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17-17-37
Section 17-17-37 Illegal voting at municipal elections. Any person who falsely impersonates
another and thereby or otherwise fraudulently casts a vote to which he or she is not entitled,
or having voted at a municipal election votes a second time at the same election, whether
in the same precinct or another, or having once obtained registration in any precinct, shall
register a second time, or attempt to obtain a second registration, whether in the same or
another name, or whether in the same or another ward, or shall aid or assist another not so
entitled, knowing him or her not to be so entitled, to vote or to obtain registration as a
voter, shall be guilty, upon conviction, of a Class C felony. (Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §88.)...
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45-37-72.20
Section 45-37-72.20 Definitions. As herein used, the following terms have the meanings hereby
ascribed to them: (1) COUNTY. Jefferson County, Alabama. (2) COUNTYWIDE ELECTION. Any election,
whether general, special, or primary, including runoff elections, where qualified electors
throughout the county are entitled to vote and which is held to elect a federal, state, or
county officer or to nominate a candidate or candidates, for a federal, state, or county office
or offices, to submit one or more questions, including, but not limited to, the question of
adopting a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, and the question of
whether general obligation bonds, or revenue bonds, of the state or county shall be issued.
(3) ELECTION COMMISSION. The election commission of the county. (4) FIRST ELECTION. The first
election for which this act provides to fill a vacancy as distinguished from the runoff election
held hereunder, if a runoff election is necessary. (5) RUNOFF...
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17-11-47
Section 17-11-47 Instructions. The committee and the Secretary of State may draft instructions
to be included when an absentee ballot is sent to an overseas voter, including, but not limited
to, the following instructions: "(1) To ensure that your absentee ballot is counted,
it should be completed and returned to the absentee election manager of the county of registration
as soon as possible, and not later than 12:00 noon on the day of the election. "(2) The
ballot should be marked in secret. "(3) Only the number of candidates or issue choices
indicated on the ballot should be marked. If the ballot instructs a voter to "vote for
one" candidate, and you vote for more than one candidate, your vote in that race will
not be counted. "(4) For your ballot to be counted, you must also complete an overseas
voter certificate, which includes your signature. Failure to include your signature will result
in your ballot not being counted. "(5) An overseas voted absentee ballot may be returned
to...
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45-37-140.14
Section 45-37-140.14 Abolition of district. (a) Any district created hereunder may be abolished
in the manner provided for in this section; provided, however, that no district shall be abolished
when it has any indebtedness. (1) Upon the petition for abolition of a district, conforming
to the requirements set forth below, being filed with the judge of probate, he or she shall
order an election on abolition of the district to be held in the district with the time provided
for by Section 45-37-140.04 unless the petition is submitted less than one year before the
next scheduled primary, primary runoff, or a general election in which case the election shall
be held at the next scheduled primary, primary runoff, or a general election, at which qualified
electors residing within the district shall be entitled to vote. The number of qualified electors
residing in the district signing the petition shall not be less than the smaller of these
two numbers: 500, or a number equal to 10 percent of...
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11-46-29
Section 11-46-29 Appointment of election officers upon failure of others to attend polls. On
the failure of any person who has been duly appointed an election officer to attend the polls
at the hour prescribed for his attendance, such of the election officers appointed for that
voting box or machine as are present may appoint such election officers as are needed to complete
the number of election officials for the box or machine. All persons so appointed shall be
qualified electors who are entitled to vote at that polling place. Should all the appointed
election officers fail to be present at a polling place by the hour prescribed on election
day, then any three qualified electors who are entitled by law to vote at that polling place
at the election then to be held may open the polls, act as three of the election officers
for such box or machine and appoint such other officers as are required to fill the place
of those absent; provided, that every person so appointed shall be a...
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11-46-44
Section 11-46-44 Votes not to be counted until polls closed; disposition of poll lists and
affidavits; counting of ballots. (a) No votes shall be counted until the polls are closed.
(b) Immediately after the polls are closed at elections where paper ballots are used, the
poll list signed by the voters and the poll list made by one of the clerks shall be sealed
in separate envelopes and labelled before the inspectors begin to count the votes. (c) As
soon as this is done, the ballots cast shall be counted in the following manner: The returning
officer or one of the inspectors must take the ballots one by one from the box in which they
were deposited, at the same time reading aloud the name of each person receiving a vote and
the office for which the person received the vote, and they must separately keep a calculation
of the number of votes each person receives and for what office the person receives them.
If the elector has marked more than there are persons to be elected to an office...
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16-9-8
Section 16-9-8 Taking office on January 1 following election; procedure where successful candidate
dies or resigns prior to taking office. (a) In counties in which the county superintendent
of education is elected by popular vote, the successful candidate shall take office on January
1 following the date of election. In the event the successful candidate dies or resigns prior
to January 1 following the date of election, a successor shall be elected at a special election
held for that purpose set upon proclamation of the Governor. County party committees may call
primary elections to be held in accordance with Chapter 7 of Title 17, to determine party
candidates at the special election. In the event one candidate at the election does not receive
a majority of all votes cast at the election, there shall be held a run-off election three
weeks after the date of the first election between the two candidates who received the highest
number of votes. The incumbent shall continue to hold...
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17-12-8
Section 17-12-8 Count of votes to be sealed, certified, and delivered to sheriff; public inspection
of results. As soon as the ballots are counted, the inspectors shall ascertain the number
of votes received for each person and for what office and shall make a statement of the same
in writing, which statement shall be signed by them. They shall also certify in writing on
both the clerk's poll list and the voters' poll list, that the poll list is the poll list
of the voting places at which they were inspectors, the day and year on which the election
was held, and for what offices, which certificates shall be signed by them. The clerk's poll
list, as sealed and certified, shall be placed in the records of election containers to be
furnished for each voting place. The record of election containers shall be securely sealed
and delivered by the precinct returning officer to the sheriff as county returning officer.
No later than two hours after the polls are closed, the voting place election...
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17-6-5
Section 17-6-5 List of voters for each voting place. The judge of probate shall prepare a separate,
correct alphabetical list of all the names of qualified electors or voters for each voting
place from the state voter registration list, pursuant to Sections 17-4-1 and 17-4-2, for
all elections hereafter held in this state, whether primary, general, or special, or federal,
state, district, or county, and, except for municipal elections, shall certify separately
for each voting place, to the election officials appointed for holding the election, which
election official shall be an elector qualified to vote only in the box at the place for which
he or she is chosen to serve, a list containing only the names of the voters or qualified
electors entitled to vote at the voting place. Nothing in this section shall prevent a series
of lists of names of voters or electors of other voting places from being certified by the
judge of probate on the same general list for information. A vote cast at...
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17-8-6
Section 17-8-6 Failure of election officials to attend. On the failure of any precinct election
official to attend at the hour of 7:00 A.M., such precinct election officials as may be present
may complete the number. If the inspector appointed is not present, the other precinct election
officials present shall choose one of their number to serve as inspector and shall appoint
from the qualified electors, who are entitled by law to vote at that polling place at the
election then to be held, such clerks as may be necessary to complete the requisite number
of precinct election officials. If there should be no precinct election officials present
at the polling place by the hour of 7:00 A.M., then any four qualified electors who are entitled
by law to vote at that polling place at the election then to be held may open the polls and
act as precinct election officials for the voting place during the absence of an appointed
precinct election official. (Code 1876, §262; Code 1886, §355; Code...
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