11-41-4
Section 11-41-4 Certification of election result to probate judge; census enumeration of inhabitants; issuance, recordation, and filing of order of incorporation; filing fee. Within five days after the election, the inspectors must certify the result to the judge of probate, who must, if a majority of the votes cast at the election are for "corporation," cause an enumeration of the inhabitants residing within such territory to be made by such inspectors or other persons appointed by him and, within three days after such enumeration has been completed and returned to him, shall make an order to be entered of record in the minutes of the court that the inhabitants of such territory are incorporated as a town or city, as the case may be, by the name and with the boundaries shown by the petition, whereupon such town or city shall be vested with the rights and powers incident to such corporations granted in this title. The judge of probate shall file, within 10 days after its issuance, a...
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11-42-44
Section 11-42-44 Notice of election. The said judge of probate shall give notice of the holding of such election by publication in at least one newspaper and, at the discretion of the judge, in more than one newspaper published in the county wherein such election is to be held, which notice shall state the day on which such election will be held, the voting place or places at which the election will be held and the boundaries within which voters must reside to vote at the respective voting places, which must be within the territory proposed to be brought into the city, and such notice must give a description of the territory proposed to be brought within the city and must state that a map showing the territory proposed to be brought into the city is on file in the office of the judge of probate of said county, open to the inspection of the public. (Code 1907, §1079; Code 1923, §1773; Code 1940, T. 37, §142.)...
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11-41-3
Section 11-41-3 Conduct of election generally; provision and form of ballots; qualifications for voting. The judge of probate shall appoint three qualified electors within the limits of the proposed city or town as inspectors to manage the election, which shall be conducted under the same sanction and penalties as are provided by the general election laws, except that a voter may furnish his own ballot, upon which must be written or printed "corporation" or "no corporation," and any person who is a qualified elector under the state law and has resided within the boundaries of the proposed city or town for three months next preceding may vote at such election. (Code 1907, §1055; Code 1923, §1746; Code 1940, T. 37, §12.)...
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17-4-1
Section 17-4-1 Lists of registered voters to be published. The judge of probate shall publish from the state voter registration list a correct alphabetical list of qualified electors either by county, precinct, district, or subdivision wherein each elector is registered to vote, in some newspaper with general circulation in the county, on or before the twentieth day preceding the regularly scheduled primary election. The list shall be accompanied by a printed certification generated by the state voter registration system verifying that the list contains the names of all qualified electors registered as of the specified time and date when it was printed. The list shall further state that any elector whose name was inadvertently omitted from the list shall have 10 days in which to have his or her name entered upon the list of qualified voters. If within 10 days any voter shall reasonably satisfy the board of registrars by proper proof that any name should be added to the list, the board...
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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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45-37A-52.02
Section 45-37A-52.02 Call of election. The mayor or other chief executive officer of such city shall immediately upon receipt of such certificate from the judge of probate, by proclamation, submit the question of the adoption of the mayor-council form of government for such city, under this part, at a special election to be held at a time specified in such proclamation, not less than 40 days and not more than 60 days after the receipt of the certificate from the judge of probate, unless a general or regular election is to be held within 90 days after receipt of such certificate, in which event the special election herein provided for shall be held at the same time as such general or regular election. Should the election not be called by proclamation within 10 days after receipt of the certificate, the judge of probate shall call such election by order at a time specified therein but not less than 40 days and not more than 60 days after the receipt by the mayor or other chief executive...
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45-48-142.27
Section 45-48-142.27 Election procedures. (a) The provision of the election laws governing the registration of voters, equipment at polling places, furnishing of supplies, appointment of election officers, voting, and canvassing returns at a general election shall apply to the elections for fire district funding. (b) When a petition for the holding of an election is filed with the judge of probate not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to some other election to be held in the territory in which the election is sought by the petition, the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held the same day as the other election held. The county governing body shall pay for the necessary expenses of advertising and conducting the election out of the general funds of the county. (c) If the petition is not filed at a time that will permit the election sought thereby to be held at the same time some other election is held, as herein provided, the judge of...
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45-8A-23.002
Section 45-8A-23.002 Call of election by mayor. The mayor or other chief executive officer of such city shall immediately upon receipt of such certificate from the judge of probate, by proclamation, submit the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government for such city, under this part, at a special election to be held at a time specified in such proclamation, not less than 40 days and not more than 60 days after the receipt of the certificate from the judge of probate, unless a general or regular election is to be held within 90 days after receipt of such certificate, in which event the special election herein provided for shall be held at the same time as such general or regular election. Should the election not be called by proclamation within 10 days after receipt of his or her certificate, the judge of probate shall call such election by order at a time specified therein but not less than 40 days and not more than 60 days after the receipt by the mayor or...
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11-3A-6
Section 11-3A-6 Referendum election to repeal application of powers. Except as provided in subsection (h) of Section 11-3A-2, the county commission of a county shall call for a referendum election on the repeal of the application of the powers authorized under this chapter in the county following a resolution of the majority of the county commission or in response to a petition signed by 10 percent of the total number of qualified electors of the county who reside in the unincorporated areas of the county requesting that the application of the powers authorized under this chapter in the county be repealed. The procedures for calling and holding a referendum election provided in Section 11-3A-2 and Section 11-3A-4 shall also apply to a referendum election for the repeal of the application of the powers authorized under this chapter in the county. (Act 2005-200, p. 399, §6.)...
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45-22-83.20
Section 45-22-83.20 Petition or referendum election. (a) In Cullman County, for petitions or in referendum elections, the judge of probate is authorized to use the following form to distinguish and identify signees: PETITION OR REFERENDUM ELECTION (Underline Whichever Applies) DATE: NAME: ADDRESS: CITY _____ COUNTY _____ STATE _____ ZIP CODE _____ COMPLETE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: DATE OF BIRTH ___ DRIVER'S LICENSE ___ SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER ___ (b) The judge of probate shall void any form that is used for a petition or referendum election that does not include enough information to distinguish and identify the signee. (Act 91-452, p. 826, §§1, 2.)...
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