11-46-29
Section 11-46-29 Appointment of election officers upon failure of others to attend polls. On the failure of any person who has been duly appointed an election officer to attend the polls at the hour prescribed for his attendance, such of the election officers appointed for that voting box or machine as are present may appoint such election officers as are needed to complete the number of election officials for the box or machine. All persons so appointed shall be qualified electors who are entitled to vote at that polling place. Should all the appointed election officers fail to be present at a polling place by the hour prescribed on election day, then any three qualified electors who are entitled by law to vote at that polling place at the election then to be held may open the polls, act as three of the election officers for such box or machine and appoint such other officers as are required to fill the place of those absent; provided, that every person so appointed shall be a...
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11-46-28
Section 11-46-28 Polling place hours; duties of election officers; challenger; deletion of absentee voter applicants from voter list; preservation of order. (a) Every polling place shall open for voting at 7:00 A.M. and shall close at 7:00 P.M. and shall remain open for voting for not less than 12 consecutive hours. All polling places in areas operating on eastern time may open and close under this section pursuant to eastern time. The election officers at voting places shall meet at the respective places of holding elections for which they have been appointed 30 minutes before the hour established by the municipal governing body to open the polls and shall at the designated hour open the several polling places as designated and keep them open without adjournment or recess until the hour established by the municipal governing body to close the polls and no longer. (b) Any qualified elector entitled to vote at a polling place who has identified himself or herself with the election...
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11-46-27
Section 11-46-27 Appointment, compensation, etc., of election officers. (a) The municipal governing body or a majority of them must, not less than 15 days before the holding of any municipal election, appoint from the qualified electors of the respective wards or voting districts officers to hold the election as follows: Where paper ballots are used, one returning officer for each ward and three inspectors and two clerks for each box at each voting place and, where voting machines are used, an inspector, a chief clerk, and a first and second assistant clerk for each voting machine; except that in the event voting centers or voting places are established, then the requirements of Section 11-46-24 shall control the number of election officials. In any Class 6, Class 7, or Class 8 municipality, election officials must reside within the municipality and may serve at any polling place within the municipality. An election official appointed to serve in a polling place other than where he or...
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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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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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45-31-110.05
Section 45-31-110.05 Inspector, chief clerk, and assistant clerks; duties. (a) For each voting center where only one voting machine is to be used, the election officials shall consist of an inspector, a chief clerk, and two assistant clerks. For each voting center where more than one voting machine is to be used there shall be appointed one chief inspector who shall supervise the conduct of the other officials and the operation of the voting center, one inspector and one chief clerk, and for each voting machine to be used at such center there shall be appointed two assistant clerks. For each voting center where more than four voting machines are to be used there may be appointed two additional assistant clerks for each group of four voting machines or fraction thereof. (b) The election officers provided for herein shall be appointed by the same officers that appoint other election officers as provided for in Section 17-13-48. They shall perform all duties imposed on election officers...
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17-12-15
Section 17-12-15 Time and manner of canvassing. On the second Friday next after the election, at the hour of 12:00 noon, the sheriff, in person or by deputy, and the judge of probate and the clerk of the circuit court shall assemble at the courthouse; and if there is no such judge or clerk, or if either of them fails to attend, or if either of them is interested by reason of having been a candidate at such election, his or her place must be supplied by a respectable elector of the county, appointed by the board hereinbefore provided for the appointing of the inspectors in the various voting places for the election, at the time of appointing the election inspectors, and if the appointing board fails to provide for such member or members, or if any member or members as herein provided should fail to attend at the time and place herein mentioned, the sheriff shall supply such deficiency by a respectable elector of the county; and if all such officers are of the same political party, then...
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11-46-52
Section 11-46-52 Closing of polls; locking of machines; announcement of results; statements of canvass; proclamation; disposition of voting materials. (a) When the time arrives for closing the polls, all qualified voters who are then waiting within the voting room to vote shall be permitted by the election officers to do so. As soon as the last voter has voted and the poll closed, the election officials shall immediately lock the machines against voting. (b) The election officials shall then sign a certificate stating that the machine was locked and sealed, giving the exact time. Such certificate shall also state the number of voters shown on the public counters, which shall be the total number of votes cast on such machine in that ward, the number on the seal, and the number registered on the protective counter. (c) The election officials shall then open the counting compartment in the presence of the watchers and of at least one representative of any newspaper or press association...
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11-50A-6
Section 11-50A-6 Board of directors; election committee; meetings; officers; compensation; recordkeeping. (a) The board of directors of the authority shall be elected by the duly designated representatives of the municipalities which are authorized and directed to designate a member of the election committee as hereinafter provided in this section. Until the first meeting of the board of directors following the meeting in 2015 of the election committee hereinafter provided for, the board of directors shall consist of nine members; thereafter, the board shall consist of the number of members equal to the number of municipalities contracting with the authority for the purchase of electric power and energy pursuant to Section 11-50A-17, which are authorized and directed to designate a member of the election committee. Members of the board of directors shall be eligible to succeed themselves. The business, affairs, and property of the authority shall be managed by its board of directors....
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45-30-250.04
Section 45-30-250.04 Board of directors. (a) The authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. (b) The initial board of directors shall consist of the three citizens appointed to incorporate the authority and six other directors to be appointed as follows: (1) In addition to the appointment of one of the incorporators who shall serve an initial term of three years, the Franklin County Commission shall appoint one additional director who shall serve an initial term of three years. (2) The county highway engineer shall serve as a perpetual member on the board of directors. (3) With each incorporated municipality, regardless of size, having one vote in the selection, the elected mayors of all incorporated municipalities in Franklin County, as a group, shall appoint one director who shall serve an initial term of two years. (4) The chairs of the existing water authorities in Franklin County...
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