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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39-7-7
Section 39-7-7 Submission of question proposed by petition to voters at general election. If
the petition shall have been filed with the clerk or probate judge or, in case a summary proceeding
has been instituted, a final order thereon has been made in favor of the sufficiency of the
petition not more than 60 days and not less than 30 days prior to a general city or town or
county election, the body of the city or town to which such petition is directed or the probate
judge of the county in which the unincorporated area is located shall cause the question proposed
by the petition to be duly submitted to a vote of the electors of the territory at such general
election. (Acts 1935, No. 40, p. 72; Code 1940, T. 50, §22.)...
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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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11-41-5
Section 11-41-5 Ordering and notice of election of mayor and councilmen for incorporated municipalities;
conduct of election generally; qualifications for voting. Upon making such order of incorporation,
the judge of probate shall order an election to be held by the same inspectors or others appointed
by him for the purpose of electing a mayor and members of the council authorized by this title,
who shall, at such election, be elected from the city or town at large. Such inspectors shall
give 30 days' notice of the time and place of holding the election by posting a notice in
five public places within the limits of such town or city. Said inspectors shall have the
powers and discharge the duties as inspectors and clerks in municipal elections, and said
election shall be conducted, as far as practicable, in the manner prescribed in this title
for the election of city or town officers, and no person shall vote at such election unless
he is a qualified elector of the county and has...
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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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11-46-1
Section 11-46-1 Municipalities may provide for election, compensation, bond, etc., of officers.
Cities and towns may, except as otherwise provided by law, by ordinance provide for the election
at any regular municipal election or for the appointment of such officers as are deemed needful
or proper for the good government of the city or town and the due exercise of its corporate
powers, fix their terms of office, fix their compensation and prescribe the duties of such
officers, their liabilities and powers and require them to give bond in such sum and to be
conditioned and approved as the council may prescribe. (Code 1907, §1171; Code 1923, §1887;
Code 1940, T. 37, §34.)...
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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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35-4-412
Section 35-4-412 Referendum election. The county or municipal governing body shall provide
for a referendum election to be held on the proposal made in the resolution or ordinance,
and the resolution or ordinance shall be effective only in the event the proposal is approved
by a majority of the qualified electors of the county, city, town or other subdivision affected
thereby voting in such referendum election. (Acts 1956, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 103, p. 425, §3.)...

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11-16-1
Section 11-16-1 Petition of qualified electors for election to change county seat. A majority
of the qualified electors of any county, except those counties that have built new courthouses
in the past 20 years, may petition the Governor in writing, praying that an election be held
in such county for the purpose of determining whether the county seat or site shall be removed
from the city, town, or village where it is then located to another designated city, town,
or village in such county. (Code 1907, §175; Code 1923, §267; Code 1940, T. 12, §230.)...

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11-43A-8
Section 11-43A-8 Name of governing body; composition of council; election of council; alternate
form for Class 6 cities. (a) The governing body provided for herein shall be known collectively
as the "Council of the City (Town) of _____ (name of city or town to be inserted)"
and shall have the powers and duties hereinafter provided. Except as hereinafter provided
and as otherwise provided for in Section 11-43A-1.1, the council shall have five members.
One member shall be the mayor, elected by the voters at large, to preside over the deliberations
of the council. One member shall be a council member elected by the voters at large. Three
members shall be council members elected by the voters from each of three single-member districts.
The council first elected shall qualify and take office on the first Monday in November following
the date of the next ensuing municipal election held for the election of members of a municipal
governing body during a general municipal election year. (b) In...
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