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17-16-54
Section 17-16-54 Contest of election of judge of circuit or district court - Procedure generally.
If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the circuit court or of the district
court, the party contesting must file in the office of the judge of probate of the county
of the residence of the person declared elected, a statement in writing of the grounds of
contest, verified by affidavit, as prescribed in this article, and must give good and sufficient
security for the costs of the contest, to be approved by the judge of probate. On the filing
of the statement and the giving of the security, the judge of probate must endorse thereon
an order appointing a day for the trial of the contest, not less than 30 nor more than 50
days from the day of the reception of the certified statement and fixing the place of trial,
which must be at some place in the circuit or district in which the election was held, and
where a circuit or district court is required to be held, and must...
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17-9-3
Section 17-9-3 Persons entitled to have names printed on ballots; failure of Secretary of State
to certify nominations. (a) The following persons shall be entitled to have their names printed
on the appropriate ballot for the general election, provided they are otherwise qualified
for the office they seek: (1) All candidates who have been put in nomination by primary election
and certified in writing by the chair and secretary of the canvassing board of the party holding
the primary and filed with the judge of probate of the county, in the case of a candidate
for county office, and the Secretary of State in all other cases, on the day next following
the last day for contesting the primary election for that office if no contest is filed. If
a contest is filed, then the certificate for the contested office must be filed on the day
next following the date of settlement or decision of the contest. (2) All candidates who have
been put in nomination by any caucus, convention, mass meeting,...
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11-89A-6
Section 11-89A-6 Board of directors of authority; election; terms of office; vacancies; qualifications;
expenses; meetings; notice and waiver; resolutions; impeachment. (a) Each authority shall
have a board of directors composed of the number of directors provided in the certificate
of incorporation, as most recently amended; provided, however, that in the case of any authority
in existence and incorporated prior to May 11, 1989, the board shall consist of three directors
who shall be elected by the governing body of the determining subdivision for staggered terms
in accordance with the provisions of law as it existed immediately prior to the aforesaid
effective date unless such authority shall otherwise amend its certificate of incorporation
pursuant to the provisions of Section 11-89A-5. Unless provided to the contrary in its certificate
of incorporation, all powers of the authority shall be exercised, and the authority shall
be governed, by the board or pursuant to its...
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17-12-1
Section 17-12-1 Conclusion of voting; locking of equipment; certificates of result. When the
time arrives for closing the polls, all qualified voters, who are then waiting within the
voting room to vote, shall be permitted by the election officers to do so. After closing the
polls and sealing the required records, the precinct election officials shall follow the manufacturer's
instructions to lock the equipment against further voting and to obtain a printout of the
votes on each office and question. The first printout shall be torn from the equipment so
that all printing during the day, from the initial test before the polls opened through the
first printout of results, shall be on one continuous sheet or roll of paper. Then, four other
printouts of the results shall be produced and torn out. To each certificate shall be added,
if it is not automatically printed, the following information: (1) The name of the voting
place. (2) The date. (3) The identifying number (serial number) of the...
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22-21-316
Section 22-21-316 Board of directors; qualifications; election or appointment; terms; vacancies;
reimbursement for expenses; quorum; regular, special and called meetings; waiver of notice;
record of proceedings; use as evidence; removal from office. (a) Each authority shall have
a board of directors composed of the number of directors provided in the certificate of incorporation,
as most recently amended. Unless provided to the contrary in its certificate of incorporation,
all powers of the authority shall be exercised, and the authority shall be governed, by the
board or pursuant to its authorization. Subject to the provisions of subdivision (9) of subsection
(b) of Section 22-21-314, the board shall consist of directors having such qualifications,
being elected or appointed by such person or persons (including, without limitation, the board
itself, the governing body or bodies of one or more authorizing subdivisions or other counties
and municipalities, and other entities or...
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17-13-87
Section 17-13-87 New primary in case contest cannot be decided. If, upon the hearing of any
contest for any office, as provided for in this chapter, the committee, after an investigation
and hearing of the contest, shall determine that it is impossible from the evidence before
it to decide who is the legally nominated candidate for the office contested, it may direct
a new primary election for the nomination to any such office, but where any action is taken
by any county executive committee, either person to the contest, in the same manner as herein
provided for in the case of appeals from the action of any county committee, may take an appeal
to the state executive committee, which shall be the court of final appeal in all party contests
of nominations; provided that, upon hearing of any contest or appeal, as provided for in this
chapter, which is not referred to and decided by a subcommittee, 15 members of any such state
executive committee shall constitute a quorum for the hearing...
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11-42-103
Section 11-42-103 Division of consolidated municipality into wards by commission; election
of mayor and other officers. (a) The mayor and one councilman from each municipality to be
selected by the council shall be constituted a commission to divide such consolidated municipality
into wards, and if they are unable to agree, they shall call in another person who shall cast
a deciding vote, and such consolidated city or town shall be divided into wards as the commission
or a majority of them may direct. (b) At a day not more than 30 days after said commission
has divided such city or town into wards, an election, conforming to the general municipal
election law, shall be held and conducted by officers selected by such commission, at which
election a mayor and the proper officers for a municipality of such size shall be elected.
Officers conducting such election shall forthwith count the votes and make return to the commission,
who shall declare the results of such election, and those...
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11-46-52
Section 11-46-52 Closing of polls; locking of machines; announcement of results; statements
of canvass; proclamation; disposition of voting materials. (a) When the time arrives for closing
the polls, all qualified voters who are then waiting within the voting room to vote shall
be permitted by the election officers to do so. As soon as the last voter has voted and the
poll closed, the election officials shall immediately lock the machines against voting. (b)
The election officials shall then sign a certificate stating that the machine was locked and
sealed, giving the exact time. Such certificate shall also state the number of voters shown
on the public counters, which shall be the total number of votes cast on such machine in that
ward, the number on the seal, and the number registered on the protective counter. (c) The
election officials shall then open the counting compartment in the presence of the watchers
and of at least one representative of any newspaper or press association...
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17-13-83
Section 17-13-83 Manner of commencing contest of nomination to office other than county office.
Any qualified elector of a party participating in any primary election held under the provisions
of this chapter may, if the elector participated in the primary, contest a nomination declared
by his or her party to any office, other than a county office, by filing with the chair of
the state executive committee a statement of contest and grounds thereof, as required by this
article, for contest before a committee, verified and with averments the same as therein provided
and by giving security as provided in this article. The person whose nomination is contested
shall at once be notified by such chair in writing of such fact, and such contestee shall
have five days after the receipt of such notice of such contest within which to file with
the chair of the state executive committee his or her objections and answers to the statement
of contest. (Acts 1931, No. 56, p. 73; Code 1940, T. 17,...
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17-16-71
Section 17-16-71 Evidence confined to allegations; exceptions. No evidence shall be taken on
the part of the contestant unless to sustain some one of the specific allegations of the original
or amended statement of grounds of contest. Nor shall any evidence be taken on the part of
the contestee except in rebuttal of the specific allegations of the original or amended statement
of the grounds of contest. But upon five days' notice the contestee shall have the right to
take evidence of any malconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of any inspector, clerk,
returning officer, canvassing board, or other person; of illegal votes cast for some person
other than the contestee; of the rejection of legal votes cast for the contestee; of offers
to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other malconduct which prevented a fair, free, and full
exercise of the elective franchise in any election precinct in the State of Alabama, the election
in which is not put in issue by the original or amended...
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