11-46-22
Section 11-46-22 Notice of elections. (a) It shall be the duty of the mayor to give notice of all municipal elections by publishing notice thereof in a newspaper published in the city or town, and, if no newspaper is published in the city or town, then by posting notices thereof in three public places in the city or town. When the notice is of a regular election, the notice shall be published on the first Tuesday in July preceding the election or the first business day thereafter. When the notice is of a special election to be held on the second Tuesday in a month, the notice shall be published on or before the second Tuesday of the second month preceding the month in which the election will be held, except where otherwise provided by law. When the notice is of a special election to be held on the fourth Tuesday of a month, the notice shall be published on or before the fourth Tuesday of the second month preceding the month in which the election will be held, except where otherwise...
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11-46-27
Section 11-46-27 Appointment, compensation, etc., of election officers. (a) The municipal governing body or a majority of them must, not less than 15 days before the holding of any municipal election, appoint from the qualified electors of the respective wards or voting districts officers to hold the election as follows: Where paper ballots are used, one returning officer for each ward and three inspectors and two clerks for each box at each voting place and, where voting machines are used, an inspector, a chief clerk, and a first and second assistant clerk for each voting machine; except that in the event voting centers or voting places are established, then the requirements of Section 11-46-24 shall control the number of election officials. In any Class 6, Class 7, or Class 8 municipality, election officials must reside within the municipality and may serve at any polling place within the municipality. An election official appointed to serve in a polling place other than where he or...
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11-46-31
Section 11-46-31 Exhibition of voting machines for voter instruction and information; diagrams furnished with voting machines. During the 30 days next preceding an election at which voting machines will be used, the municipal governing body shall place on public exhibition in public places and at times as it may deem most suitable for the information and instruction of the voters one or more voting machines, containing the ballot labels and showing the offices and questions to be voted upon and, so far as practicable, the names and arrangements of the candidates for office. The machines will be under the charge and care of a person competent as custodian and instructor. No voting machine which is to be assigned for use in an election shall be used for public exhibition and instruction after having been prepared and sealed for the election. This requirement shall not apply in any municipality which will use a vote tabulator that requires voters to fill out a card or paper ballot that...
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17-6-24
Section 17-6-24 Printing and design. (a) All ballots shall be in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and shall contain a party emblem for each political party represented on the ticket. The arrangement of the ballot shall in general conform substantially to the plan hereinafter given, and in all cases the party columns must be placed in alphabetical order, beginning on the left of the ballot. The list of candidates of the several parties shall be printed in parallel and perpendicular columns, each column to be headed by the chosen device of such party and the party name or other designation in such order as the Secretary of State may direct. The number of columns shall exceed by one the number of separate tickets of candidates to be voted for at the polling place for which the ballot is provided, and in the appropriate place the words vote for one (or two or other number, as the case may be) to indicate the number which may be elected to each office. On the right of each...
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2-10-58
Section 2-10-58 Provisions of bylaws. Each association incorporated under this article shall, within 30 days after its incorporation, adopt for its government and management bylaws not inconsistent with the powers granted by this article. A majority vote of the members or stockholders or their written assent is necessary to adopt such bylaws. Each association, under its bylaws, may also provide for any or all of the following matters: (1) The time, place and manner of calling and conducting its meetings; (2) The number of stockholders or members constituting a quorum; (3) The right of members or stockholders to vote by proxy or by mail or by both and the conditions, manner, form and effects of such votes; (4) The number of directors constituting a quorum; (5) The qualification, compensation, duties and term of office of directors and officers, the time of their election and the mode and manner of giving notice thereof; (6) Penalties for violations of the bylaws; (7) The amount of...
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28-2A-1
Section 28-2A-1 Procedure for wet or dry classification option elections. (a) Any municipality having a population of 1,000 or more, may change its classification from dry to wet or wet to dry by a municipal option election, in the following manner. (b) Upon petition of 30 percent of the number of voters voting in the last preceding general election of the municipality being filed with the city or town clerk or governing body of the municipality, the governing body must call a municipal option election for the municipality to determine the sentiment of the people as to whether or not alcoholic beverages can be legally sold or distributed in the municipality. The petition for municipal option election shall contain the following: "It is petitioned that a municipal option election be held to permit the legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages within this municipality." On the ballot to be used for such municipal option election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do...
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45-49-72.01
Section 45-49-72.01 Election of commissioners; qualifications; election of president of commission; vacancies. (a) Members of the commission shall be elected at the general election to be held in November 1960, and every four years thereafter, by the qualified electors of the entire district which they are seeking. In all primary and general elections held to choose members of the commission, the ballots shall separately designate and specify the places on such commission by number, and each candidate shall designate in the announcement of his or her candidacy the number of the place for which he or she is a candidate and such candidate shall have resided within and be registered to vote in that district at least 90 days prior to qualifying. Members of the commission shall be qualified electors of Mobile County. Each commissioner shall continue to reside within the respective district which he or she represents throughout his or her term of office. Any commissioner who resides outside...
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10A-2-16.01
Section 10A-2-16.01 Corporate records. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) A corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its shareholders and board of directors, a record of all actions taken by the shareholders or board of directors without a meeting, and a record of all actions taken by a committee of the board of directors in place of the board of directors on behalf of the corporation. (b) A corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records. (c) A corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of its shareholders, in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders, in alphabetical order by class or shares showing the number and class of shares held by each. (d) A corporation shall maintain its records in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time. (e) Each...
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10A-2-7.25
Section 10A-2-7.25 Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Shares entitled to vote as a separate voting group may take action on a matter at a meeting only if a quorum of those shares exists with respect to that matter. Unless the articles of incorporation or this chapter provide otherwise, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter by the voting group constitutes a quorum of that voting group for action on that matter, but in no event shall a quorum consist of less than one-third of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter by the voting group. (b) Once a share is represented for any purpose at a meeting, it is, unless established to the contrary, presumed present for quorum purposes for the remainder of the meeting. (c) If a quorum is present when a vote is taken, action on a matter, other than the election of directors, by a voting...
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10A-2A-1.48
Section 10A-2A-1.48 Action on ratification. (a) The quorum and voting requirements applicable to a ratifying action by the board of directors under Section 10A-2A-1.47(a) shall be the quorum and voting requirements applicable to the corporate action proposed to be ratified at the time such ratifying action is taken. (b) If the ratification of the defective corporate action requires approval by the stockholders under Section 10A-2A-1.47(c), and if the approval is to be given at a meeting, the corporation shall notify each holder of valid and putative stock, regardless of whether entitled to vote, as of the record date for notice of the meeting and as of the date of the occurrence of defective corporate action, provided that notice shall not be required to be given to holders of valid or putative stock whose identities or addresses for notice cannot be determined from the records of the corporation. The notice must state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting, is to...
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