45-26-72
Section 45-26-72 Election. (a) The organization and composition of the County Commission of Elmore County is altered to comply with this section. The governing body shall continue to be known as the County Commission of Elmore County and shall have and exercise all of the powers, duties, limitations, and responsibilities conferred upon it by the general laws of Alabama relating to county commissions insofar as they are consistent with this section. For the purpose of transacting official business, a quorum shall consist of three commissioners. (b) Each member of the Elmore County Commission shall represent a separate district. Only the qualified electors residing in a district may vote to elect the commissioner representing the respective district. No person shall be eligible as a candidate for county commissioner unless he or she is a bona fide resident of the district he or she seeks to represent. Each member of the county commission shall reside in the district he or she represents...
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11-44C-2
Section 11-44C-2 Special election as to adoption of commission or mayor-council form of government. Upon March 28, 1985, the mayor or chief executive officer of any city to which this chapter applies shall call a special election to be held on May 14, 1985, said call for the purpose of determining whether such city shall adopt the court ordered district commission form of government in accordance with the consent decree entered into by the parties and approved by the court on April 7, 1983, in the case of Bolden vs. City of Mobile, Civil Action No. 75-297, or in the alternative the mayor-council form of government, authorized by this chapter, and shall give notice of the time and purpose of such election by publication once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in said city. All qualified electors of such city may participate in said election, as provided by this chapter, and such questions shall be plainly printed upon the ballot as provided in Section...
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16-13-184
Section 16-13-184 Election officers; conduct of election. (a) The inspectors and officers of the special county election shall be appointed and said election shall be held and the results of such election shall be declared in the same manner and by the same officers as the results of the regular election for county officers, under the general election laws of the state; provided, that the election may be held at the time for holding any regular election in the county; and, if held at such time, the inspectors and officers of the general election shall conduct at the same time the election herein provided for and for such services they shall receive no compensation other than that allowed them for the holding of the general election. If the election is held at some other time than that of holding the regular election in the county, then the election officers shall receive the same pay as that for holding the general election. (b) The managers and returning officers, provided for above,...
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45-37A-150.01
Section 45-37A-150.01 Establishment of districts. (a) The City Council of the City of Fairfield, may, not less than six months prior to the next regular general municipal election in 1992, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality into six single-member districts and designate the districts as numbers one through six, pursuant to subsection (b). The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council shall reside within the boundaries of the district for which he or she seeks election, and shall continue to so reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or she remains a member of the council. Candidates for election to a place on the council shall have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days immediately preceding the date of the election. Only electors residing within a district shall be entitled to vote for candidates seeking election for the...
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11-50B-8
Section 11-50B-8 Meetings, hearings, etc., open to public; notice; petition; election; procedure. (a) Actions of the governing body of a public provider relating to the provision of cable service or telecommunications service by the public provider, shall be taken in meetings open to the public consistent with any one or more of Sections 11-43-49, 11-43A-21, 11-44C-25, and 13A-14-2, as amended, respectively, or other similar statutory provisions, as shall otherwise govern meetings of the governing body of the affected public provider. (b) Prior to the determination of the governing body of a public provider of cable service to commence furnishing cable service to subscribers in the exercise of authority granted under this chapter, the governing body of the public provider shall conduct a public hearing. Actual notice of the date, time, and place of the public hearing shall be given not less than 30 days prior thereto, to each private provider furnishing cable service in the...
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17-5-2
Section 17-5-2 Definitions. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CANDIDATE. An individual who has done any of the following: a. Taken the action necessary under the laws of the state to qualify himself or herself for nomination or for election to any state office or local office or in the case of an independent seeking ballot access, on the date when he or she files a petition with the judge of probate in the case of county offices, with the appropriate qualifying municipal official in the case of municipal offices, or the Secretary of State in all other cases. b. Received contributions or made expenditures in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or given his or her consent for any other person or persons to receive contributions or make expenditures in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), with a view to bringing about his or her nomination or election to any state office or local office. (2) COMMISSION. The State Ethics...
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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus which automatically examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and tabulates the results. (2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which conforms in layout and format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card" shall mean a tabulating card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label" shall mean the cards, papers, booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of offices and candidates and statements of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot" shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting center" shall mean one or more locations selected and designated by the county commission or the municipal governing body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots in the election. (7) "Electronic...
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11-43A-2
Section 11-43A-2 Petition to probate judge for election as to adoption of council-manager form of government; examination of petition and certification to mayor. The filing of a petition signed by 10 percent or more of the number of qualified voters who voted in the last general municipal election held in such municipality, asking that the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government for such municipality be submitted to the qualified voters thereof, with the judge of probate of the county in which such municipality is located, shall mandatorily require an election to be held as herein provided. Whenever such a petition purporting to be signed by at least 10 percent of the number of qualified voters who voted in the last general municipal election held in such municipality shall be presented to such judge of probate, he shall examine such petition and determine whether or not the same is signed by at least 10 percent of the number of qualified voters who voted in...
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16-13-180
Section 16-13-180 Petition for election; calling of election. Upon a petition signed by 200 or more qualified electors of any county to the county commission, said county commission shall order an election to be held at the time specified in said petition to determine whether or not a special tax shall be levied for public school purposes within said county; and, upon request of the county board of education to the county commission, said court shall order an election to be held at the time requested by the said board of education to determine whether or not a special tax shall be levied for public school purposes within any school tax district in the county under the control of such board; and, upon the request of any city board of education to the county commission, said court shall order an election to be held at the time requested by said board of education to determine whether or not a special tax shall be levied for public school purposes within said city. (School Code 1927,...
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45-2-261.08
Section 45-2-261.08 Appointment of advisory committees. In each district wherein the qualified electors vote to become subject to the planning and zoning authority of the Baldwin County Commission as provided in Section 45-2-261.07, the Baldwin County Commission shall appoint an advisory committee from that district to work with and assist the planning commission in formulating and developing regulations, ordinances, and zoning measures for the district. Each advisory committee shall consist of five members who shall be qualified electors of the district and who shall reflect as nearly as practical the diversity of land use in a district. The members of each district advisory committee shall elect a chair. Upon the adoption of zoning ordinances and regulations for the district by the Baldwin County Commission pursuant to the terms of this subpart, the services of the district advisory committee shall terminate and the committee shall be abolished. In any district which is contiguous to...
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