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17-16-64
Section 17-16-64 Statement - Contents of statement; verification; service; amendments. The
written statement of the grounds of contest must set forth specifically: (1) The name of the
person contesting and that the person was a qualified voter when the election was held. (2)
The office which the election was held to fill, and the time of holding the same. (3) The
particular grounds of contest. (4) The name of the counties in which any of the alleged grounds
of the contest may have occurred, and shall state with particularity the names of the election
precinct in each of such counties in which the grounds of contest may be alleged to have occurred.
(5) The grounds on which the declared voter of each of the named election precincts in each
county is contested. Such statement of the grounds of contest must be sworn to by the elector
making the contest before some officer authorized to administer oaths in the State of Alabama,
and may be amended from time to time as may be determined by...
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17-16-40
Section 17-16-40 Grounds of contest. The election of any person declared elected to the office
of Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries, Public Service Commissioner, senator or representative in the Legislature,
justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the courts of appeals, judge of the circuit court
or district court, or any office which is filled by the vote of a single county, or to the
office of constable may be contested by any person who was at the time of either of the elections
a qualified elector for any of the following causes: (1) Malconduct, fraud, or corruption
on the part of any inspector, clerk, returning officer, canvassing board, or other person.
(2) When the person whose election to office is contested was not eligible thereto at the
time of such election. (3) On account of illegal votes. (4) On account of the rejection of
legal votes. (5) Offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other...
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17-13-71
Section 17-13-71 Grounds. The contests of nomination by a party for office, other than a county
office, may be instituted by any qualified elector of the state, or of the political subdivision,
as the case may be, who belongs to that party and who legally participated in such primary
election, upon the following grounds, which may be used separately, or else be joined in the
same contest: (1) Malconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of any inspector, clerk, returning
officer, canvassing board, or other persons. (2) When a person whose nomination is contested
was not eligible to the office sought at the time of the declaration of nomination. (3) On
account of illegal votes given. (4) On account of the rejection of legal votes. (5) Offers
to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other malconduct or misconduct calculated to prevent a
fair, free, and full exercise of the elective franchise. (6) Miscalculation, mistake, or misconduct
in counting, tallying, certifying, or canvassing which of...
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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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17-16-63
Section 17-16-63 Statement - Filing; bond. When any elector shall choose to contest any election
for the office of Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner
of Agriculture and Industries, justices of the Supreme Court, or judges of the courts of appeals,
the elector, within 10 days after the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall have opened
the returns and proclaimed the result of the election for Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor,
Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, justices of the Supreme
Court, or judges of the courts of appeals, as provided in this chapter, must file with the
Speaker of the House of Representatives a written statement of the grounds of such contest
and a bond with good and sufficient sureties payable to the State of Alabama and conditioned
for the payment of such costs as may accrue upon such contest in the event such contest shall
result in favor of the contestee. Such bond...
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11-65-5
Section 11-65-5 Composition of commission; terms; qualifications; removal from office. (a)
Every commission shall have five members, which shall constitute its governing body. All powers
of a commission shall be exercised by its members or pursuant to their authorization. The
mayor or other chief executive officer of the sponsoring municipality and the president or
other designated presiding officer of the county commission of the host county shall each
serve as a member ex officio, unless such official exercises his or her right, as provided
in subsection (b), to appoint a fixed-term member to serve in lieu of such official. The service
of each such official as a member shall begin with the beginning of his or her tenure in such
office and shall end with the ending of such tenure or the appointment by such official of
a fixed-term member to serve in lieu of his or her ex officio service. The other three members
shall be appointed in the manner hereinafter prescribed as soon as may be...
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17-12-22
Section 17-12-22 Results of election of state officers; resolution of tie votes. The Speaker
of the House of Representatives shall, within the first five days of the session of the Legislature,
in the presence of a majority of the members of the Legislature, open the returns furnished
under Section 17-12-19, ascertain and proclaim the result of such election, after which such
returns shall be filed and kept in the office of the Secretary of State, subject to the inspection
of any elector of the state. The person having the highest number of votes for either of the
offices shall be declared duly elected; but if two or more shall have an equal and the highest
number of votes for the same office, the Legislature, by joint vote, without delay, shall
choose one of the persons for the office. The duty of the speaker and of the joint conventions,
under this section, shall be purely ministerial. (Code 1876, §295; Code 1886, §394; Code
1896, §1651; Code 1907, §427; Code 1923, §517; Code...
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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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17-6-21
Section 17-6-21 Contents; amendments; withdrawal of name. (a) The official ballots shall contain
the names of all candidates nominated by caucus, convention, mass meeting, primary election,
or other assembly of any political party or faction, or by petition of electors and certified
as provided in Section 17-9-3, but no person's name shall be printed upon the ballots who,
within the time period set forth in subsection (c), notifies the judge of probate in writing,
acknowledged before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments, that he or she will
not accept the nomination specified in the certificate of nomination or petition of electors.
The name of each candidate shall appear but one time on the ballot and under only one emblem.
(b) A nomination for a candidate in a primary or general election shall be finalized by the
respective state executive committees not later than 76 days before the primary or general
election. Any amendment to a certification of a candidate by a...
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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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