17-11-15
Section 17-11-15 Performance of duties of clerk in municipal elections held separate from primary
or general election. In any municipal election that is held at a time different from a primary
or general election, the duties with reference to the handling of absentee ballots which are
required of the circuit clerk shall be performed by the town clerk, city clerk, or other officer
performing the duties of the clerk. If such clerk or other officer is also a candidate in
such election, the governing body of the city or town shall appoint a qualified elector of
the city or town to perform the duties. Such person so appointed shall have all the powers,
duties, and responsibilities of the circuit clerk under this chapter. (Acts 1975, No. 1147,
p. 2251, §13; §17-10-15; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §52; Act 2010-687,
p. 1660, §2.)...
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45-48-142.27
Section 45-48-142.27 Election procedures. (a) The provision of the election laws governing
the registration of voters, equipment at polling places, furnishing of supplies, appointment
of election officers, voting, and canvassing returns at a general election shall apply to
the elections for fire district funding. (b) When a petition for the holding of an election
is filed with the judge of probate not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to
some other election to be held in the territory in which the election is sought by the petition,
the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held the same day
as the other election held. The county governing body shall pay for the necessary expenses
of advertising and conducting the election out of the general funds of the county. (c) If
the petition is not filed at a time that will permit the election sought thereby to be held
at the same time some other election is held, as herein provided, the judge of...
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11-46-30
Section 11-46-30 Schools for instruction of election officials in use of voting machines; qualifications
and certification of election officials. (a) When voting machines are to be used in any municipal
election, the municipal governing body shall provide for holding a school or schools of instruction
for those who will actually conduct the election. The municipal clerk shall notify those persons
who have been appointed election officials of the time and place of the holding of such school
of instruction and shall also publish notice thereof at least 48 hours before the same is
to be held. (b) No election official shall serve in any election district in which a voting
machine is used, unless he has received such instruction, is fully qualified to perform the
duties in connection with the machine and has received a certificate to that effect from the
authorized instructor; provided, that this requirement shall not prevent the appointment of
an uninstructed person as an election official...
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11-46-61
Section 11-46-61 Offenses of election officers generally. (a) Any election officer appointed
as such by a municipal governing body who shall fail to attend a municipal election without
a lawful excuse shall, on conviction, be fined not more than $100.00. (b) Any election officer
who drinks any intoxicating liquors while any election is being held shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00. (c) Any election officer
who, without lawful excuse, neglects, fails, or refuses to perform any official duty prescribed
by this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless otherwise provided, and, on conviction,
shall be fined not less than $50.00. (d) Any election officer who discloses how any elector
voted shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $100.00
nor more than $500.00, and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more
than six months. (e) If any election officer willfully...
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11-65-4
Section 11-65-4 Elections required to approve incorporation of commission and conduct of racing
and pari-mutuel wagering thereon. (a) No commission shall be incorporated for a Class 1 municipality
and no horse racing or greyhound racing or pari-mutuel wagering thereon shall be permitted
in such municipality pursuant to this chapter unless the incorporation of such commission,
together with the conduct of horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon or greyhound racing
and pari-mutuel wagering thereon or both such activities, shall have been authorized by an
election held in the host county in which such incorporation and such racing and wagering
activities shall have been approved by both (i) a majority of the votes cast in such election
by voters who reside in the host county (including those voters who reside in the sponsoring
municipality) and (ii) a majority of the votes cast in such election by voters who reside
in the commission municipal jurisdiction. In order to authorize the...
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11-81-201
Section 11-81-201 Election as to proposed undertaking. Whenever any county or municipal corporation
through its governing body shall vote to take advantage of the authority granted in this article,
as a condition to the exercise of such authority it shall call an election, at which election
the question of whether or not such county or municipality will enter upon the undertaking
proposed by the governing body of the county or municipal corporation will be voted upon.
If the majority of the voters shall vote in the affirmative, then the county or municipal
governing body shall proceed with the proposed undertaking in conformity with the provisions
of this article and the law of the state pertinent thereto; otherwise, it shall not. Such
election shall be ordered, held, canvassed and may be contested in the same manner as is or
may be hereafter provided by the law applicable to the authorization of municipal or county
bonds. (Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 107, p. 100; Code 1940, T. 37,...
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45-30-140.08
Section 45-30-140.08 Election procedures. (a) The election laws governing the registration
of voters, equipment at polling places, furnishing of supplies, appointment of election officers,
voting, and canvassing returns at a general election shall apply to the elections for fire
district funding. (b) When a petition for the holding of an election is filed with the judge
of probate not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to some other election to
be held in the territory in which the election is sought by the petition, the judge of probate
shall order the election sought by the petition to be held the same day as the other election
held. The county governing body shall pay for the necessary expenses of advertising and conducting
the election out of the general funds of the county. (c) The judge of probate shall give notice
of any election held under Section 45-30-140.04, publishing for three weeks, at least once
a week, on the same day of each week, in a newspaper of...
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11-40-7
Section 11-40-7 Change of name. Any city or town may change its corporate name by passing an
ordinance stating the new name proposed and submitting the question of change to a vote of
the qualified electors of such municipality at the next general municipal election to be held
therein. The result of the election shall be ascertained by the officers holding such general
election, and return shall be made to the council or other governing authorities which, in
the event that a majority of the votes cast at such election are in favor of the change, shall
pass a resolution or ordinance declaring the result of the election and stating the new name
of the city or town. (Code 1907, §1074; Code 1923, §1768; Code 1940, T. 37, §6.)...
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11-44E-201
Section 11-44E-201 Petition for change of form of government; election as to proposed change;
election of new officers and governing body; termination of term of office of mayor and commissioners.
Any proposal to change the form of government shall be initiated by a petition signed by at
least the number of qualified voters, equal to four for every 100 inhabitants of the city
or fraction thereof according to the last federal census, and then filed with the city clerk.
The city commission shall forthwith order an election, at which the legally qualified voters
of the city shall vote for or against the proposed change in form of government. The officers
and members of the governing body of such newly adopted form of municipal government shall
be elected as soon as practicable under the provisions of law applicable thereto; and upon
their election and qualification for office the term of office of all members of the commission
and mayor under the mayor/commission/city manager form of...
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11-46-24.1
Section 11-46-24.1 Designation of voting places in Class 8 municipalities by combination of
districts and wards. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 11-46-24,
the municipal governing body of a Class 8 municipality, for the purpose of designating voting
places in a municipal election, may provide by ordinance for the combination of any district
in a ward with any other district in the ward, and may provide for the combination of any
ward with one or more wards. Voting places shall be designated by the municipal governing
body when it orders an election in the same manner as provided in Chapter 46. (Act 2004-361,
p. 590, §1.)...
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