17-14-6
Section 17-14-6 Judges and clerks; vacancies. The judges of the circuit and district courts, the judge of probate, the judges of the courts of appeals, and clerks of the circuit court shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2006, and they shall hold their respective offices for the term of six years from the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January next after their election and until their successors are elected and qualified. Unless otherwise provided in the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, vacancies in any judicial office shall be filled by appointment by the Governor. The office of a judge shall be vacant if the incumbent dies, resigns, retires, or is removed. The appointment of a judge of probate is for the remainder of the unexpired term. A judge, other than a judge of probate, appointed to fill a vacancy, shall serve an initial term lasting until the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January following the next general election held...
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45-25-100
Section 45-25-100 Election of members. (a) The DeKalb County Board of Education shall consist of five members, each elected from a separate single-member district, nominated and elected by the qualified electors of the district. The members shall take office as provided by general law. (b) Beginning with the next term of office, members shall be elected for a term of six years, and every six years thereafter as provided by general law. (c) Each board member shall be a resident of the single-member district from which the member is elected. The residency shall have been established at least one year before the general election at which the member is elected. (d) DeKalb County, excluding the area located within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Payne, shall be divided into five districts which shall be substantially equal in population (within five percent plus or minus) according to the last federal decennial census. The initial boundaries of the districts shall be based upon a...
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45-31-100.20
Section 45-31-100.20 Composition of board; districts. (a) The Geneva County Board of Education shall consist of five members, each elected from a separate single-member district, nominated and elected by the qualified electors of the district. The members shall take office as provided by general law. (b)(1) At the election in 2004, members shall be elected to serve terms of office as follows: The members elected from District 1 and District 4 shall serve terms of six years; the members elected from District 2 and District 5 shall serve terms of four years; and the member elected from District 3 shall serve a term of two years. (2) Upon completion of the terms of office provided in subdivision (1), and thereafter, members shall be elected to serve terms of six years as provided by general law. (c) Each board member shall be a resident of the single-member district from which the member is elected. The residency shall have been established at least one year before the general election at...
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45-37-72.27
Section 45-37-72.27 Statement of candidacy; petition. (a) No primary election shall be held to nominate a candidate to fill a vacancy under this subpart. At any election held under this subpart no person's name shall appear on the ballot as a candidate for the office to be filled at the election unless such person has filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county within the time and in the forms prescribed in subsection (b) his or her statement of candidacy and the petition signed by a least 100 qualified electors of the commission district requesting that such person become a candidate for the office. (b) Any person desiring to become a candidate at any election may become such candidate by filing in the office of the judge of probate of the county such person's statement in writing of such candidacy, accompanied by such person's affidavit taken and certified by such judge of probate, or by a notary public, that such person is duly qualified to hold the office for which...
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45-41-260.07
Section 45-41-260.07 Election for coverage. Except where jurisdiction has been obtained by the commission pursuant to Section 45-41-260.02, the master plan and zoning regulations provided by the commission shall not be applicable in any beat of Lee County until the majority of the qualified electors of the beat voting in a special election have signified by their vote that they desire the authority of the commission, its master plan, and the zoning regulations to apply to their beat. The election must be held not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days after a petition seeking the election is filed in the office of the judge of probate. The petition shall be signed by at least 15 percent of the electors who reside within the beat and who own real estate located in the beat. Notice of the election shall be given by three weeks' publication and posting notice in two public places within the beat. The cost of the election shall be paid from the General Fund of Lee County. The ballot...
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45-49-140.08
Section 45-49-140.08 Board of trustees. (a) The affairs and business of the district shall be managed by a board of trustees consisting of five members who shall be elected by the qualified electors of the district unless a candidate is unopposed for office. A candidate who is unopposed for office shall be declared elected by the judge of probate immediately following the close of the qualification period. Beginning with the year 1998, the election shall be held on the last Tuesday in March of each year and any runoff election, if needed, shall be held three weeks later. The election shall be nonpartisan and shall be administered by the judge of probate. No person shall be elected to the board unless the person is a property owner of the district. The election shall be for a term of four years; provided, however, that two of the initial five members shall be for a term of two years, two shall be for a term of three years, and one shall be for a term of four years. The term of office...
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11-43A-1.1
Section 11-43A-1.1 Organization of council-manager form of government; election of council members. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, after the judge of probate has certified to the mayor or other chief executive officer of the municipality the sufficiency of a petition asking that the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government be submitted to the qualified voters of the municipality, any Class 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 municipality having the mayor-council form of government, by resolution of the council, may provide for the council in a municipality proposing to adopt the council-manager form of government to be composed of either five or seven members as follows: One member shall be the mayor elected at large, who shall be a voting member of the council and either four or six members shall be council members elected either at large or from single-member districts, as the resolution shall provide. If a municipality has single-member districts for the...
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45-37-140.04
Section 45-37-140.04 Subsequent elections. (a) As used in this section the following terms have the meanings hereby ascribed to them: (1) ABOLITION. The abolition of a district under Section 45-37-140.14. (2) DISTRICT PROPOSED. The area proposed to be established as a district under this article. (3) ELECTION HEREUNDER. An election held under this article. (4) SOME OTHER ELECTION. Any election, whether general, special, or primary, not held under this article. (b) No two elections hereunder on the creation of a district shall be held in a period of two years if the district proposed at the second of such elections contains any part of the district proposed at the first of such elections; provided, however, a period of one year between the two elections hereunder shall be sufficient if the second of such elections is held on a day whereon some other election is held in the district proposed at the second election. (c) No election to abolish a district shall be held at any time within...
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45-37A-52.06
Section 45-37A-52.06 Election of first council and first mayor; terms of office. Immediately upon the adoption of such form of government, the judge of probate of the county with whom the petition was filed shall call an election to be held under and to be governed by this part not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days after the date of such call, the expense thereof to be paid by such city, for the election at large of nine council members and a mayor by the qualified voters of such city. The nine candidates for the council receiving a majority of the votes cast in the election shall be elected to the council; and in the event that nine candidates should fail to receive such a majority, then and in that event those candidates for the council receiving a majority shall be elected, and another election shall be held upon the same day of the week four weeks thereafter to be called and held in the same mode and manner and under the same rules and regulations. In the second election...
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45-31-71
Section 45-31-71 Commission districts. The present members of the Geneva County Commission shall divide the county into commission districts for purposes of electing future members to the county commission. Such districts shall be divided and defined, as nearly as may be, on a population basis, and in contiguous area and as provided by law, so that each district shall have approximately the same population as every other district. The judge of probate shall continue to serve as the ex-officio chair of the commission and shall vote only in cases of tie votes on matters before the commission. Each candidate for district commissioner shall be a resident and qualified elector of the district which he or she represents and upon election shall continue to reside therein throughout their respective terms. Such district members shall be elected only by the qualified electors from the respective districts which they represent. Such election shall be conducted in the same manner as are all other...
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