17-8-9
Section 17-8-9 Instruction of election officials. (a) Not less than five days before an election
or primary election, the authority charged with holding the same shall cause to be held a
school of instruction for those who will actually conduct the election or primary election
at the polling places. The judge of probate shall notify such election officials of the time
and place of the holding of such school of instruction, and shall also publish notice at least
48 hours before the same is to be held. (b) No election official shall serve in any election
in which an electronic voting machine is used, unless he or she shall have received such instruction
within 60 days prior to the election and is fully qualified to perform the duties in connection
with the electronic voting machine, and has received a certificate from the authorized instructor
to that effect; provided, that this shall not prevent the appointment of an uninstructed person
as an election official to fill a vacancy among...
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45-31-141.13
Section 45-31-141.13 Abolition of district. (a) Any district created hereunder may be abolished
in the manner provided for by this section; provided, however, that no district shall be abolished
when it has any indebtedness. All assets and equipment shall go to the Geneva County Volunteer
Firefighters Association. (b) Upon the petition for abolition of a district, conforming to
the requirements set forth below, being filed with the judge of probate, he or she shall order
an election on abolition of the district within the time provided, at which the qualified
electors residing within the district shall be entitled to vote. The petition shall be signed
by at least 100 qualified electors of the district. It shall contain a recital that the district
is not indebted and it shall request the judge of probate to order an election on whether
the district shall be abolished. Upon the officers canvassing the returns of the election
certifying that abolition of the district was approved by a...
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45-49-140.34
Section 45-49-140.34 Election to be omitted from police jurisdiction. The owners of property
located and contained within an affected area created before May 6, 1988, pursuant to the
unanimous petition and election procedures specified in Sections 45-49-140.32 and 45-49-140.33,
respectively, may choose to be omitted from that police jurisdiction. If the election procedures
of Section 45-49-140.33 are followed, the Judge of Probate of Mobile County shall order an
election to be held in the affected area at the request of at least 10 percent of the qualified
electors who reside within the boundaries of the affected area. (Act 98-619, p. 1364, § 5.)...

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45-8A-23.001
Section 45-8A-23.001 Petition for election. The filing of a petition signed by 10 percent or
more of the number of qualified voters who voted in the last city general election held in
such city, asking that the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government
for such city be submitted to the qualified voters thereof, with the judge of probate of the
county in which such city 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 city general election held in such city
shall be presented to such judge of probate, he or she 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 the last city general election held in such city, and if such petition is signed
by the requisite number of voters to require such an election, he or she...
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11-16-35
Section 11-16-35 Notice of election. Notice of such election shall be given for 30 days by
publication in a newspaper published in said county once a week for three successive weeks,
which notice shall state the purpose for which the election is to be held, the time and place
for holding the same and a description of the site on which the new courthouse is to be erected.
Such notice shall be signed by the probate judge or chairman of the county commission of the
county in which the election is to be held. (Acts 1927, No. 399, p. 467; Code 1940, T. 12,
§264.)...
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39-7-8
Section 39-7-8 Holding of special election for submission of question to voters; provisions
of law governing conduct of such elections; payment of expenses of elections. If a petition
shall not have been filed or, in case a summary proceeding has been instituted, a final order
thereon has not been made in favor of the sufficiency of the petition so as to permit the
question to be submitted at a general election within the provisions of Section 39-7-7, the
body to which such petition is directed shall at its next regular meeting succeeding the presentation
of the petition or, in case a summary proceeding has been instituted, succeeding the date
of a final order thereon in favor of the sufficiency of the petition or the probate judge
of the county in which the unincorporated area is located shall designate a day for the holding
of a special election to ascertain the will of the electors regarding the question, which
day shall not be less than 30 days nor more than 40 days from the date...
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45-49-91.01
Section 45-49-91.01 Election to establish district. An election on the establishment of the
district shall be held within the boundaries of the district if a written petition is submitted
to the county commission with signatures from 125 property owners of real property in the
proposed district. Only property owners who own property in the proposed district at the time
the petition is certified by the Judge of Probate of Mobile County shall be eligible to sign
the petition and be counted toward the required number necessary to call an election. If property
is owned by partnership, company, or corporation, the signature on the petition shall be that
of the person authorized to sign for the company or corporation under the articles of incorporation
or company structure. (Act 2005-75, p. 111, § 2.)...
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45-26-142.13
Section 45-26-142.13 Abolition of district. (a) The district may be abolished in the manner
provided for in this section; however, the district shall not be abolished or diminished when
it has any indebtedness. (b) Upon the petition for abolition of the district being filed with
the judges of probate, the judges of probate of both counties, acting jointly, shall order
an election on the abolition of the district to be held in the district within the time provided
for by Section 45-26-142.04. The qualified property owners residing within the district shall
be entitled to vote in the election. The petition shall be signed by at least 300 qualified
property owners of the district. It shall contain a recital that the district is not indebted
and it shall request the judges of probate to order an election on whether the district shall
be abolished. Upon the officers canvassing the returns of the votes and determining that abolition
of the district was approved by a majority of the votes...
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11-42-204
Section 11-42-204 Order to be entered directing election as to establishment of proposed corporate
limits. If any protest against such change is made by any person within the territory to be
excluded and reasonable cause is shown which, in the opinion of the judge of probate, requires
that such question be submitted to the qualified electors of such city or town, the judge
of probate shall make an order and enter the same upon the minutes of the probate court directing
and ordering an election to be held by the qualified electors of said city or town not less
than 10 nor more than 30 days from the making of such order. (Acts 1923, No. 372, p. 394;
Code 1923, §2418; Code 1940, T. 37, §242.)...
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17-6-21
Section 17-6-21 Contents; amendments; withdrawal of name. (a) The official ballots shall contain
the names of all candidates nominated by caucus, convention, mass meeting, primary election,
or other assembly of any political party or faction, or by petition of electors and certified
as provided in Section 17-9-3, but no person's name shall be printed upon the ballots who,
within the time period set forth in subsection (c), notifies the judge of probate in writing,
acknowledged before an officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments, that he or she will
not accept the nomination specified in the certificate of nomination or petition of electors.
The name of each candidate shall appear but one time on the ballot and under only one emblem.
(b) A nomination for a candidate in a primary or general election shall be finalized by the
respective state executive committees not later than 76 days before the primary or general
election. Any amendment to a certification of a candidate by a...
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