17-13-102
Section 17-13-102 Petition requirements. In order to qualify the name of any person to appear on the ballot at a presidential preference primary, a petition or petitions in support of his or her candidacy shall be filed with the state party chair of the appropriate political party, hereinafter referred to as "chair," 116 days prior to the presidential preference primary election. To comply with this section, a candidate may file a petition or petitions signed by a total of not less than 500 qualified electors of the state, or petitions signed by not less than 50 qualified electors of each congressional district of the state, in which case there shall be a separate petition for each congressional district. The petitions shall be in such form as the chair may prescribe; provided, that there shall be a space for the county of residence of each signer next to the space provided for his or her signature. No signature may be counted as valid unless the county of residence of the signer is...
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41-10-138
Section 41-10-138 Application for authority to incorporate; contents; review of application and issuance of executive order by Governor. (a) In order to form a public corporation under the provisions of this article, any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall first file a written application with the Governor. Such application shall: (1) Contain a statement that such public corporation proposes to undertake and carry out one or more or all of the purposes defined in Section 41-10-137 with respect to public corporations formed under this article; (2) Contain a description by county name or otherwise of the area of operation in which the public corporation proposes to carry on its activities; (3) State that land, buildings, houses or other structures, facilities or property located in the area of operation of the public corporation and listed in the National Register of Historic Places are in need of restoration, renovation, preservation, improvement, protection or...
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45-37-90.03
Section 45-37-90.03 Civic Center Authority - Creation; composition. (a) There is established in the county a public corporation for the purposes hereinafter specified, which corporation shall be vested with the powers conferred upon it by this part. The public corporation is at times hereinafter referred to as the authority. (b) Subject to the conditions and qualifications hereinafter stated, the name of the corporation shall be Civic Center Authority of the Cities and County of ___ County (in the blank space will be inserted the name of the county). The board of directors of the authority may choose some name other than that above specified at any time it elects to do so. If the board of directors chooses any other name there shall be filed for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county a copy of the resolution of the board of directors stating the name adopted by the authority, which resolution shall be followed by a certificate signed by the chair of the board...
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17-16-64
Section 17-16-64 Statement - Contents of statement; verification; service; amendments. The written statement of the grounds of contest must set forth specifically: (1) The name of the person contesting and that the person 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 contest. (4) The name of the counties in which any of the alleged grounds of the contest may have occurred, and shall state with particularity the names of the election precinct in each of such counties in which the grounds of contest may be alleged to have occurred. (5) The grounds on which the declared voter of each of the named election precincts in each county is contested. Such statement of the grounds of contest must be sworn to by the elector making the contest before some officer authorized to administer oaths in the State of Alabama, and may be amended from time to time as may be determined by...
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17-6-28
Section 17-6-28 Requirements for write-in votes. (a) Write-in votes shall be permitted only in non-municipal general elections and shall be counted as provided in this section based on one of the following: (1) Upon a determination that the number of write-in votes for a specific office is greater than or equal to the difference in votes between the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes for the specific office. (2) Upon a written request satisfying the requirements in subsection (i). (b) The ballot for a non-municipal general election must be constructed so that the voter can mark a write-in vote for each office in the same manner that votes are registered for regular candidates. In order to cast a valid write-in vote, the voter must (1) write the name on the ballot and (2) register the vote by a mark in the space designated for that office. A write-in vote that is not registered as provided above shall not be considered a valid write-in vote and shall not be included...
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11-41-1
Section 11-41-1 Authority; petition to probate judge for order of incorporation. When the inhabitants of an unincorporated community, which has a population of not less than 300, constituting a body of citizens whose residences are contiguous to and all of which form a homogeneous settlement or community, desire to become organized as a municipal corporation, they may apply to the judge of probate of the county in which the territory is situated, or the greater portion thereof if it is situated in two or more counties, for an order of incorporation, by a petition in writing signed by not less than 15 percent of the qualified electors residing within the limits of the proposed municipality and by the persons, firms, or corporations owning at least 60 percent of the acreage of the platted or unplatted land of the proposed municipality. No platted or unplatted territory shall be included within the boundary unless there are at least four qualified electors, according to government survey,...
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11-47-214
Section 11-47-214 Authorization by subdivisions of organization and incorporation of authorities for acquisition, establishment, operation, etc., of projects generally; application for authority to form corporation; review of application; publication of resolution approving or denying application. (a) The governing bodies of two or more subdivisions may authorize the organization of an authority as a public corporation with powers set forth in this article for the purpose of acquiring, financing, refinancing, providing, establishing, installing, using, or managing one or more projects. (b) To organize such a corporation, not less than three natural persons shall file with the governing body of any subdivision or any two or more thereof, an application in writing for permission to incorporate a public corporation under this article, which application shall: (1) Recite the name of each county and municipality with the governing body of the county or municipality with which the...
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11-32-7
Section 11-32-7 Powers of authority. (a) The authority shall exercise powers and duties necessary to the discharge of its powers and duties in corporate form as follows: (1) Have succession by its corporate name in perpetuity subject to Section 11-32-20. (2) Sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions and defend suits against it. (3) Adopt and make use of a corporate seal and alter the same at its pleasure. (4) Adopt and alter bylaws for the regulation and conduct of its affairs and business. (5) Acquire, receive, take, by purchase, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, whether located in one or more counties or municipalities and whether located within or outside the authorizing county. (6) Make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and take other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which the authority was organized, or exercise any...
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11-44G-2
Section 11-44G-2 Procedures in event of vacancy - Mayor. (a)(1) In the event of the absence or disability of the mayor in any Class 7 or Class 8 municipality, the functions of the office shall be exercised by the chair pro tempore of the city council and, during his or her absence or disability, by such person as the city council may appoint from its membership, which appointment shall be entered upon the minutes of the city council. (2) In the event of a vacancy from any cause in the office of mayor, the city council shall fill the vacancy either from its own membership or from without the membership of the city council. The person elected by the city council to fill the vacancy in the office of mayor shall be a qualified elector in the municipality and shall meet all other legal qualifications required by law for the performance of the duties of the office to which elected. (3)a. In the event a vacancy in the office of mayor is not filled within 60 days after it occurs in a Class 7...
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11-46-67
Section 11-46-67 Offenses of electors. (a) Any elector who takes or removes or attempts to take or remove any ballot from the polling place at a municipal election before the close of the polls or who remains longer than the time allowed by law in the booth or compartment after being notified his or her time has expired must, on conviction, be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). (b) Any person who willfully makes to the inspectors of a municipal election a false declaration asserting an inability to prepare his or her ballot without assistance must, on conviction, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). (c) Any qualified elector at any municipal election who takes or receives any money or other valuable thing upon the condition that the same shall be paid at any future time in exchange for the vote of such elector for any particular candidate or the promise to vote for any particular candidate...
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