17-14-1
Section 17-14-1 State and county officers who are elected by the people. The following officers
in this state shall be elected by the qualified electors thereof: Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
Attorney General, Auditor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Commissioner of Agriculture and
Industries, public service commissioners, senators and representatives in the Legislature,
Chief Justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the courts of appeals,
circuit courts, and district courts, district attorneys, judges of the probate court, sheriffs,
coroners, clerks of the circuit courts, tax assessors, tax collectors, county treasurers in
counties of more than 56,000 population, as provided by law, members of county commissions,
constables, representatives in Congress, United States senators, electors for President and
Vice President of the United States, and such other officers as may be required by law to
be elected by the people, when not otherwise specially provided for....
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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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45-30-140.04
Section 45-30-140.04 Fire protection service fee - Referendum. (a) The qualified electors of
a fire district may file a petition, signed by at least 50 registered voters in the fire district,
with the office of the judge of probate, who shall then order a referendum to be held in the
fire district on the question of establishing a fire protection service fee for the fire district.
Section 45-30-140.08 shall apply to all elections provided for by this article. (b) The petition
shall contain the name and description of the fire district area and shall request the judge
of probate to call an election on the following question: "Do you favor the assessment
of a fire protection service fee in the amount of $____ a month collected annually with property
tax payments for the purpose of funding fire protection services in this volunteer fire district?
Yes __ No __." (c) The fee may not exceed six dollars ($6) a month. (Act 2015-513, 1st
Sp. Sess., §5.)...
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45-44-260.07
Section 45-44-260.07 Election for coverage. Except where jurisdiction has been obtained by
the planning commission pursuant to Section 45-44-260.02, the master plan and zoning regulations
provided by the planning commission shall not be applicable in any beat of Macon County until
the majority of the qualified electors of the beat voting in a special election have signified
by their vote that they desire the authority of the planning commission, its master plan,
and the zoning regulations to apply in their beat. The election must be held not less than
30 or more than 45 days after a petition seeking the election is filed in the office of the
judge of probate. The petition shall be signed by at least 25 percent of the electors who
reside within the beat and who own real estate located within the beat. Notice of the election
shall be given by three weeks' publication and posting notice in two public places within
the beat. The cost of the election shall be paid from the general fund of...
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45-49-140.08
Section 45-49-140.08 Board of trustees. (a) The affairs and business of the district shall
be managed by a board of trustees consisting of five members who shall be elected by the qualified
electors of the district unless a candidate is unopposed for office. A candidate who is unopposed
for office shall be declared elected by the judge of probate immediately following the close
of the qualification period. Beginning with the year 1998, the election shall be held on the
last Tuesday in March of each year and any runoff election, if needed, shall be held three
weeks later. The election shall be nonpartisan and shall be administered by the judge of probate.
No person shall be elected to the board unless the person is a property owner of the district.
The election shall be for a term of four years; provided, however, that two of the initial
five members shall be for a term of two years, two shall be for a term of three years, and
one shall be for a term of four years. The term of office...
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17-13-5
Section 17-13-5 Filing of declaration of candidacy; certification of names of candidates; preparation
of ballots; unopposed candidates. (a) All candidates for nomination to public office or for
election to party office in the primary election provided for in this chapter shall file their
declaration of candidacy with the state party chair if they seek any federal, state, circuit,
or district office, or the state Senate, House of Representatives, or any other office that
is not a county office not later than 5:00 P.M. 116 days before the date of the primary election.
All candidates for nomination or election to a county office shall file their declaration
with the county party chair not later than 5:00 P.M. 116 days before the date of the primary
election. (b) The state party chair shall, no later than 5:00 P.M. 82 days before the primary
election, certify the names of all primary election candidates, except candidates for county
offices, to the Secretary of State. The county party...
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45-19-100
Section 45-19-100 Composition; election by districts. (a) The Coosa County Board of Education
shall be composed of five members elected as follows: One member shall be elected from each
of the board of education districts hereinafter described and shall be a qualified elector
thereof, and shall reside in the district. Members representing the five districts shall be
elected by the qualified electors residing in each of the districts, and no others shall be
allowed to vote in such elections. (b) The aforementioned districts shall be as follows: (1)
DISTRICT 1 Begin at the northeast corner of Section 1, Township 24, Range 20; thence south
along county line to southwest corner of Section 36, Township 23, Range 20; thence west along
township line to center of Alabama Highway No. 9; thence north along center of Highway No.
9 to its intersection with West boundary of Section 11, Township 24, Range 20; thence north
along West boundary of Section 11, and 2, of Township 24 Range 20 to Clay...
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11-43A-9
Section 11-43A-9 Election of municipal officers; division of municipality into districts; qualifications
and eligibility of candidates; runoff election; term of office; exception for Class 6 cities.
(a) In all cities to which this section applies, except Class 6 cities wherein the municipal
governing body has elected to have a nine-member council, as authorized in Section 11-43A-8,
the election for the first officers of the municipality shall be held on the same date as
the date of election for the next ensuing general municipal election. Except as otherwise
provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the election of the governing body of the municipality
shall cause the municipality to be divided into three districts containing as nearly an equal
number of people as possible. Candidates shall qualify in the manner prescribed in the general
municipal election laws and shall have the qualifications and eligibility set forth therein.
Each candidate shall announce that he or she is to become a...
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16-8-1
Section 16-8-1 Composition; election; single member election districts; qualifications. (a)
The county board of education shall be composed of five members, who shall be elected by the
qualified electors of the county. (b) County boards of education unless otherwise provided
by law may use the provisions of this subsection to establish single member election districts
with one board member elected from each district. School boards exercising this option may
establish five or seven such districts. Such plan shall be considered only after two weeks
public notice has been given, outlining generally the school districts under consideration.
The members so elected, or appointed in the event of a vacancy, shall be residents of the
school district. Such residency shall have been established at least one year before the general
election at which the candidate is to be elected, or appointed in the event of a vacancy.
Whenever a member of a county board of education moves his or her domicile...
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17-14-2
Section 17-14-2 Holding of general election. General elections throughout the state shall be
held for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Auditor, Secretary of State, Treasurer,
Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, three public service commissioners, no two of
whom shall be elected from the same congressional district, Chief Justice and associate justices
of the Supreme Court, judges of the courts of appeals, electors for President and Vice President
of the United States, United States senators, and such other officers as may be required by
law to be elected by the voters of the entire state; for a member of Congress in each congressional
district; judges of the circuit court in each judicial circuit; judges of the district courts
in each district; district attorneys in each judicial circuit; a senator in each senatorial
district; a representative in the Legislature in each house district; a judge of the probate
court, sheriff, clerks of the circuit courts, tax...
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