11-44C-14
Section 11-44C-14 District council members - Filing as candidate; qualifying fee. Any person
desiring to become a candidate in any election for the office of district council member may
become such candidate by filing in the office of the city clerk, a statement in writing as
required by the general municipal election laws. Said statement shall be accompanied by a
qualifying fee in the amount of $125.00, which fee shall be paid into the general fund of
the city. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §14.)...
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11-44E-4
Section 11-44E-4 Mayor and commissioners to be known as commission; powers and duties; qualification
and taking of office; commencement of mayor/commission/city manager form of government. The
commissioners provided for in this section, along with the mayor, shall be known collectively
as the commission and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. The commissioners
first elected shall qualify and take office in the manner hereinafter prescribed on the first
Monday in October following the date of election, and thereupon such city shall at that time
be organized under the mayor/commission/city manager form of government provided under this
chapter and shall thereafter be governed by the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1988, No.
88-445, p. 660, §1.04.)...
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45-48-70.06
Section 45-48-70.06 Qualifications for election. Each candidate for election to the commission
at the general election shall be nominated by the voters of the entire county who are authorized
to participate in any primary election, caucus, or convention, called or held by any political
party for the nomination of the office, and their nomination by the qualified voters of any
district, or of any subdivision of the county less than the whole county, by any primary election,
caucus, or convention, is hereby prohibited. Each associate commissioner shall be a qualified
voter and be a resident of the district for which he or she is elected, and shall reside in
the district continuously during his or her term of office. (Acts 1976, No. 616, p. 840, §
7; Acts 1976, No. 633, p. 870, § 7.)...
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11-43C-33
Section 11-43C-33 Mayor - No primary election; filing of pauper's oath or petition to become
candidate. No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for the office
of mayor, and candidates shall be nominated as herein provided. A person may also become a
candidate for the office of mayor by filing a verified pauper's oath with the city clerk,
or by filing a verified petition containing an endorsement of candidacy by the signatures
and addresses of 2,000 persons, each of whom is a registered voter residing in the city, provided
that no such signature may be obtained more than 12 months immediately preceding the deadline
for filing said statements of candidacy. (Acts 1987, No. 87-102, p. 116, §33.)...
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11-44C-33
Section 11-44C-33 Mayor - No primary election; filing of pauper's oath or petition to become
candidate. No primary election shall be held for the nomination of candidates for the office
of mayor, and candidates shall be nominated as herein provided. A person may also become a
candidate for the office of mayor by filing a verified pauper's oath with the city clerk,
or by filing a verified petition containing an endorsement of candidacy by the signatures
and addresses of 2,000 persons, each of whom is a registered voter residing in the city, provided
that no such signature may be obtained more than 12 months immediately preceding the deadline
for filing said statements of candidacy. (Acts 1985, No. 85-229, p. 96, §33.)...
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11-44C-7
Section 11-44C-7 Qualification of council candidates; votes cast by each voter; majority vote
requirements; run-off elections; elections held quadrennially; when elected councilmen take
office; term of office; councilman may succeed himself. Council candidates shall qualify as
provided by law and shall have the qualification and eligibility set forth herein. Each voter
in the election may cast one vote for a candidate from his district, and one vote for a candidate
for mayor. Any district councilman candidate receiving a majority of the total votes cast
from the district in which he is a candidate shall be elected as a district councilman in
his district. In the event that a district councilman candidate, should fail to receive such
a majority, then another election shall be held upon the same day of the week three weeks
thereafter to be called and held in the same mode and manner and under the same rules and
regulations. In the second election there shall be two candidates for each...
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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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11-46-26
Section 11-46-26 Proceedings where only one candidate or nominee for office. In the event only
one person has filed a statement of candidacy for an office by 5:00 P.M. on the third Tuesday
in July preceding the date set for an election of municipal officers pursuant to subsection
(g) of Section 11-46-25, then such person shall for all purposes be deemed elected to such
office, any provisions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding. The mayor or other
chief executive officer shall not cause the name of such person or the office for which his
candidacy was declared to be printed on the ballot, but he shall immediately file a written
statement with the governing body of the municipality, attested by the clerk, certifying the
fact that only one person filed a statement of candidacy for the office of _____ (naming the
office) by 5:00 P.M. on the third Tuesday in July preceding the day of _____, 2__, the date
set for an election of municipal officers in the City (Town) of _____,...
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45-42-162.18
Section 45-42-162.18 Planning and land use controls. (a) A planning commission shall be established
and shall have authority to institute, under the general laws of the state, land use controls
for the metropolitan-government. The planning commission shall consist of nine members, one
member appointed from each of the nine election districts. (b) The planning commission shall
be the comprehensive planning agency and shall administer a metropolitan-wide planning program
which includes zoning subdivision regulations in accord with municipal laws of the State of
Alabama. Such shall have effect in each service district established. (Act 87-324, p. 442,
§ 19.)...
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11-43B-4
Section 11-43B-4 Conduct of elections; residency requirements; qualifying fee; statement of
campaign expenses and contributions. The initial elections provided for herein, and all subsequent
elections, shall be conducted, the vote canvassed, the results declared, and those elected
assume the duties of their offices in the same manner as provided by the general law of the
state pertaining to municipal elections for mayor-council forms of government, except as otherwise
provided by state statute. The mayor shall be elected by the whole of the electors of the
city and shall have been a resident of the city for at least 90 days prior to his or her election.
Council members shall be elected by the electors of the district which they represent, and
shall have been residents of the district which they represent for at least 90 days prior
to their election. Any person desiring to become a candidate for mayor or council member must,
at the time of filing a statement of candidacy, pay to the...
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