17-6-5
Section 17-6-5 List of voters for each voting place. The judge of probate shall prepare a separate, correct alphabetical list of all the names of qualified electors or voters for each voting place from the state voter registration list, pursuant to Sections 17-4-1 and 17-4-2, for all elections hereafter held in this state, whether primary, general, or special, or federal, state, district, or county, and, except for municipal elections, shall certify separately for each voting place, to the election officials appointed for holding the election, which election official shall be an elector qualified to vote only in the box at the place for which he or she is chosen to serve, a list containing only the names of the voters or qualified electors entitled to vote at the voting place. Nothing in this section shall prevent a series of lists of names of voters or electors of other voting places from being certified by the judge of probate on the same general list for information. A vote cast at...
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28-2-1
Section 28-2-1 Procedure for elections to determine classification of counties as wet or dry counties; laws applicable in dry counties. (a) In every county where a majority of the electors voting in an election, called by the Governor to determine whether Chapter 3 of this title shall be adopted in the county, vote "Yes," Chapter 3 and all of its provisions shall be immediately put into operation in such county, but in every county where a majority of the electors voting in the election vote "No," Chapter 3 shall not go into effect in such county and all laws prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors or beverages now in force and effect in Alabama shall remain in full force and effect in every such county. For the purpose of this chapter the term "wet county" shall mean any county which by a majority of those voting voted in the affirmative in the election provided for in this section, and "dry counties" shall be construed to mean all counties which by a majority of...
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45-13-71
Section 45-13-71 Composition; election by districts. (a) The county commission herein created shall consist of five members, one of whom shall serve as chairman as hereinafter provided. (b) The five members of the commission shall be elected from, be a qualified elector of, and reside in each of five single-member districts within Clarke County as herein defined. Commissioners for Districts 2, 4, and 5 shall run in 1992, and every four years thereafter. Commissioners for Districts 1 and 3 shall run in 1994, and every four years thereafter. Each commissioner will serve a four-year term. The term for the commissioners from Districts 2 and 4 elected in 1992 shall begin on the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January, 1993. The term of all the commissioners from District 5 elected in 1992, and the term of commissioners elected thereafter, shall begin at 12:01 a.m. on the seventh day next following his or her election, or as otherwise provided by the general laws of Alabama. (c)...
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45-17-90.53
Section 45-17-90.53 Duration of tax; referendum. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the taxes herein authorized shall continue so long as securities secured by a pledge of such taxes shall remain outstanding. Such taxes shall expire and the Local Public Corporation shall be abolished when the original securities, including refunding securities hereafter issued to refund the original securities, for the Shoals Economic Development Project shall have been paid in full. Securities, for which an irrevocable trust fund consisting of cash or direct general obligations of the United States of America, or both, shall be established for retirement of all of the principal of or interest on any outstanding security, shall be deemed paid in full for the purposes of this subpart. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), on the date when the original securities for the Shoals Economic Development Project shall have been paid in full, the taxes herein authorized and the Local Public Corporation shall continue...
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45-39-70
Section 45-39-70 Election of chair; term; salary; duties. (a) This section shall apply only in Lauderdale County. (b)(1) Effective beginning the next general election for the election of the Lauderdale County Commission, the Chair of the Lauderdale County Commission shall be elected on a countywide basis. The chair shall take office at the same time as members of the Lauderdale County Commission take office and shall serve a four-year term, or until a successor is elected and qualified. The chair shall preside over meetings of the county commission and shall vote only in the case of tie vote of the commissioners. After the election of the first chair as provided in this section and thereafter, the judge of probate shall no longer serve as chair of the county commission. (2) The salary of the Chair of the Lauderdale County Commission shall be forty thousand dollars ($40,000) per year payable in equal semi-monthly installments from the general fund of the county. (3) In addition to the...
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11-44E-46
Section 11-44E-46 Vacancies in commission. (a) Whenever a vacancy in the office of commissioner shall occur by reason of death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, and the remainder of the term is six months or less, the remaining members shall, by a majority vote, appoint a commissioner to serve the remainder of the vacated term, who shall serve until a successor has been elected and qualified. (b) If the remainder of the vacated term is more than six months, the remaining members shall, by a majority vote, appoint a commissioner to serve until a successor has been elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. The interim commissioner selected shall receive the same rate of pay and allowances provided for the commissioner whose vacated office he or she fills. The mayor shall within 10 days after the occurrence of the vacancy, call for a special election to be held in the district of the vacancy on a Tuesday not less than 60 days and not more than 120 days from the date the...
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11-46-52
Section 11-46-52 Closing of polls; locking of machines; announcement of results; statements of canvass; proclamation; disposition of voting materials. (a) When the time arrives for closing the polls, all qualified voters who are then waiting within the voting room to vote shall be permitted by the election officers to do so. As soon as the last voter has voted and the poll closed, the election officials shall immediately lock the machines against voting. (b) The election officials shall then sign a certificate stating that the machine was locked and sealed, giving the exact time. Such certificate shall also state the number of voters shown on the public counters, which shall be the total number of votes cast on such machine in that ward, the number on the seal, and the number registered on the protective counter. (c) The election officials shall then open the counting compartment in the presence of the watchers and of at least one representative of any newspaper or press association...
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17-16-20
Section 17-16-20 Recounts generally. (a) When, in a general election, the election returns for any public office, including a judicial office, reflect that a candidate is defeated or any ballot statewide measure is defeated by not more than one half of one percent of the votes cast for the office, or the ballot measure, as certified by the appropriate election officer, a recount shall be held unless the defeated candidate submits a written waiver for the recount as provided herein: (1) In the case of an election for any federal, state, circuit, or district office, or the state Senate, state House of Representatives, or any other office that is not a county office, a written waiver for a recount may be submitted to the Secretary of State within 24 hours after the certification of the results of the election. Upon receipt of the waiver, the Secretary of State shall immediately order the recount to be cancelled. (2) In the case of an election for any county office, a written waiver for a...
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17-4-13
Section 17-4-13 Procedure for having name restored to list of qualified electors; limitation of provisions. Any qualified elector of the county whose name is omitted or removed from the list of qualified electors for failure to appear and reidentify himself or herself and who has not otherwise been reidentified as herein provided shall be entitled to have his or her name restored to the list of qualified electors by written affidavit or appearing in person before a registrar, at the office of the board of registrars, or at the office of the judge of probate, certifying that he or she is in fact a bona fide registered voter of that county; provided, however, that any qualified elector can be reidentified on election day; provided further, however, that this article shall not be construed or applied to impair or deny the right to vote in person or by absentee ballot of any person or of the spouse or child of any person who is in active duty of any of the Armed Forces of the United States...
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45-37-72.27
Section 45-37-72.27 Statement of candidacy; petition. (a) No primary election shall be held to nominate a candidate to fill a vacancy under this subpart. At any election held under this subpart no person's name shall appear on the ballot as a candidate for the office to be filled at the election unless such person has filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county within the time and in the forms prescribed in subsection (b) his or her statement of candidacy and the petition signed by a least 100 qualified electors of the commission district requesting that such person become a candidate for the office. (b) Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election may become such candidate by filing in the office of the judge of probate of the county such person's statement in writing of such candidacy, accompanied by such person's affidavit taken and certified by such judge of probate, or by a notary public, that such person is duly qualified to hold the office for which...
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