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45-28A-41.20
Section 45-28A-41.20 THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE COMMISSIONER IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE APRIL 6, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Pursuant to Amendment 659 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 104.01 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, the Gadsden City Council shall call an authorizing referendum election regarding changing the Gadsden City Board of Education to an elected city board of education. (b) If a majority of the qualified electors of the municipality voting in the authorizing referendum election vote in favor of an elected city board of education, the board shall be established as provided in this subpart and the Legislature, as provided in Amendment 659, from time to time, by local law may provide further for the election and operation of the Gadsden City Board of Education. The local laws may provide for the termination of the terms of office of members of...
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