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11-16-37
Section 11-16-37 Qualifications and appointment of election managers and returning officers;
laws governing elections. The probate judge, the circuit clerk, and the sheriff of said county,
within 10 days after notice in writing to them of the calling of such election, shall appoint
three managers and one returning officer to conduct the election in each beat or polling place
in the county, and said managers shall all reside in the beats, wards, or precincts where
they are appointed to serve and shall be qualified electors at said elections. In all other
respects the laws relating to the holding of elections in counties to determine whether county
bonds may be issued shall govern and apply to elections held under this chapter. (Acts 1927,
No. 399, p. 467; Code 1940, T. 12, §266.)...
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17-11-7
Section 17-11-7 Form of affidavit to be printed on envelope - General, special, or municipal
elections. (a) Each absentee ballot shall be accompanied by an envelope upon which shall be
printed an affidavit. (b) With respect to an absentee ballot cast pursuant to Section 17-11-3,
the affidavit shall read as follows: "State of Alabama County of ___ I, the undersigned,
do swear (or affirm) that: My place of residence in Alabama is: ___ (street) ___, Alabama
___ (city or town) (zip code) My date of birth is: ___ month day year I am entitled to vote
an absentee ballot because: Check at least one: ___ I expect to be out of the county or the
state on election day. ___ I am physically incapacitated and will not be able to vote in person
on election day. ___ I expect to work a required workplace shift which has at least 10 hours
which coincide with the polling hours at my regular polling place. ___ I am a student at an
educational institution...
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17-8-7
Section 17-8-7 Poll watchers. (a) Except in the case of municipal elections, each political
party or organization having candidates nominated, by a writing submitted to the inspector
by the chair of the county executive committee or nominees for office or beat committeeman,
may appoint a watcher for each voting place. In the event of an election in which there are
no candidates, each political party, through a writing submitted to the inspector by the chair
of the county executive committee, may appoint a watcher for each voting place. (b) Watchers
shall have the right to: (1) Observe the conduct of the election. (2) Monitor the preliminaries
of opening the polls. (3) Remain at the polling place throughout the election until the results
of the election have been posted and the voting machines sealed, as provided by law. (4) Observe
the ballots as they are counted. (5) Observe absentee ballots and affidavits when they are
called during the count. (6) See all oaths administered and...
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45-31-110.05
Section 45-31-110.05 Inspector, chief clerk, and assistant clerks; duties. (a) For each voting
center where only one voting machine is to be used, the election officials shall consist of
an inspector, a chief clerk, and two assistant clerks. For each voting center where more than
one voting machine is to be used there shall be appointed one chief inspector who shall supervise
the conduct of the other officials and the operation of the voting center, one inspector and
one chief clerk, and for each voting machine to be used at such center there shall be appointed
two assistant clerks. For each voting center where more than four voting machines are to be
used there may be appointed two additional assistant clerks for each group of four voting
machines or fraction thereof. (b) The election officers provided for herein shall be appointed
by the same officers that appoint other election officers as provided for in Section 17-13-48.
They shall perform all duties imposed on election officers...
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45-29-110
Section 45-29-110 Compensation. (a) The County Commission of Fayette County shall provide such
additional amount of daily compensation as is necessary to grant each election clerk, inspector,
and returning officer of elections a total compensation of twenty-five dollars ($25), and
shall increase the mileage allowance of the returning officer to fifteen cents ($.15) a mile
in going to the courthouse and returning to the place of holding the election. Such compensation
and mileage shall be paid out of any funds in the county treasury available for such purposes.
(b)(1) In Fayette County, all inspectors, assistant inspectors, and technical assistants appointed
to conduct elections at the various polling places are hereby entitled to an additional per
diem allowance in such amount as will, together with any amount paid by the state, make a
total paid to such officials thirty-five dollars ($35) for each day they work at the polls.
Such officials, when acting as returning officers, shall...
