11-44A-30
Section 11-44A-30 Adoption of mayor-council form of government where commission form violates
federal Voting Rights Act; division into single-member districts; residence requirements for
candidates and electors. Any Class 7 municipality operating under a commission form of government
with its members elected at large and which at large system has been decreed to be in violation
of the federal Voting Rights Act by a court of law may, by an ordinance duly adopted not less
than three months prior to the regular municipal election, adopt a mayor-council form of government
with the mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts.
The ordinance shall divide the municipality into five single-member districts of nearly equal
population and shall provide that candidates for election for 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, and...
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11-44C-36
Section 11-44C-36 Mayor - Vacancies; acting mayor; special election to fill vacancy; term of
office. 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 herein provided. The acting mayor shall receive no compensation,
expenses, or allowances as a council member while acting as mayor, but he will receive the
same rate of pay and allowances provided for the mayor whose vacated office he 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 may attend council meetings but may not vote on
any matters before the council. The council shall within 10...
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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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11-44F-1
Section 11-44F-1 Adoption of mayor-council form of government where commission form violates
federal Voting Rights Act; division into single-member districts; residence requirements for
candidates and electors. Any Class 8 municipality operating under a commission form of government
with its members elected at large and which at large system has been decreed to be in violation
of the federal Voting Rights Act by a court of law may, by an ordinance duly adopted not less
than three months prior to the regular municipal election, adopt a mayor-council form of government
with the mayor elected at large and a five-member council elected from single-member districts.
The ordinance shall divide the municipality into five single-member districts of nearly equal
population and shall provide that candidates for election for 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, and...
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11-99B-12
Section 11-99B-12 Loans, sales, grants, guarantees, contractual or lease obligations of money
or property, to district by counties, municipalities, and public corporations. (a) For the
purpose of securing services of or the right to use or the use by its citizens or customers
of one or more projects of a district, or aiding or cooperating with the district in the planning,
development, undertaking, acquisition, construction, extension, improvement, financing, operation,
or protection of a project, any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, public
corporation, agency, or instrumentality of this state may, upon such terms and with or without
consideration, as it may determine: (1) Lend or donate money to, guarantee all or any part
of the indebtedness or operating expense of, or perform services for the benefit of, the district.
(2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or grant to the district, without the necessity
of authorization at any election of qualified voters,...
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17-11-49
Section 17-11-49 Witnessing or notarization of absentee ballots. (a) The Secretary of State
is granted authority to adopt requirements related to witnessing or notarization of absentee
ballots, voter identification, candidate qualifying, and ballot access procedures, ballot
printing, and the application process for absentee balloting in elections for federal, state,
county, and municipal offices and constitutional amendments and other referenda to comply
with federal law. (b) The Secretary of State is authorized to extend the deadline for receiving,
processing, and counting absentee ballots if absentee ballots are transmitted to qualified
absentee voters less than the minimum number of days prior to an election as required by federal
law. Absentee election officials utilized for the processing and counting of absentee ballots
pursuant to this section shall be appointed in the manner prescribed in Section 17-11-11,
and compensated as provided in Section 17-8-12. (Act 2011-619, p. 1417,...
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17-14-31
Section 17-14-31 Certification of names of candidates; nominating petitions; names of electors;
statement of electors. (a) When presidential electors are to be chosen, the Secretary of State
of Alabama shall certify to the judges of probate of the several counties the names of all
candidates for President and Vice President who are nominated by any national convention or
other like assembly of any political party or by written petition signed by at least 5,000
qualified voters of this state. (b) The certificate of nomination by a political party convention
must be signed by the presiding officer and secretary of the convention and by the chair of
the state executive or central committee of the political party making the nomination. Any
nominating petition, to be valid, must contain the signatures as well as the addresses of
the petitioners. Such certificates and petitions must be filed in the office of the Secretary
of State no later than the 82nd day next preceding the day fixed for...
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17-8-7
Section 17-8-7 Poll watchers. (a) Except in the case of municipal elections, each political
party or organization having candidates nominated, by a writing submitted to the inspector
by the chair of the county executive committee or nominees for office or beat committeeman,
may appoint a watcher for each voting place. In the event of an election in which there are
no candidates, each political party, through a writing submitted to the inspector by the chair
of the county executive committee, may appoint a watcher for each voting place. (b) Watchers
shall have the right to: (1) Observe the conduct of the election. (2) Monitor the preliminaries
of opening the polls. (3) Remain at the polling place throughout the election until the results
of the election have been posted and the voting machines sealed, as provided by law. (4) Observe
the ballots as they are counted. (5) Observe absentee ballots and affidavits when they are
called during the count. (6) See all oaths administered and...
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45-26A-60.01
Section 45-26A-60.01 Sunday sales of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption. (a)
This section shall apply only to the City of Tallassee in Elmore and Tallapoosa Counties.
(b) The voters of the City of Tallassee may authorize the sale of alcoholic beverages for
off-premises consumption within the municipality on Sunday between the hours of 1:00 p.m.
and midnight by an election pursuant to this section, in the following manner: The governing
body of the City of Tallassee, by resolution, shall hold a referendum at the next general
election in the city to determine if alcoholic beverages may be sold within the municipality
for off-premises consumption. (c) On the ballot to be used for such election, the question
shall be in the following form: "Do you favor the legal sale of alcoholic beverages within
this municipality for off-premises consumption on Sunday between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and
midnight? Yes ___ No ___." (d) The first election and any subsequent elections shall
be...
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45-31-71.01
Section 45-31-71.01 Election of members. For purposes of electing members of the Geneva County
Commission in 1988 and 1990, the county is hereby divided into four county commission districts
as defined by resolution duly adopted by the Geneva County Commission on July 12, 1976, and
spread upon the minutes of the regular session of the county commission held on that date.
For purposes of electing members of the Geneva County Commission in 1992 and thereafter, the
members serving on the Geneva County Commission during the months of February and March of
1991, shall divide the county into four contiguous commission districts in such manner that
each district shall have approximately the same population as every other district, as nearly
as practicable. The judge of probate shall continue to serve as the ex-officio chair of the
commission and shall vote only in case of tie votes on matters before the commission. Each
candidate for district commissioner shall be a resident and qualified...
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