45-37A-150.01
Section 45-37A-150.01 Establishment of districts. (a) The City Council of the City of
Fairfield, may, not less than six months prior to the next regular general municipal election
in 1992, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality
into six single-member districts and designate the districts as numbers one through six, pursuant
to subsection (b). The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on
the council shall reside within the boundaries of the district for which he or she seeks election,
and shall continue to so reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or she
remains a member of the council. Candidates for election to a place on the council shall have
resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days immediately
preceding the date of the election. Only electors residing within a district shall be entitled
to vote for candidates seeking election for the...
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11-44B-2
Section 11-44B-2 Ordinances establishing boundaries of seven-council districts and salaries
of mayor and council members; compliance with Voting Rights Act; election of mayor and council;
powers and duties of municipality. If said ordinance be adopted by the governing body of any
municipality to which this chapter applies, then: (1) Within 90 days thereafter, the commission
board of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance, a. Establishing the boundaries of the
seven-council districts herein provided for, and b. Establishing the salaries to be paid to
the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election to be held hereunder; (2)
The commission board shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the Federal Voting
Rights Act of 1965, as amended; (3) After receipt of notification of compliance with the Federal
Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality
shall give notice that an election for mayor and all...
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17-11-12
Section 17-11-12 Delivery of ballots, envelopes, etc. to absentee election manager.
Not less than 55 days prior to the holding of any election, except a municipal election, to
which this chapter pertains, or in the case of a runoff primary election, not more than 14
days after the first primary election, the officer charged with the printing and distribution
of the official ballots and election supplies shall deliver to the absentee election manager
of each county in which the election is held or to the person designated to serve in his or
her place a sufficient number of absentee ballots, envelopes, and other necessary supplies.
Not more than seven days after the last day to qualify as a candidate in a municipal election,
or in the case of a runoff municipal election, not more than 14 days after the first election,
or in the case of a municipal election held for a purpose other than the election of municipal
officers, not more than seven days after the giving of notice of the...
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17-11-3
Section 17-11-3 Absentee balloting generally. (a) Any qualified elector of this state
may apply for and vote an absentee ballot by mail, by hand delivery, or by commercial carrier,
as determined by rule by the Secretary of State, as provided in Sections 17-11-5 and 17-11-9,
in any primary, general, special, or municipal election, if he or she makes application in
writing therefor not less than five days prior to the election in which he or she desires
to vote and meets one or more of the following requirements: (1) The person expects to be
out of the county or the state, or the municipality for municipal elections, on election day.
(2) The person has any physical illness or infirmity which prevents his or her attendance
at the polls, whether he or she is within or without the county on the day of the election.
(3) The person expects to work a shift which has at least 10 hours which coincide with the
hours the polls are open at his or her regular polling place. (4) The person is...
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45-28-21.01
Section 45-28-21.01 Regulation of sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages on Sunday
- Unincorporated areas. (a) The voters in the unincorporated area of Etowah County may authorize
the sale of alcoholic beverages within the unincorporated area of the county on Sunday by
an election pursuant to this section, in the following manner: The county commission,
by resolution, may call an election to determine the sentiment of the voters residing outside
the corporate limits of any municipalities within the county, as to whether alcoholic beverages
may be legally sold or distributed on Sunday in the unincorporated area of the county as further
provided for and regulated by ordinance of the county commission. (b) On the ballot to be
used for the election, the question shall be in the following form: "Do you favor the
legal sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages outside the corporate limits of any municipalities
within the county on Sunday as further provided for and regulated by...
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45-49-140.33
Section 45-49-140.33 Election requirements. (a) If the planned expansion of a municipal
police jurisdiction includes any portion of the Turnerville fire protection district, the
council or governing body of the respective municipality may request that the Judge of Probate
of Mobile County order an election to be held in the affected area. Only those qualified electors
residing within the boundaries of the affected area shall participate in the election. (1)
The council or governing body of the municipality may pass a resolution stating that the public
health or public good requires that the affected area, as described in the resolution, shall
be brought within the police jurisdiction of the municipality. (2) The mayor or other executive
head of the municipality shall certify and file a copy of the resolution together with a map
of the area showing its relationship to the municipal police jurisdiction to which the property
is proposed to be included, with the judge of probate. (3) At...
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11-44B-25
Section 11-44B-25 Procedures to reduce or delete areas from police jurisdiction. Notwithstanding
any law to the contrary, any Class 4 municipality that is organized pursuant to this article
may from time to time reduce or delete various portions and areas from the territorial limits
of its respective police jurisdiction or its planning jurisdiction or both as established
by law, including, but not limited to, Sections 11-40-10 and 11-52-30, Act 76-594 and as amended
by Act 94-539, the reduction and deletion shall be pursuant to the following procedure: (1)
INITIATION. The governing body of the municipality shall adopt a resolution calling for public
hearings to consider the adoption of an ordinance or ordinances for the purpose of deleting
a portion or portions of territory from its respective police jurisdiction or planning jurisdiction,
or both, as the case may be. The resolution shall state the time, date, and place of all public
hearings in regard to the ordinance and a reasonably...
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11-46-24
Section 11-46-24 Designating and equipping voting places; election officials; canvass
returns. (a) The municipal governing body may, when it orders an election, designate at least
one place of voting in each ward and if the ward has been divided into voting districts then
at least one place of voting in each district or the municipal governing body may establish
and designate one central place (location) within the municipality as the place of voting
for all wards. The number of voting boxes or voting machines as prescribed, shall be placed
in a central place of voting for use by the electors. The municipal governing body shall provide
at least one machine or at least one box for the voters of each ward, provided that this requirement
shall not apply to any municipality which uses electronic vote counters or tabulators or other
devices that are regulated by the Alabama Electronic Voting Committee established in Chapter
24 of Title 17 that are capable of counting the ballots from all...
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45-49-22
Section 45-49-22 Election on Sunday sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages. The
Mobile County Commission is hereby mandated to call and provide for holding an election among
the voters of Mobile County to determine whether or not alcoholic beverages, as defined in
Section 28-3-1, may be legally sold and distributed on Sundays after 12 o'clock noon
by properly licensed retailers serving the general public. The initial election mandated by
this subpart shall be held at the same time as the first statewide election scheduled to be
held following July 30, 1991. To the extent technically feasible, the question presented in
such election shall be printed on the same ballot used by the voters to vote on candidates
and other questions presented in such election, as the case may be. The question to be voted
on in the initial election mandated by this subpart, as well as in any subsequent election
held pursuant to Section 45-49-22.01, shall be stated on the ballots in substantially
the...
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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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