17-11-18
Section 17-11-18 Time requirements for receipt of absentee ballots. (a) No absentee ballot
shall be opened or counted if received by the absentee election manager by mail, unless postmarked
as of the date prior to the day of the election and received by mail no later than noon on
the day of election, or, if received by the absentee election manager by hand delivery, unless
so delivered by the voter or medical emergency designee to the absentee election manager not
later than the close of the last business day next preceding the election or, if delivered
by the medical emergency designee, by noon on the day of the election. (b) The above provision
does not apply in the case of individuals voting absentee pursuant to the federal Uniformed
and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), 42 U.S.C. 1973ff, when those individuals
are voting in a primary, second primary, general, or special election for a federal, state,
or county office or proposed constitutional amendment or other...
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17-11-3.1
Section 17-11-3.1 Qualified voter with permanent disability preventing attendance at polls.
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 17-11-3, 17-11-4, and 17-11-5, a qualified voter who has a permanent
disability preventing his or her attendance at the polls may vote by absentee ballot in accordance
with this section. (b) The Secretary of State shall adopt rules that provide a process for
a voter who has a permanent disability to be placed on an absentee voter list and have a ballot
automatically mailed to him or her before each election. The rules shall include, but not
be limited to, all of the following: (1) An application procedure for permanently disabled
voters to vote by absentee ballot on an on-going basis. The procedure shall require that the
application form be signed and notarized by the disabled voter's primary physician. (2) A
procedure for verifying the identity of a voter and determining that the voter has a permanent
disability preventing his or her attendance at the polls. (3) A...
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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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11-43A-9
Section 11-43A-9 Election of municipal officers; division of municipality into districts; qualifications
and eligibility of candidates; runoff election; term of office; exception for Class 6 cities.
(a) In all cities to which this section applies, except Class 6 cities wherein the municipal
governing body has elected to have a nine-member council, as authorized in Section 11-43A-8,
the election for the first officers of the municipality shall be held on the same date as
the date of election for the next ensuing general municipal election. Except as otherwise
provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the election of the governing body of the municipality
shall cause the municipality to be divided into three districts containing as nearly an equal
number of people as possible. Candidates shall qualify in the manner prescribed in the general
municipal election laws and shall have the qualifications and eligibility set forth therein.
Each candidate shall announce that he or she is to become a...
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17-11-44
Section 17-11-44 Receipt of request. In determining the requirements for receipt of a request
for an overseas absentee ballot, the committee and the Secretary of State shall consider verification
by the absentee election manager of the information provided, a determination that the overseas
voter is qualified and registered to vote in the election, and the provision of: (1) An absentee
ballot. (2) Instructions for voting. (3) Instructions for returning the voted ballot. (4)
An overseas voter certificate. (Act 2011-619, p. 1417, §5.)...
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41-4-33.2
Section 41-4-33.2 Applicability of section; use of public funds, etc., by ambulance services,
etc., authorized; penalty for unauthorized use; final disposition of property. (a) This section
shall apply to voluntary nonprofit ambulance services and voluntary nonprofit rescue squads
which are operated as a public service for the benefit of the citizens of this state. It is
declared that said ambulance services and rescue squads are quasi-public entities that are
entitled to receive and use public funds or property appropriated, donated or loaned to them
by the state or any county or municipal governing body. (b) All surplus property owned by
the state to be disposed of by sale at auction by the Finance Department shall first be screened
by the state Board of Health Ambulance Advisory Board created in Section 22-18-5, and the
Alabama Association of Rescue Squads, Inc., to determine if such property may be of use by
volunteer ambulance services or volunteer rescue squads respectively. If...
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45-41-141.13
Section 45-41-141.13 Conduct of special elections. (a) The managers, inspectors, or other officers
of any special election authorized to be held under and pursuant to this part shall be appointed,
and such special election shall be held, in the same manner and by the same officers as a
regular election for county officers, under the general election laws of the state; provided,
that if such special election is held at the time for holding such regular election in the
county, then the election officers of such regular election shall conduct such special election
at the same time as such regular election, and for such services they shall receive no compensation
other than that allowed them for the holding of such regular election. If such special election
is held at some other time than that of holding such regular election in the county, then
the aforesaid election officers shall receive the same pay as that for holding such regular
election. All expenses for holding any such special...
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45-41-141.17
Section 45-41-141.17 Canvassing returns and declaring results of special elections. The commission,
within four days after any special election authorized to be held under and pursuant to this
part, shall canvass the returns so made with respect to such special election and make a written
report declaring the result of such special election, showing the number of votes cast, both
for and against the proposition set out on the ballot used in such special election. A copy
of such report shall be printed in a newspaper published and having general circulation in
the county, and the original of such report shall be filed in the office of the judge of probate
of the county. (Act 89-390, p. 747, §18.)...
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11-43A-114
Section 11-43A-114 Referendum ballots. At such referendum, the proposition to be submitted
shall be printed in plain prominent type on ballots separate and distinct from ballots used
for any other office or question and shall read as follows: "Check one of the following:
(1) The City of ___ shall adopt and operate under the council-manager form of government pursuant
to the 'Council-Manager Act of 1991.' Yes ( ). or (2) The City of ___ shall adopt and operate
under the mayor-council form of government pursuant to Section 11-43-1 et seq. Yes ( )."
The voter shall mark his ballot with a cross mark (X) after the proposition which expresses
his choice. If voting machines are used at any voting place in such election, the above propositions
may, at the discretion of the election commission or other body or official having charge
of the conduct of municipal elections, be submitted as separate propositions on voting machines
so used. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §45.)...
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17-4-2.1
Section 17-4-2.1 Electronic poll books. (a) The Secretary of State may allow the use of electronic
poll books in lieu of the printed lists of qualified voters provided for in Section 17-4-2
and the poll lists provided for in Sections 17-9-11 and 17-13-7. A county, with consent of
the county commission and judge of probate, may use electronic poll books in lieu of the printed
lists of qualified voters. In addition, the Secretary of State and municipal governing bodies
may allow the use of electronic poll books in lieu of the printed lists of qualified voters
provided for in Section 11-46-36 or any local law governing a municipal election. (b) A participating
county or municipality may adopt the use of any electronic poll book that has been certified
by the Secretary of State for use in this state. (c) To be certified for use by the Secretary
of State, an electronic poll book shall do all of the following: (1) Be secure. (2) Be compatible
with the statewide voter registration system. (3)...
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