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17-1-5
Section 17-1-5 Employers to allow time off for voting. Each employee in the state shall, upon
reasonable notice to his or her employer, be permitted by his or her employer to take necessary
time off from his or her employment to vote in any municipal, county, state, or federal political
party primary or election for which the employee is qualified and registered to vote on the
day on which the primary or election is held. The necessary time off shall not exceed one
hour and if the hours of work of the employee commence at least two hours after the opening
of the polls or end at least one hour prior to the closing of the polls, then the time off
for voting as provided in this section shall not be available. The employer may specify the
hours during which the employee may absent himself or herself as provided in this section.
(Act 2006-545, p. 1263, §1; §17-1-9.)...
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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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17-7-21
Section 17-7-21 Requirements for approval of system. (a) The governing body of any county or
municipality or other political subdivision of the state by adoption of an appropriate resolution,
may authorize, adopt, and direct the use of electronic vote counting systems for use in all
elections held in such county or municipality or other political subdivision or any portion
thereof; and such resolution, a copy of which shall be filed with the Secretary of State,
shall specify the particular type of equipment to be used and a procedure for implementation.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), no electronic vote counting system shall be used unless
it has been constructed so that it: (1) Permits and requires voting in secrecy. (2) Permits
each elector to vote at any election for all persons and offices for whom and for which he
or she is lawfully entitled to vote; to vote for as many persons for an office as he or she
is entitled to vote for; and to vote for or against any question upon...
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10A-2-7.28
Section 10A-2-7.28 Voting for directors; cumulative voting. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION
BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a)
Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, directors are elected by a majority
of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum
is present when the vote is taken. (b) Shareholders do not have a right to cumulate their
votes for directors unless the articles of incorporation so provide. (c) A statement included
in the articles of incorporation that "[all] [a designated voting group of] shareholders
are entitled to cumulate their votes for directors," or words of similar import, means
that the shareholders designated are entitled to multiply the number of votes they are entitled
to cast by the number of directors for whom they are entitled to vote and cast the product
for a single candidate or distribute the product among two or more...
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11-46-68
Section 11-46-68 Miscellaneous offenses. (a) Any person who shall willfully fail or refuse
to perform or discharge any duty relating to absent voters required of him by this article
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not more than $100.00.
(b) Any person found drunk or intoxicated at or about any polling place during any municipal
election day is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than
$500.00 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county
for not more than six months. (c) Any person who, at a municipal election, interferes with
any elector when inside the polling place or when marking the ballot, or unduly influences
or attempts to unduly influence any elector in the preparation of his ballot must, on conviction,
be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $100.00. (d) Any person who, during or before
a municipal election, willfully removes, tears down, destroys, or defaces any...
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11-46-7
Section 11-46-7 Polling places for municipal elections in Class 1 municipalities. (a) Notwithstanding
any provision of law to the contrary, except for those citizens of Birmingham that reside
in Shelby County and those citizens of Birmingham that vote in the general election outside
the Birmingham city limits, the polling places for municipal elections in any Class 1 municipality
shall be the same as the polling places for general elections. (b) The polling places in which
the Class 1 municipal election are held shall be in compliance with the requirements of the
U.S. Department of Justice for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, shall
submit all required information to the U.S. Department of Justice for pre-clearance to hold
the election in time to receive the appropriate approval and conduct the election at the time
specified by law, and shall provide all notification to the voters of Birmingham regarding
their assigned voting locations and any special procedures to...
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17-1-9
Section 17-1-9 Employers to allow time off for voting. THIS SECTION WAS ASSIGNED BY THE CODE
COMMISSIONER. IT HAS NOT BEEN CODIFIED BY THE LEGISLATURE. Each employee in the state shall,
upon reasonable notice to his or her employer, be permitted by his or her employer to take
necessary time off from his or her employment to vote in any municipal, county, state, or
federal political party primary or election for which the employee is qualified and registered
to vote on the day on which the primary or election is held. The necessary time off shall
not exceed one hour and if the hours of work of the employee commence at least two hours after
the opening of the polls or end at least one hour prior to the closing of the polls, then
the time off for voting as provided in this section shall not be available. The employer may
specify the hours during which the employee may absent himself or herself as provided in this
section. (Act 2006-545, §1.)...
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10A-2A-10.22
Section 10A-2A-10.22 Bylaw provisions relating to the election of directors. (a) Unless the
certificate of incorporation (i) specifically prohibits the adoption of a bylaw pursuant to
this section, (ii) alters the vote specified in Section 10A-2A-7.28(a), or (iii) provides
for cumulative voting, a corporation may elect in its bylaws to be governed in the election
of directors as follows: (1) each vote entitled to be cast may be voted for or against up
to that number of candidates that is equal to the number of directors to be elected, or a
stockholder may indicate an abstention, but without cumulating the votes; (2) to be elected,
a nominee shall have received a plurality of the votes cast by holders of stock entitled to
vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present, provided that a nominee who
is elected but receives more votes against than for election shall serve as a director for
a term that shall terminate on the date that is the earlier of (i) 90 days from the...
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11-16-40
Section 11-16-40 Penalties for failure to perform duties required by chapter, etc. Any officer
or person who shall willfully or corruptly fail to perform any duty required of him under
any of the provisions of this chapter; or shall fraudulently alter or change the ballot of
any elector after it has been cast; or shall make any false or fraudulent count of votes;
or shall place in the receptacle for ballots any ballot not actually cast by an elector; or
shall take therefrom any ballot cast by an elector, with the intention of unlawfully changing
or affecting the result of the election; or shall make any false poll list or any false count
of the ballots or any false certificate to a poll list or to the result of the count of the
ballots; or shall wrongfully open the returns from any precinct or ward; or shall change,
secrete, destroy, or mutilate the returns from any precinct or ward or attempt to do so; or
shall prevent or attempt to prevent any such return from being made as required...
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17-14-35
Section 17-14-35 Tie vote. If, at the time of making the certification under Section 17-14-34,
it is found that an election of the number of electors to which the state is entitled is not
made by reason of two or more candidates having received an equal number of votes, the Governor
must forthwith decide between those having an equal number of votes. (Code 1852, §342; Code
1867, §391; Code 1876, §345; Code 1886, §438; Code 1896, §1656; Code 1907, §449; Code
1923, §539; Code 1940, T. 17, §225; §17-19-6; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p.
1331, §72.)...
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