17-6-6
Section 17-6-6 Adjustment of precinct configuration, boundaries, etc. (a) The county governing
body shall have sole authority to change the configuration, boundaries, or designation of
an election precinct. Any change so determined shall be adopted by resolution of the county
governing body. (b) A county governing body shall only change a precinct by dividing the precinct
into two or more precincts except when in order to make it more convenient for voters to vote,
or to facilitate the administration of the election process, or to accomplish reapportionment,
it becomes necessary to consolidate all or part of a precinct with adjacent precincts, a part
or parts may be consolidated. (c) Except as may be provided further by local election laws
or by the electronic vote counting statutes, whenever at any general or primary election it
is anticipated over 2,400 votes will be cast on an electronic voting machine , the county
governing body shall adjust the boundary lines of the election...
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45-37-140.13
Section 45-37-140.13 Annexation; referendum; hearing; reestablishment of boundaries. (a) Whenever
any municipal corporation in Jefferson County annexes any portion of a district and a petition
is filed with the clerk of the municipality requesting annexation of the remaining portion
of the district, the petition containing the following: (1) signatures of 20 percent of the
qualified electors residing within the district or signatures of 200 qualified electors, whichever
is less, and (2) a written statement signed by at least two members of the board of trustees
of the district reciting that those signing the petition constitute either 10 percent of the
qualified electors residing within the district or 100 qualified electors residing within
the district, whichever is applicable, and (3) a description of the district; then the governing
body of such municipal corporation shall provide for and finance the cost of a referendum
election wherein the remaining qualified voter residents of...
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11-42-133
Section 11-42-133 Creation, etc., of wards; election of aldermen; division of wards into voting
precincts; rearrangement, etc., of boundaries of wards or voting precincts. (a) The council
or governing body of the annexing city or town shall create new wards (as many as may be deemed
to be necessary) regardless of any limitation in the charter of the annexing city or town
on the number of wards, or enlarge wards so as to embrace all territory embraced in the annexed
city or town and so as to afford opportunity to all persons in the territory embraced in the
annexed city or town to vote in all elections and participate in the government of the annexing
city or town, and each ward in the annexing city or town shall have the same number of aldermen,
but in no event shall there be more than 30 aldermen or representatives in the council or
governing body of the city or town. (b) The council or governing body of the city or town
shall elect aldermen for the wards, embracing all the territory...
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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used in
this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus which automatically
examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and tabulates the results.
(2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which conforms in layout and
format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card" shall mean a tabulating
card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label" shall mean the cards, papers,
booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of offices and candidates and statements
of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot"
shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting center" shall mean one or
more locations selected and designated by the county commission or the municipal governing
body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots in the election. (7) "Electronic...

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9-8-23
Section 9-8-23 Creation and incorporation of districts; increase or decrease in boundaries;
reorganization; change of name. (a) Any 25 owners of land lying within the limits of the territory
proposed to be organized into a district may file a petition with the State Soil and Water
Conservation Committee asking that a soil and water conservation district be organized to
function in the territory described in the petition. Such petition shall set forth: (1) The
proposed name of said district; (2) That there is need in the interest of the public health,
safety and welfare for a soil and water conservation district to function in the territory
described in the petition; (3) A description of the territory proposed to be organized as
a district, which description shall not be required to be given by metes and bounds or by
legal subdivisions but shall be deemed sufficient if generally accurate; and (4) A request
that the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee duly define the boundaries...
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17-6-2
Section 17-6-2 Establishment of precincts; boundaries; precinct map; reapportionment coordination.
(a) The governing body of each county shall establish precincts, define the territorial limits
for which each precinct is established, prescribe their boundaries using the most recent federal
decennial census tract and block map, and designate the precincts. The governing body of each
county shall, by resolution, adopt the establishment and boundaries of each precinct in accordance
with the timetable as set forth herein. (b) Each precinct shall be a contiguous, compact area
having clearly defined and clearly observable boundaries coinciding with visible features
readily distinguishable on the ground such as designated highways, roads, streets, or rivers
or be coterminous with a county boundary. (c) Each county governing body shall provide and
maintain at all times a suitable map showing the current geographical boundaries with designation
of precincts and a legal description of the...
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17-6-3
Section 17-6-3 Voting districts; naming of precincts. (a) Except as may be provided further
by local election laws or by the electronic vote counting statutes, the counties in this state,
as divided pursuant to this chapter into election precincts, and the boundaries of such precincts
shall so remain until changed by order of the county governing body, but the county governing
body, at its first regular meeting in March in each even-numbered year, shall subdivide any
election precinct in which there are more than 2,400 qualified voters and electronic voting
machines are used into voting districts or shall divide alphabetically the list of qualified
voters in such precincts into groups and assign each qualified voter a designated voting place
so as to provide an electronic voting machine for every person legally entitled to vote at
a polling place at which not more than 2,400 votes on a single electronic voting machine will
be cast. (b) Except as may be provided further by local...
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17-6-4
Section 17-6-4 Designating and equipping voting places; county voting centers. (a) Except as
may be provided further by local election laws or by the electronic vote counting statutes,
the county governing bodies shall designate the places of holding elections in the precincts
established hereunder, and, whenever the county has alphabetically divided the list of registered
qualified voters of a precinct into groups, it shall designate not only the voting place but
also the number of electronic voting machines at each voting place in the precinct, being
sure that it designates an electronic voting machine for each group of qualified voters. The
county governing body is specifically authorized to provide for installing as many electronic
voting machines as are needed in each precinct, and the electronic voting machines may be
installed at one designated voting place or there may be more than one voting place designated
and such number of electronic voting machines installed at each place...
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45-2-261.07
Section 45-2-261.07 Procedure for exercising jurisdiction in each district. The Baldwin County
Commission shall not exercise its planning and zoning powers and jurisdiction in any district
established hereunder until the majority of the qualified electors of the district voting
in an election shall have voted their desire to come within the planning and zoning authority
of the Baldwin County Commission. The election shall be held if 10 percent of the qualified
electors in any district submit a written petition to the county commission expressing a desire
to be subject to the planning and zoning jurisdiction of the Baldwin County Commission under
authority of this subpart. For the purposes of the establishment of districts after June 1,
2010, a district shall correspond to a voting precinct or precincts in the county unless the
county governing body determines that the use of voting precinct boundaries is not feasible.
A party or parties seeking to file a petition shall notify the...
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45-31-110.02
Section 45-31-110.02 Designation of voting centers. (a) Subject to subsection (b), when the
use of voting machines at elections in the county has been, or shall hereafter be authorized,
the county governing body of the county shall have the authority to designate a voting center
or voting centers in the county. The order so designating voting centers shall state the location
of the voting center and the boundaries of the territory in which electors shall reside to
be entitled to vote at the voting center. A copy of this order shall be posted at the courthouse
door of each county to which this article applies. The limitations prescribed by law as to
the number of electors who may reside in a voting district shall not apply to a territory
designated hereunder. All of the territory designated for a voting center shall be located
in the same precinct; and the voting center designated therefor shall be located in the territory.
The county governing body may by order abolish a voting...
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