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45-8A-23.050
Section 45-8A-23.050 Number, election, term. The council shall have five to seven members consisting
of one councilman who shall be elected by all of the qualified voters of the city, and the
remainder of such councilmen shall reside within a residential ward and be elected by all
of the qualified voters from such ward. Any election of councilmen shall be held and conducted,
at the same times and in the same manner, as provided by law in respect to municipal elections
in cities of this state, not organized under a commission form of government. All municipal
officers of the city shall have the same duties and responsibilities as they have with respect
to said municipal elections. The officer or officers shall issue any orders necessary to cause
all election requirements to be met. Each councilman shall hold office for four years, but
shall serve until his or her successor shall have qualified. A councilman may succeed himself
or herself in office. Each councilman elected from a...
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11-43-40
Section 11-43-40 Composition of city councils; voting by president of council. (a) Except as
provided in Section 11-43-2 as it relates to the legislative functions of the mayor in cities
and towns having a population of 12,000 or more but less than 25,000 inhabitants according
to the most recent or any subsequent federal decennial census, in cities having a population
of 12,000 or more, the following officers shall be elected at each general municipal election,
who shall compose the city council for the cities and who shall hold office for four years
and until their successors are elected and qualified, and who shall exercise the legislative
functions of city government and any other powers and duties which are or may be vested by
law in the city council or its members: (1) In cities having seven wards or less, a president
of the city council and two aldermen from each ward, to be elected by the qualified voters
of the several wards voting separately in every ward; except, that in...
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11-43A-9
Section 11-43A-9 Election of municipal officers; division of municipality into districts; qualifications
and eligibility of candidates; runoff election; term of office; exception for Class 6 cities.
(a) In all cities to which this section applies, except Class 6 cities wherein the municipal
governing body has elected to have a nine-member council, as authorized in Section 11-43A-8,
the election for the first officers of the municipality shall be held on the same date as
the date of election for the next ensuing general municipal election. Except as otherwise
provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the election of the governing body of the municipality
shall cause the municipality to be divided into three districts containing as nearly an equal
number of people as possible. Candidates shall qualify in the manner prescribed in the general
municipal election laws and shall have the qualifications and eligibility set forth therein.
Each candidate shall announce that he or she is to become a...
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11-46-24
Section 11-46-24 Designating and equipping voting places; election officials; canvass returns.
(a) The municipal governing body may, when it orders an election, designate at least one place
of voting in each ward and if the ward has been divided into voting districts then at least
one place of voting in each district or the municipal governing body may establish and designate
one central place (location) within the municipality as the place of voting for all wards.
The number of voting boxes or voting machines as prescribed, shall be placed in a central
place of voting for use by the electors. The municipal governing body shall provide at least
one machine or at least one box for the voters of each ward, provided that this requirement
shall not apply to any municipality which uses electronic vote counters or tabulators or other
devices that are regulated by the Alabama Electronic Voting Committee established in Chapter
24 of Title 17 that are capable of counting the ballots from all...
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11-46-36
Section 11-46-36 Preparation, certification, filing, and publication of lists of qualified
regular voters. (a) The mayor or other chief executive officer of the city or town shall cause
to be made a list of the qualified voters who reside within the corporate limits of such city
or town and who are registered to vote regular ballots, dividing the same into separate alphabetical
lists of the qualified voters of each ward where such city or town has been divided into wards
and all qualified voters thereof vote at one box or voting machine, or dividing such list
into separate alphabetical lists of voters authorized to vote at each respective box or voting
machine if the list of qualified voters has been divided alphabetically and each alphabetical
group assigned a box or machine at which to vote. He or she shall have such lists compared
with the official list of electors qualified to vote during the current year on file in the
probate office of the county in which the municipality is...
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11-43A-78
Section 11-43A-78 Election of municipal officers; qualifications and eligibility of candidates;
runoff election; term of office. With respect to municipal elections, each candidate shall
announce that he is to become a candidate for either mayor or for councilman of District 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. A candidate may not run for both mayor and councilman in the same election.
A candidate for mayor shall have resided in the municipality for a period of at least ninety
days immediately preceding the date of regular election, and, if elected, shall continue to
reside therein so long as he remains mayor. A candidate for councilman shall have resided
within the district from which he seeks election for a period of at least ninety days immediately
preceding the date of the regular election, and, if elected, shall continue to reside therein
so long as he remains a councilman. Each voter in the election may cast one vote for a candidate
for mayor and one vote for a candidate for councilman from...
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45-42-162.08
Section 45-42-162.08 Elections. The metropolitan-government shall be governed by a commission
of nine part-time members and a full-time mayor. The election for the first officers of the
metropolitan-government shall be held on the date established by the judge of probate. Before
such election the governing body of the municipalities and the county shall cause the metropolitan
area to be divided into nine districts containing as nearly as possible an equal number of
people. The division of the metropolitan-government into districts shall be by a committee
appointed as follows: Three persons appointed by the Limestone County Commission; two persons
appointed by the Athens City Commission; two persons by a committee of mayors from the four
incorporated cities; one person appointed by the Limestone County School Board; and one person
appointed by the Athens City School Board. Candidates for metropolitan-government offices
shall qualify in the manner prescribed in the general municipal...
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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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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used in
this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus which automatically
examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and tabulates the results.
(2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which conforms in layout and
format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card" shall mean a tabulating
card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label" shall mean the cards, papers,
booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of offices and candidates and statements
of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot"
shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting center" shall mean one or
more locations selected and designated by the county commission or the municipal governing
body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots in the election. (7) "Electronic...
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17-5-2
Section 17-5-2 Definitions. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) CANDIDATE. An individual who has done any of the following: a.
Taken the action necessary under the laws of the state to qualify himself or herself for nomination
or for election to any state office or local office or in the case of an independent seeking
ballot access, on the date when he or she files a petition with the judge of probate in the
case of county offices, with the appropriate qualifying municipal official in the case of
municipal offices, or the Secretary of State in all other cases. b. Received contributions
or made expenditures in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or given his or her consent
for any other person or persons to receive contributions or make expenditures in excess of
one thousand dollars ($1,000), with a view to bringing about his or her nomination or election
to any state office or local office. (2) COMMISSION. The State Ethics...
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