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17-11-10
Section 17-11-10 Procedure upon receipt of ballot by absentee election manager; counting of
ballots. (a) Upon receipt of the absentee ballot, the absentee election manager shall record
its receipt thereof on the absentee list as provided in Section 17-11-5 and shall safely keep
the ballot without breaking the seal of the affidavit envelope. (b) For absentee ballots received
by noon on the day of the election, the absentee election manager shall, beginning at noon,
deliver the sealed affidavit envelopes containing absentee ballots to the election officials
provided for in Section 17-11-11. The election officials shall then call the name of each
voter casting an absentee ballot with poll watchers present as may be provided under the laws
of Alabama and shall examine each affidavit envelope to determine if the signature of the
voter has been appropriately witnessed. If the witnessing of the signature and the information
in the affidavit establish that the voter is entitled to vote by...
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21-4-22
Section 21-4-22 Promulgation of guidelines. (a) The Attorney General of this state, in consultation
with the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, and in accordance with Section
553 of Title 5, United States Code, shall promulgate, within six months of April 8, 1985,
guidelines to assure that registration and polling place facilities used for state elections
are readily accessible to and usable by handicapped and elderly individuals. Such guidelines
at a minimum shall require: (1) That all polling places shall be located a. In any building
or other facility which is or can be made accessible, by temporary ramp or otherwise, to individuals
in wheelchairs on election days for all hours during which said polling places are used for
the purpose of a state election; and b. On the ground level of the building or other facility
or at a location within such building or facility as is accessible by elevator; and (2) That
all places of registration shall be located a. In any...
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11-46-25
Section 11-46-25 Ballots; statements of candidacy; withdrawal of candidacy. (a) In all municipal
elections on any subject which may be submitted by law to a vote of the people of the municipality
and for any municipal officers, if paper ballots are used, the voting shall be by official
ballot printed and distributed as provided in subsections (c) and (d), and no ballot shall
be received or counted in any election unless it is provided as prescribed by law. (b) There
shall be but one form of ballot for all the candidates for municipal office and every ballot
provided for use at any polling place in a municipal election shall contain the names of all
candidates who have properly qualified and have not withdrawn, as provided in subsection (g),
together with the title of the office for which they are candidates. (c) All ballots shall
be printed in black ink on clear book paper. At the bottom of each ballot and at a point an
equal distance from the sides thereof there shall be printed a...
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45-10-111.01
Section 45-10-111.01 Compensation for returning officers; mileage allowance. (a) This section
shall apply only to Cherokee County. (b) All returning officers, as appointed by the local
appointing board, the judge of probate, sheriff, and circuit clerk, shall receive an additional
compensation of ten dollars ($10) and shall receive the same mileage allowance for travel
as the state mileage allowance provided for in Section 36-7-22, from the location of the polling
place to the courthouse and return. (c) The judge of probate shall determine the number of
miles for returning officers to receive payment for mileage pursuant to subsection (b). (d)
The additional compensation shall be paid to the returning officers, one person per precinct
box, on each federal, state, county, or special election held in the county. (e) The provisions
of this section are in addition to statewide compensation for election officials as specified
by Section 17-6-13. (Act 97-652, p. 1237, §§1-5; Act 2015-182,...
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17-9-13
Section 17-9-13 Voting assistance; time allowed to finish voting. (a) Any person who wishes
assistance in voting may receive assistance from any person the voter chooses except the voter's
employer, an agent of the employer, or an officer or agent of the voter's union. The voter
is not required to state a reason for requesting assistance. To obtain assistance, the voter
must specifically request assistance by naming the person from whom assistance is sought and
by signing in the appropriate column of the voters' poll list. The person providing assistance
shall legibly sign in the adjacent column on the same line as the assisted voter's name. By
signing the poll list, the assistant shall certify that he or she is not the voter's employer,
an agent of the employer, or an officer or agent of the voter's union. If the voter is unable
to sign the poll list, the person giving assistance shall write the voter's name in the appropriate
column and then sign his or her own name in the third...
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