11-46-2
Section 11-46-2 Establishment of qualification fee for candidates for office. The governing body of all municipal corporations of this state may, by ordinance, establish and fix a qualification fee to be imposed upon all candidates seeking election in municipal elections conducted under the provisions of Sections 11-46-20 through 11-46-25, 11-46-27 through 11-46-73, as amended, and of Sections 11-46-90 through 11-46-96, 11-46-98 through 11-46-144, as amended. Such fee, if established as provided for in this section, shall in no event be less than $10.00 and shall not exceed $50.00 for any office for which a candidate qualifies for election. The ordinance establishing and fixing such qualification fee shall be adopted by the governing body at least five days prior to the first day upon which a candidate seeking election in a municipal election may qualify for the office to be filled at the municipal election. (Acts 1969, No. 1109, p. 2045.)...
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17-16-11
Section 17-16-11 Filing of declarations of candidacy by candidates; certification of names of candidates to Secretary of State and probate judges; preparation of ballots; unopposed candidates not listed on ballots. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 17-13-5 BY ACT 2006-570 IN THE 2006 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2007. (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), all candidates for nomination to public office or for election to party office in the primary election provided for in this chapter shall file their declaration of candidacy with the state party chair if they seek any federal, state, circuit, or district office, or the state Senate, House of Representatives, or any other office that is not a county office not later than 5:00 P.M. 60 days before the date of the primary election. All candidates for nomination or election to a county office shall file their declaration with the county party chair not later than 5:00 P.M. 60 days before the date of the...
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17-5-9
Section 17-5-9 Filing procedure. (a) All statements and reports, including amendments, required of principal campaign committees under the provisions of this chapter shall be filed with the Secretary of State in the case of candidates for state office or state elected officials, and in the case of candidates for local office or local elected officials, with the judge of probate of the county in which the office is sought for the 2016 election cycle. (b) Political action committees, which seek to influence an election for local office or to influence a proposition regarding a single county, shall file all reports and statements, including amendments, with the judge of probate of the county affected. All other political action committees, except as provided in subsection (a) above, shall file reports and statements with the Secretary of State. (c) In the case of candidates for a municipal office where the municipality is located in more than one county, the statements and reports shall...
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45-35A-54.01
Section 45-35A-54.01 Territorial limits; wards; Board of Commissioner's of the City of Dothan. The territorial limits of the city shall remain the same as under its former organization, except that for the purpose of holding elections under applicable laws the present governing body of Dothan shall, by duly enacted ordinance, divide such city into four wards, each containing as nearly as practical an equal number of qualified electors of the city. Ward No. 1 shall be that portion of the city in the northeast section, Ward No. 2 shall be that portion of the city in the southeast section, Ward No. 3 shall be that portion of the city in the southwest section, and Ward No. 4 shall be that portion of the city in the northwest section. One associate commissioner shall reside in each of the four wards, and prior to his or her election to represent a ward, shall have resided in the ward for at least six months. The president of the board of commissioners may live in either ward. All candidates...
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11-44D-6
Section 11-44D-6 Provisions applicable to both mayor-council and manager-council forms of government. The following provisions shall apply regardless of which form of government the majority of the qualified electors voting in the referendum provided herein choose: (1) Within 30 days after the referendum, the governing body of such municipality shall adopt an ordinance, a. Establishing the boundaries of the five-council districts herein provided for, and b. Establishing the salaries to be paid the mayor and council members to be elected at the first election to be held hereunder. (2) The governing body shall take such steps as are necessary to comply with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended. (3) Within 10 days after the receipt of notification of compliance with the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, the mayor or other chief executive officer shall give notice of an election for the members of the city council, and for mayor if the mayor-council form of...
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17-16-4
Section 17-16-4 Reimbursing counties for election expenses - Only federal or state offices. The State of Alabama shall reimburse a county for all sums expended by the county in payment of expenses as provided for in Sections 17-16-2 and 17-16-2.1 and incurred in holding and conducting an election in which only candidates for federal or state offices are nominated or federal or state officials are elected. For the purposes of this section, a candidate for federal or state office includes a candidate seeking election as a district representative for a federal or state office appearing on the ballot in any portion of a county. (Acts 1955, No. 160, p. 406, §3; §17-21-3; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §78; Act 2011-147, p. 276, §1.)...
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17-5-7
Section 17-5-7 Use of excess moneys received; solicitation, etc., of contributions. (a) Except as provided in subsection (d) and in Section 17-5-7.1, a candidate, public official, or treasurer of a principal campaign committee as defined in this chapter, may only use campaign contributions, and any proceeds from investing the contributions that are in excess of any amount necessary to defray expenditures of the candidate, public official, or principal campaign committee, for the following purposes: (1) Necessary and ordinary expenditures of the campaign. (2) Expenditures that are reasonably related to performing the duties of the office held. For purposes of this section, expenditures that are reasonably related to performing the duties of the office held do not include personal and legislative living expenses, as defined in this chapter. (3) Donations to the State General Fund, the Education Trust Fund, or equivalent county or municipal funds. (4) Donations to an organization to which...
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10A-2-7.28
Section 10A-2-7.28 Voting for directors; cumulative voting. REPEALED IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2019-94 EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, directors are elected by a majority of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present when the vote is taken. (b) Shareholders do not have a right to cumulate their votes for directors unless the articles of incorporation so provide. (c) A statement included in the articles of incorporation that "[all] [a designated voting group of] shareholders are entitled to cumulate their votes for directors," or words of similar import, means that the shareholders designated are entitled to multiply the number of votes they are entitled to cast by the number of directors for whom they are entitled to vote and cast the product for a single candidate or distribute the product among two or more...
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17-13-100
Section 17-13-100 When held; reimbursement of county. (a) Primary elections for the purpose of determining the preferred candidates for President of the United States shall be held the first Tuesday in March each year in which a President is to be elected beginning in the year 2016. (b) Subject to rules and procedures of the political party of any presidential candidate, the names of any candidates for delegate to the national conventions pledged to a presidential candidate shall be placed under his or her name and the delegates shall be elected in the primary election as provided herein. (c) The State of Alabama shall reimburse a county for all sums expended in holding and conducting the presidential preference primary as provided in Section 17-16-4. (Acts 1978, No. 691, p. 994, §1; Acts 1979, No. 79-547, p. 994, §1; Code 1975, §17-18A-1; Acts 1990, No. 90-699, p. 1359, §1; Act 2006-634, p. 1731, §1; §17-16A-1; amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §65; Act 2007-461,...
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45-37A-150.01
Section 45-37A-150.01 Establishment of districts. (a) The City Council of the City of Fairfield, may, not less than six months prior to the next regular general municipal election in 1992, by ordinance adopted by a majority of the membership of the council, divide the municipality into six single-member districts and designate the districts as numbers one through six, pursuant to subsection (b). The ordinance shall provide that candidates for election for a place on the council shall reside within the boundaries of the district for which he or she seeks election, and shall continue to so reside in the district he or she represents so long as he or she remains a member of the council. Candidates for election to a place on the council shall have resided within the district from which he or she seeks election for a period of 90 days immediately preceding the date of the election. Only electors residing within a district shall be entitled to vote for candidates seeking election for the...
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