16-13-180
Section 16-13-180 Petition for election; calling of election. Upon a petition signed by 200
or more qualified electors of any county to the county commission, said county commission
shall order an election to be held at the time specified in said petition to determine whether
or not a special tax shall be levied for public school purposes within said county; and, upon
request of the county board of education to the county commission, said court shall order
an election to be held at the time requested by the said board of education to determine whether
or not a special tax shall be levied for public school purposes within any school tax district
in the county under the control of such board; and, upon the request of any city board of
education to the county commission, said court shall order an election to be held at the time
requested by said board of education to determine whether or not a special tax shall be levied
for public school purposes within said city. (School Code 1927,...
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35-8B-2
Section 35-8B-2 Establishment of district. The exclusive and uniform method for the establishment
of a community development district shall be by the filing of the articles of establishment
of a community development district with the judge of probate of the county in which the district
is to be located, or if located in more than one county, of the county wherein is located
the largest area of the community development district. (1) The articles of establishment
of a district defined in subsection (a) of Section 35-8B-1 shall contain the following: a.
The written consent to the establishment of the district by the owner or owners of at least
51 percent of the real property to be included in the district, or documentation demonstrating
that the petitioner has control by deed, trust agreement, contract, or option of at least
51 percent of the real property to be included in the district. b. A metes and bounds description
of the external boundaries of the district, with a specific metes...
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45-37A-52.91
Section 45-37A-52.91 Statement of candidacy. Any person desiring to become a candidate at any
election for the office of mayor may become such candidate by filing in the office of the
judge of probate of the county in which such city is situated, a statement in writing of such
candidacy, accompanied by an 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 he or she
desires to be a candidate. Such statement shall be filed at least 45 days before the day set
for such election and shall be in substantially the following form: State of Alabama, ______
County. I, the undersigned, being first duly sworn, depose and say that I am a citizen of
the City of ______, in the state and county, and reside at ______ in the City of ______, that
I desire to become a candidate for the office of mayor in that city at the election of the
office to be held on the ______ day of August, next and that I am duly qualified...
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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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45-41-71
Section 45-41-71 Membership; districts; elections. (a) The Lee County Commission shall be composed
of five commissioners, elected from single-member districts one through five, inclusive, by
the qualified voters residing within each district and the judge of probate, who shall serve
as chair. The five districts shall be apportioned as provided by law. Each commissioner shall
reside in the district he or she represents at the time of qualifying for office and during
his or her tenure. The commissioners shall be elected for four-year staggered terms in the
same manner as terms are staggered on May 3, 2004, as follows: Commissioners in district one
and district three shall be elected in 2004, and every four years thereafter; commissioners
in district two, district four, and district five shall be elected in 2006, and every four
years thereafter. (b) The composition and election of the Lee County Commission as it existed
on January 1, 2004, is ratified and confirmed. This section shall...
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11-41-7
Section 11-41-7 Reinstatement of corporate organization of dormant municipalities; appointment
of mayor and councilmen for same. Towns or cities that have permitted their organization to
become dormant and inefficient may, by a petition of a majority of the taxpayers of such town
or city to the probate judge, have their corporate organization reinstated by an order, entered
of record, of the probate judge, who thereupon shall appoint a mayor and councilmen for such
town or city, who shall hold their offices until the next regular election thereafter and
until their successors are elected and qualified. (Code 1907, §1059; Code 1923, §1750; Code
1940, T. 37, §16.)...
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11-43C-13
Section 11-43C-13 Council to consist of five district council members; division of municipality
into districts; changing district boundaries where population varies by over five percent.
The council shall include five members who shall be known and elected as district council
members. Such district council members shall be elected from districts which shall be, as
near as practicable, of equal population according to the last federal decennial census. The
probate judge of the county in which any such municipality is located shall divide the municipality
into five districts which shall be homogeneous in area and shall not vary in population by
over five percent. The boundaries as established by the probate judge shall be certified to
the governing body of the municipality and shall be used for the election of members of the
city council in the 1988 municipal election and for all council elections thereafter. Should
any district established in the municipality for the election of council...
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17-4-2
Section 17-4-2 State voter registration lists. The board of registrars, when registration is
closed before a primary, general, or special election, shall certify to the Secretary of State
any additions, deletions, corrections, or changes to the state voter registration list. Except
as provided in Section 17-4-2.1, after registration has closed and within the 10-day period
before an election, the judge of probate and municipal election officials shall prepare and
print a report from the state voter registration list of the correct alphabetical lists of
the qualified electors registered by precincts, districts, or subdivisions of a precinct where
the precinct has been divided or subdivided, if not within a city or incorporated town, and
by wards and other subdivisions, if within a city or incorporated town, and no others. An
electronic archive in the database for the state voter registration list shall be recorded
simultaneously with the printing of each county's list of qualified...
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45-26-142.08
Section 45-26-142.08 Approval by voters; certification of election results. No district shall
be created unless it is approved by the majority of votes cast by the qualified voters in
the proposed district, provided that no person may vote more than once in the election. At
any election on the establishment of a district, the question of the establishment of the
district shall be submitted separately. Upon the officers canvassing the returns of the election
certifying that the creation of the district was approved by the majority of the votes of
qualified voters cast at the election, the proposed district shall be created and constitute
a public corporation. The Judges of Probate of Elmore and Tallapoosa Counties shall jointly
certify the results of the election to the Secretary of State. (Act 2013-412, p. 1558, §9.)...

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45-49A-80
Section 45-49A-80 City council districts. (a) The Judge of Probate of Mobile County shall divide
the City of Prichard into five districts which shall be homogeneous in area and nearly equal
in population, with the number of persons residing in each district, according to the last
federal census, not to vary by over five percent. (b) The boundaries as established by the
judge of probate shall be certified to the Prichard City Council and shall be used by the
council for the election of the members of the city council in the 1980 municipal election
and for all council elections thereafter. (c) The City Council of the City of Prichard shall
consist of five council members with one member to be elected by the voters of each of the
districts provided for herein. Each council member shall be a resident of the district for
which elected and shall have been a resident of the district for at least three months prior
to the election and shall remain a resident of the district during the term to...
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