16-1-17
Section 16-1-17 Contest of certain elections. Any and all elections held for the purpose of
determining whether a tax shall be levied in the county or in a school district of the county
for public school purposes or determining whether or not school districts should be consolidated
or whether or not a school district should be enlarged by consolidating therewith territory
adjacent to such district may be contested on the same grounds and in the same manner as is
provided by general law for the contest of elections of county officers, and all laws governing
the grounds, conduct and determination of contests of election of county officers shall govern
contests authorized by this section. (School Code 1927, §268; Code 1940, T. 52, §275.)...

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28-3-190
Section 28-3-190 Levy of tax; collection; disposition of proceeds by localities; enforcement
and administration; penalties; exclusive nature of tax. (a) Levy. In addition to the excise
tax levied by Article 5A of Chapter 3 of this title and the licenses provided for by Chapter
3A of this title and by Section 28-3-194, and any acts amendatory thereof, supplementary thereto
or substituted therefor, and municipal and county licenses, there is hereby levied a privilege
or excise tax on every person licensed under the provisions of Chapter 3A who sells, stores,
or receives for the purpose of distribution, to any person, firm, corporation, club, or association
within the State of Alabama any beer. The tax levied hereby shall be measured by and graduated
in accordance with the volume of sales by such person of beer, and shall be an amount equal
to one and six hundred twenty-five thousands cents (1.625 cents) for each four fluid ounces
or fractional part thereof. (b) Collection. The tax levied...
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16-13-190
Section 16-13-190 Validation of elections. Each election heretofore held in any school district
or in any municipality or in any county at large, in this state on the question of the levy
of a special tax for any school or educational purpose, or for school or educational purposes
generally, under the Constitution of Alabama or any amendment thereto, or upon the question
of the consolidation of two or more school districts and the levy of such a tax in the consolidated
school district resulting from such consolidation, at which election a majority of the ballots
cast were in favor of the levy of the tax, or in favor of the proposed consolidation and the
levy of the tax in the consolidated district, as the case may be, and which election was irregular
because of failure prior to the holding of the election to give notice thereof in a newspaper
or by posting in the manner or for the time required by the statute under which the election
was held, or because the period of time for which...
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16-13-196
Section 16-13-196 School tax district - Consolidation - Effect. Thereupon the county commission
shall call an election in like manner as already prescribed for calling an election in a school
tax district in the special districts or district and adjacent territory proposed to be consolidated,
and if a majority of the qualified electors voting in the combined territories of the districts
or district and adjacent territory proposed to be consolidated shall vote favorably, the districts
or district and adjacent territory shall be consolidated into a new special school tax district,
and the tax as voted shall be levied and collected in the new district as a unit, but the
creation of a new district shall not operate to relieve the county board of education of liability
for the just obligations made prior to such consolidation. In the event a majority of the
qualified electors voting in the combined territories of the districts or district and adjacent
territory proposed to be consolidated...
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17-16-54
Section 17-16-54 Contest of election of judge of circuit or district court - Procedure generally.
If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the circuit court or of the district
court, the party contesting must file in the office of the judge of probate of the county
of the residence of the person declared elected, a statement in writing of the grounds of
contest, verified by affidavit, as prescribed in this article, and must give good and sufficient
security for the costs of the contest, to be approved by the judge of probate. On the filing
of the statement and the giving of the security, the judge of probate must endorse thereon
an order appointing a day for the trial of the contest, not less than 30 nor more than 50
days from the day of the reception of the certified statement and fixing the place of trial,
which must be at some place in the circuit or district in which the election was held, and
where a circuit or district court is required to be held, and must...
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17-16-40
Section 17-16-40 Grounds of contest. The election of any person declared elected to the office
of Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture
and Industries, Public Service Commissioner, senator or representative in the Legislature,
justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the courts of appeals, judge of the circuit court
or district court, or any office which is filled by the vote of a single county, or to the
office of constable may be contested by any person who was at the time of either of the elections
a qualified elector for any of the following causes: (1) Malconduct, fraud, or corruption
on the part of any inspector, clerk, returning officer, canvassing board, or other person.
(2) When the person whose election to office is contested was not eligible thereto at the
time of such election. (3) On account of illegal votes. (4) On account of the rejection of
legal votes. (5) Offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other...
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17-16-56
Section 17-16-56 Contest of election of judge of probate court and other county and municipal
officers - Generally. If the contest is of an election to the office of judge of the probate
court, sheriff, tax assessor, tax collector, county treasurer, clerk of the circuit court,
or any other office filled by the vote of a single county or any subdivision thereof, or any
office of a city or town not in this article otherwise provided for, the party contesting
must file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the election
was held, a statement in writing, verified by affidavit, of the grounds of the contest as
provided in this article and must give good and sufficient security for the costs of the contest,
to be approved by the clerk. On the filing of the statement and the giving of the security,
the clerk must enter the contest on the trial docket as a civil action pending in the court
for trial, and, after having made such entry, the clerk must issue a...
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17-16-47
Section 17-16-47 Statement of grounds of contest. When any elector chooses to contest the election
of any person declared to be elected to the office of senator or representative in the Legislature,
judge of the circuit court or district court, any office which is filled by the vote of a
single county, or constable, he or she must make a statement in writing setting forth specifically:
(1) The name of the party contesting and that he or she was a qualified voter when the election
was held. (2) The office which the election was held to fill and the time of holding the same.
(3) The particular grounds of the contest. This statement must be verified by the affidavit
of such contesting party to the effect that the same is believed to be true. If the reception
of illegal votes is alleged as a cause of contest, it is a sufficient statement of cause to
allege that illegal votes were given to the person whose election is contested, which, if
taken from that person, will reduce the number of...
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17-16-57
Section 17-16-57 Contest of election of judge of probate court and other county and municipal
officers - Court open at all times. For the purpose of hearing and determining any contest
instituted under the provisions of Section 17-16-56, the circuit court shall at all times
be open. (Acts 1911, No. 202, p. 195; Code 1923, §560; Code 1940, T. 17, §246; §17-15-30;
amended and renumbered by Act 2006-570, p. 1331, §83.)...
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16-13-184
Section 16-13-184 Election officers; conduct of election. (a) The inspectors and officers of
the special county election shall be appointed and said election shall be held and the results
of such election shall be declared in the same manner and by the same officers as the results
of the regular election for county officers, under the general election laws of the state;
provided, that the election may be held at the time for holding any regular election in the
county; and, if held at such time, the inspectors and officers of the general election shall
conduct at the same time the election herein provided for and for such services they shall
receive no compensation other than that allowed them for the holding of the general election.
If the election is held at some other time than that of holding the regular election in the
county, then the election officers shall receive the same pay as that for holding the general
election. (b) The managers and returning officers, provided for above,...
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