17-16-40
Section 17-16-40 Grounds of contest. The election of any person declared elected to the office
of Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries, Public Service Commissioner, senator or representative in the Legislature,
justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the courts of appeals, judge of the circuit court
or district court, or any office which is filled by the vote of a single county, or to the
office of constable may be contested by any person who was at the time of either of the elections
a qualified elector for any of the following causes: (1) Malconduct, fraud, or corruption
on the part of any inspector, clerk, returning officer, canvassing board, or other person.
(2) When the person whose election to office is contested was not eligible thereto at the
time of such election. (3) On account of illegal votes. (4) On account of the rejection of
legal votes. (5) Offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other...
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17-16-47
Section 17-16-47 Statement of grounds of contest. When any elector chooses to contest the election
of any person declared to be elected to the office of senator or representative in the Legislature,
judge of the circuit court or district court, any office which is filled by the vote of a
single county, or constable, he or she must make a statement in writing setting forth specifically:
(1) The name of the party contesting and that he or she was a qualified voter when the election
was held. (2) The office which the election was held to fill and the time of holding the same.
(3) The particular grounds of the contest. This statement must be verified by the affidavit
of such contesting party to the effect that the same is believed to be true. If the reception
of illegal votes is alleged as a cause of contest, it is a sufficient statement of cause to
allege that illegal votes were given to the person whose election is contested, which, if
taken from that person, will reduce the number of...
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22-21-313
Section 22-21-313 Application for incorporation of authority; authorizing resolution. (a) In
order to incorporate an authority, any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall
first file a written application with the governing body of any county, municipality, or educational
institution, or any two or more thereof, which application shall: (1) Recite the name of each
county, municipality, and educational institution with the governing body of which such application
is being filed; (2) Contain a statement that the applicants propose to incorporate an authority
pursuant to the provisions of this article; (3) State either a. where the authorizing subdivision
is a county or municipality, that each of the applicants is a duly qualified elector of the
authorizing subdivision (or, if there is more than one, at least one thereof) or b. where
the authorizing subdivision is an educational institution, that each of the applicants is
a duly qualified elector of the state; and (4)...
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22-21-314
Section 22-21-314 Certificate of incorporation - Filing; form and contents; recordation. (a)
Within 40 days following the adoption of the authorizing resolution (or, if there is more
than one, the last adopted thereof), the applicants shall proceed to incorporate an authority
by filing for record, in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the principal
office of the authority is to be located, a certificate of incorporation which shall comply
in form and substance with the requirements of this section, shall be in the form and executed
in the manner herein provided and shall also be in the form theretofore approved by the governing
body of each authorizing subdivision. (b) In addition to any other provisions required by
this article to be included therein, the certificate of incorporation of an authority shall
state: (1) The names of the incorporators, together with the address of the residence of each
thereof, and either a. where the authorizing subdivision is a...
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45-28-91.01
Section 45-28-91.01 Creation; composition; powers and duties. (a) There is hereby created the
new Etowah County Tourism Board. The new board shall consist of one member appointed by each
member of the Etowah County House Legislative Delegation, one member appointed by the senator
representing Etowah County, one member appointed by the county commission, one member appointed
by the Mayor of Gadsden, one member appointed by the Etowah County Mayor's Association, one
member appointed by the Etowah/Gadsden Chamber of Commerce, and one member appointed by the
local hotel industry. Members shall serve two year terms until November 30, 2011, when the
next term shall be four years. No person shall be appointed to the board unless he or she
is a qualified elector of Etowah County. (b) The Etowah County Tourism Board created by this
part shall promote the tourism industry in the county, including, but not limited to, working
with potential visitors; coordinating with media representatives;...
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45-8A-111.04
Section 45-8A-111.04 Procedure to incorporate; contents and execution of certificate of incorporation.
(a) Within 40 days following the adoption of the authorizing resolution the applicants shall
proceed to incorporate the authority by filing for record in the office of the Judge of Probate
of Calhoun County a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and substance
with the requirements of this section and which shall be in the form and executed in the manner
herein provided. (b) The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state: (1) The
names of the persons forming the authority, and that each of them is a duly qualified elector
of the city; (2) The name of the authority, which shall be "The Oxford Downtown Development
Authority"; (3) The period for the duration of the authority (if the duration is to be
perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 45-8A-111.19, that fact shall be stated);
(4) The name of the city together with the date on which the...
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45-8A-20.04
Section 45-8A-20.04 Procedure to incorporate; contents and execution of certificate of incorporation.
(a) Within 40 days following the adoption of the authorizing resolution the applicants shall
proceed to incorporate the authority by filing for record in the office of the Judge of Probate
of Calhoun County a certificate of incorporation which shall comply in form and substance
with the requirements of this section and which shall be in the form and executed in the manner
herein provided. (b) The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state: (1) The
names of the persons forming the authority, and that each of them is a duly qualified elector
of the city; (2) The name of the authority, which shall be "The Anniston Downtown Development
Authority"; (3) The period for the duration of the authority (if the duration is to be
perpetual, subject to the provisions of Section 45-8A-20.19, that fact shall be stated); (4)
The name of the city together with the date on which the...
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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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11-92C-4
Section 11-92C-4 Procedure to incorporate; contents and execution of certificate of incorporation.
(a) Within 40 days following the adoption of the authorizing resolution, the applicants shall
proceed to incorporate the authority by filing for record in the office of the judge of probate
of the county in which the proposed local redevelopment area is located a certificate of incorporation
which shall comply in form and substance with the requirements of this section and which shall
be in the form and executed in the manner provided in this section. (b) The certificate of
incorporation of an authority shall state all of the following: (1) The names of the persons
forming the authority, and that each of them is a duly qualified elector residing in the authorizing
subdivision. (2) The name of the authority, which shall include the local redevelopment authority.
(3) A general description of the proposed project. (4) The period for the duration of the
authority; subject to Section...
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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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