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45-8A-23.001
Section 45-8A-23.001 Petition for election. The filing of a petition signed by 10 percent or
more of the number of qualified voters who voted in the last city general election held in
such city, asking that the question of the adoption of the council-manager form of government
for such city be submitted to the qualified voters thereof, with the judge of probate of the
county in which such city is located, shall mandatorily require an election to be held as
herein provided. Whenever such a petition purporting to be signed by at least 10 percent of
the number of qualified voters who voted in the last city general election held in such city
shall be presented to such judge of probate, he or she shall examine such petition and determine
whether or not the same is signed by at least 10 percent of the number of qualified voters
who voted in the last city general election held in such city, and if such petition is signed
by the requisite number of voters to require such an election, he or she...
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11-42-2
Section 11-42-2 Annexation election and proceedings generally; proceedings where parties consent
to annexation. Whenever the council shall pass a resolution to the effect that the public
health or public good requires that certain territory (described in the resolution) shall
be brought within the limits of the city or town: (1) It shall be the duty of the mayor to
certify a copy of such resolution to the judge of probate of the county in which the land
proposed to be annexed is situated, and said certified resolution shall have attached thereto
a plat or map of said territory, which certified resolution and plat or map shall be filed
by the judge of probate. (2) Except as provided in subdivision (9) of this section, the judge
of probate shall, not less than 10 nor more than 15 days from the date of the filing of such
resolution, make and enter an order upon the minutes of said court, directing and ordering
an election to be held by the qualified electors residing within the territory...
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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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45-37-140.12
Section 45-37-140.12 Service charge ordinances; election. (a) Subject to the conditions stated
below in this section, the board of trustees shall be authorized to adopt service charge ordinances
levying service charges provided for in Section 45-37-140.11. No service charge ordinance
shall take effect and be enforced until the substance of the ordinance has been published
in some newspaper of general circulation in the district and at least eight days have elapsed
after such newspaper publication and at least eight days have also elapsed after such ordinance
in full was posted in each fire station in the district, or at some other public place in
the district if there is no such fire station. It is further provided that no such ordinance
shall become effective unless it is approved at an election held in response to the petition
hereinbelow provided for, or unless the time prescribed for filing such petition expires without
the petition being filed. (b) Upon the petition, prescribed in...
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45-37A-52.94
Section 45-37A-52.94 Vacancy. Whenever any vacancy in the office of mayor shall occur by reason
of death, resignation, removal, or any other cause, the president of the council shall assume
the duties of the office of mayor effective on the date such vacancy occurs and shall serve
as acting mayor until a new mayor is elected and qualified as hereinafter provided. The acting
mayor shall receive no compensation, expenses, or allowances as a member of the city council
while acting as mayor, but shall receive the same rate of pay and allowances provided for
the mayor whose vacated office he or she fills, and the compensation received for days of
service as acting mayor shall not be counted in determining the maximum annual per diem compensation
permitted council members. While the president of the council is serving as acting mayor he
or she shall not sit with the council or vote on any matters before the council. The election
commission of the city, if there be one, and if not then the...
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45-45-101
Section 45-45-101 Election; term of office; vacancies; qualifications; compensation. (a)(1)
At the time of expiration of the current contract held by the Madison County Superintendent
of Education, or at the time of any vacancy in the office of county superintendent of education
prior to the contract expiration date, the superintendent of education for Madison County
shall be elected by those electors of Madison County who reside in those areas of Madison
County that are outside the boundaries of any other school system. The county superintendent
of education shall be nominated and elected in the same manner as other county officers are
nominated and elected under the state election laws. In order to provide for continuity in
the county superintendent's office, the election for the county superintendent of education
shall be held either in conjunction with any regularly scheduled countywide election to be
held at a time that sufficiently precedes the expiration of the tenure of office...
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11-46-55
Section 11-46-55 Canvassing of returns and certificate of election; determination of majority;
runoff elections. (a) Commencing at 12:00 noon on the first Tuesday next after the election,
the municipal governing body shall proceed to open the envelopes addressed to the governing
body which have been delivered by the several returning officers to the municipal clerk, canvass
the returns, and ascertain and determine the number of votes received by each candidate and
for and against each proposition submitted at the election. If it appears that any candidate
or any proposition in the election has received a majority of the votes cast for that office
or on that question, the municipal governing body shall declare the candidate elected to the
office or the question carried, and a certificate of election shall be given to the persons
by the municipal governing body or a majority of them, which shall entitle the persons so
certified to the possession of their respective offices immediately...
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45-44-260.07
Section 45-44-260.07 Election for coverage. Except where jurisdiction has been obtained by
the planning commission pursuant to Section 45-44-260.02, the master plan and zoning regulations
provided by the planning commission shall not be applicable in any beat of Macon 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 planning commission, its master plan,
and the zoning regulations to apply in their beat. The election must be held not less than
30 or more than 45 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 25 percent of the electors who
reside within the beat and who own real estate located within 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...
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12-3-2
Section 12-3-2 Election and term of judges of Court of Criminal Appeals; designation of panels
of judges to decide cases. (a) The offices of the three judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals
that were filled in the general election of 1970 pursuant to Act No. 987 of the 1969 Regular
Session of the Legislature shall be filled by election from the state at large in the general
election held each six years thereafter, or as the end of the term of such office may thereafter
occur pursuant to the Constitution. (b) The offices of the two judges of the Court of Criminal
Appeals that were filled in the general election of 1972 pursuant to Act No. 75 of the 1971
Third Special Session of the Legislature shall be filled by election from the state at large
in the general election held each six years thereafter, or as the end of the term of such
office may thereafter occur pursuant to the Constitution. (c) The presiding judge of the Court
of Criminal Appeals may from time to time designate panels...
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17-11-3
Section 17-11-3 Absentee balloting generally. (a) Any qualified elector of this state may apply
for and vote an absentee ballot by mail, by hand delivery, or by commercial carrier, as determined
by rule by the Secretary of State, as provided in Sections 17-11-5 and 17-11-9, in any primary,
general, special, or municipal election, if he or she makes application in writing therefor
not less than five days prior to the election in which he or she desires to vote and meets
one or more of the following requirements: (1) The person expects to be out of the county
or the state, or the municipality for municipal elections, on election day. (2) The person
has any physical illness or infirmity which prevents his or her attendance at the polls, whether
he or she is within or without the county on the day of the election. (3) The person expects
to work a shift which has at least 10 hours which coincide with the hours the polls are open
at his or her regular polling place. (4) The person is...
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