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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17-16-54
Section 17-16-54 Contest of election of judge of circuit or district court - Procedure generally.
If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the circuit court or of the district
court, the party contesting must file in the office of the judge of probate of the county
of the residence of the person declared elected, a statement in writing of the grounds of
contest, verified by affidavit, as prescribed in this article, and must give good and sufficient
security for the costs of the contest, to be approved by the judge of probate. On the filing
of the statement and the giving of the security, the judge of probate must endorse thereon
an order appointing a day for the trial of the contest, not less than 30 nor more than 50
days from the day of the reception of the certified statement and fixing the place of trial,
which must be at some place in the circuit or district in which the election was held, and
where a circuit or district court is required to be held, and must...
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45-19-70.01
Section 45-19-70.01 Membership requirements. Each member of the Coosa 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 commission unless he or she is a bona fide resident of the district
that he or she seeks to represent. A member of the county commission shall reside in the district
he or she represents during his or her term of office. (Act 94-556, p. 1022, §2.)...
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11-46-37
Section 11-46-37 Preparation, etc., of lists of qualified voters upon disqualification of mayor,
etc. In the event the mayor or other chief executive officer of any city or town is a candidate
in any municipal election held under the provisions of this article, he shall be disqualified
to perform the duties set forth in Section 11-46-36, and said duties shall be performed by
a disinterested person appointed by the board of aldermen or other governing body of the city
or town. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §17.)...
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12-18-51
Section 12-18-51 Right of election of judges of county courts or full-time municipal court
judges entitled to receive commissions as district judges to come under provisions of Article
1 of chapter; filing of notice of election with Clerk of Supreme Court, Secretary-Treasurer
of Judicial Retirement Fund and governing body of county or municipality; applicability of
provisions of Article 1 of chapter to district court judges elected or appointed to office
after October 10, 1975. (a) Each judge of a county court or full-time municipal court judge
entitled to receive a commission as a district judge pursuant to the Constitution shall have
a right to elect to come under the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter in accord with
the provisions of this article, but a full-time municipal court judge shall not be entitled
to credit to determine eligibility for retirement under Section 12-18-55 for any service prior
to such election. (b) Such election shall be made by written notice filed...
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17-13-18
Section 17-13-18 Candidate with majority of votes declared nominee of party; second primary
election; certification of results. (a) At the respective meetings of the respective executive
committees, the county executive committee, as to candidates in the primary election for office,
except candidates for county office, shall publicly ascertain, determine, and declare whether
any candidate for office in the primary election has received a majority of the votes cast
for the office, and, if so, declare the candidate the nominee of the party for the office
for which he or she was a candidate and for which he or she received a majority of the votes
cast for that office in the primary election. (b) If no candidate receives a majority of all
of the votes cast in such primary election for any one office or offices for the nomination
to which there were more than two candidates, then there shall be held a second primary election
on the fourth Tuesday following the primary election, and the...
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17-8-4
Section 17-8-4 Replacement of ineligible member of appointing board. Upon receiving the certificate
provided for in Section 17-8-3, the remaining members of the appointing board shall forthwith
and without delay appoint a qualified elector to take the place of each member of the appointing
board who is a candidate for election, and shall cause the elector so appointed to be informed
of his or her appointment. No person shall be appointed who is a candidate for any office
to be voted for in that election. If the remaining members of the appointing board are unable
to agree as to who should take the place of an appointing board member who is a candidate
for election or if all members of the appointing board are unable to serve, the presiding
circuit court judge shall make the appointment. The person so appointed shall perform all
the duties and be vested with all the powers of the regular members of the appointing board,
and shall take an oath to faithfully perform his or her duties....
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45-11-71.01
Section 45-11-71.01 Composition. (a) This section shall apply only in Chilton County. (b) Effective
for the election of the county commission in November 2008 and thereafter, the Chilton County
Commission shall be composed of five members elected from single-member districts. The member
from each respective district shall be elected by the qualified electors residing within that
district. The districts for the election of the commissioners in November 2008 shall be apportioned
by the county commission at least 180 days prior to the last date for qualifying for the primary
election and thereafter may be apportioned as provided by law. (c) Each candidate for election
shall have been a resident and qualified elector of the district he or she seeks to represent
at least 180 days prior to qualifying for election and shall remain a resident of the same
district during his or her tenure in office. The members of the county commission shall serve
for terms of four years. (d) The members of the...
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45-20-90
Section 45-20-90 Covington County Industrial Development Authority. (a) There is created the
Covington County Industrial Development Authority. The authority is created for the purpose
and has the responsibility of aiding and assisting current industries and coordinating efforts
of all municipal and county agencies of Covington County, as well as aiding organizations
in the development of new industries which shall provide job opportunities for the citizens
of Covington County, Alabama. (b)(l) The authority shall be governed by a board of directors
consisting of seven members. Two of the members shall be appointed by the Chair of the Covington
County Commission. Two of the members shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of Andalusia.
Two members shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of Opp, and one member shall be appointed
by the Mayor of the City of Florala. Subsequently, vacancies on the board shall be appointed
by the same appointing authority who made the initial...
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45-40-80.02
Section 45-40-80.02 Supplemental retirement benefit. (a) The circuit and district court judges
of the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit who are holding office on May 29, 1984, shall have six
months from May 29, 1984, to make an election, in writing, with the county commission of the
county comprising the circuit to come within this section. Each circuit and district court
judge appointed or elected to office in the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit after May 29, 1984,
shall come under this section as a matter of law. (b) Each circuit and district court judge
coming under this section shall contribute annually to the county treasury of the county comprising
the Thirty-sixth Judicial Circuit six percent of his or her annual salary supplement derived
from the county. Such percentage shall be payable in equal monthly installments and shall
be deducted by the county treasurer from the judge's salary supplement and credited to an
individual account of the judge from whose salary supplement it was...
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