45-37A-52.91
Section 45-37A-52.91 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate at any
election for the office of mayor may become such candidate by filing in the office of the
judge of probate of the county in which such city is situated, a statement in writing of such
candidacy, accompanied by an affidavit taken and certified by such judge of probate or by
a notary public that such person is duly qualified to hold the office for which he or she
desires to be a candidate. Such statement shall be filed at least 45 days before the day set
for such election and shall be in substantially the following form: State of Alabama, ______
County. I, the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of
the City of ______, in the state and county, and reside at ______ in the City of ______, that
I desire to become a candidate for the office of mayor in that city at the election of the
office to be held on the ______ day of August, next and that I am duly qualified...
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17-11-43.1
Section 17-11-43.1 Use of federal write-in absentee ballots by overseas voters. A person who
votes by absentee ballot pursuant to the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act,
42 U.S.C. 1973ff, may use a federal write-in absentee ballot as provided in 42 U.S.C. 1973ff-2
for casting his or her vote in any primary, primary runoff, general, or special election for
federal, state, or county office or proposed constitutional amendment or other referenda.
The Secretary of State may promulgate rules in accordance with the Alabama Administrative
Procedure Act to implement this section. (Act 2014-6, p. 21, §2.)...
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17-11-49
Section 17-11-49 Witnessing or notarization of absentee ballots. (a) The Secretary of State
is granted authority to adopt requirements related to witnessing or notarization of absentee
ballots, voter identification, candidate qualifying, and ballot access procedures, ballot
printing, and the application process for absentee balloting in elections for federal, state,
county, and municipal offices and constitutional amendments and other referenda to comply
with federal law. (b) The Secretary of State is authorized to extend the deadline for receiving,
processing, and counting absentee ballots if absentee ballots are transmitted to qualified
absentee voters less than the minimum number of days prior to an election as required by federal
law. Absentee election officials utilized for the processing and counting of absentee ballots
pursuant to this section shall be appointed in the manner prescribed in Section 17-11-11,
and compensated as provided in Section 17-8-12. (Act 2011-619, p. 1417,...
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17-13-45
Section 17-13-45 Provision for election of members of state executive committees. The state
or county executive committee of any political party may, by a majority vote of the committee,
require that members of the committee be elected by the qualified electors of such political
party. If such committee adopts an appropriate resolution requiring that such members be so
elected, such election shall be held on the same ballot as the gubernatorial primary election.
When members of county or state executive committees are to be elected in a primary, their
declarations of candidacy shall be filed in the same manner and within the same time as candidates
for nomination for public office. (Acts 1975, No. 1196, p. 2349, §8; §17-16-9; amended and
renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §61.)...
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17-7-27
Section 17-7-27 Secretary of State may implement uniform system of electronic voting in certain
counties. The Secretary of State may implement a uniform system of electronic voting in any
county participating in the pilot project for establishing a uniform system of electronic
voting provided for in Act 91-562. The Secretary of State may provide through the pilot project
for the administration and educational support of a uniform system to enable counties to immediately
and electronically obtain all vote totals and to enable a county to immediately transfer by
electronic means all election vote totals, and other totals from a participating county directly
to the office of the Secretary of State on a timely and economic basis. (Acts 1993, No. 93-766,
p. 1531, §1; §17-24-20; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §39.)...
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11-3A-5
Section 11-3A-5 Referendum election to approve application of powers. The powers authorized
under this chapter shall be effective in a county only after an affirmative vote of a majority
of the qualified electors of the county residing in the unincorporated areas of the county
and voting in a referendum election held on the question of whether the powers authorized
under this chapter shall be effective in the county. Except as provided in subsection (h)
of Section 11-3A-2, the election shall be called upon resolution adopted by affirmative vote
of the majority of the members of the county commission. The referendum election shall be
conducted in accordance with the election laws of the state and may be held only in conjunction
with a primary, general, or special election held for another purpose in the county. In no
case may any election authorized by this chapter be held more often than once every 48 months.
(Act 2005-200, p. 399, §5.)...
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17-14-51
Section 17-14-51 Returns made to Secretary of State. The canvassing board shall ascertain the
number of votes given in their respective counties for and against the proposed amendment
when ascertaining the vote given for officers; the canvassing board of such county shall thereupon
make returns of such vote, by precincts, to the Secretary of State immediately, together with
a certificate, prepared from the poll lists of the total number of qualified electors in the
county who voted at such election. (Code 1852, §354; Code 1867, §403; Code 1876, §354;
Code 1886, §446; Code 1896, §1663; Code 1907, §437; Code 1923, §527; Code 1940, T. 17,
§211; Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-908, p. 482, §4; §17-17-2; amended and renumbered
by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §74.)...
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9-10-2
Section 9-10-2 County resolutions declaring need for incorporation of State Water Conservation
and Irrigation Agency, etc.; membership of corporation; composition of board of directors;
qualifications, election and terms of office of board members. The organization and establishment
of the agency shall be as follows: (1) The county commission of any county or counties lying
within the State of Alabama which may elect to come within the provisions of this article
shall indicate its desire to participate therein by the adoption of an appropriate resolution
declaring the need for the incorporation of a water conservation and irrigation agency, stating
its intention to give financial assistance to projects of such agency and stating its desire
to become a part thereof. (2) Membership of the corporation shall consist of title holders
to the land irrigated or proposed to be irrigated within the boundaries of the irrigation
district or districts to be established, and such member water users...
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10A-8A-2.03
Section 10A-8A-2.03 Execution, filing, and recording of statements. (a) A statement may be
delivered to the Secretary of State for filing. A certified copy of a statement of authority
that was filed by the Secretary of State may be delivered to a judge of probate for filing
in accordance with Section 10A-8A-3.03(f) and (g). A certified copy of a statement that is
filed in an office in another jurisdiction may be delivered to the Secretary of State for
filing, and once filed by the Secretary of State, in the case of a statement of authority
which is intended to have a similar effect to that of a statement of authority under Section
10A-8A-3.03(f) or (g), may be delivered to the judge of probate for filing in accordance with
Section 10A-8A-3.03(f) or (g). Either filing has the effect provided in this chapter with
respect to partnership property located in or transactions that occur in this state. (b) A
certified copy of statement of authority filed in the office of the Secretary of State...

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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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