11-46-46
Section 11-46-46 Delivery of returns, etc.; retention and destruction of ballot boxes; opening of ballot boxes. (a) At the time appointed by the municipal governing body to canvass the returns of the election the municipal clerk shall deliver to the governing body the envelopes addressed to the governing body, which were delivered to him or her by the returning officers of the several wards in the city or town immediately after the votes had been counted and the returns thereof prepared. (b) The clerk shall securely keep the ballot boxes until it is known that there will be no contest, but in any event not less than six months, and, if in that time no contest has been properly instituted, the clerk shall then destroy the contents of the boxes without examining the same. (c) No ballot box shall be opened except in one of the following events: (1) In the event of a contest, where the opening of a box has been ordered by the court hearing the contest, in which event the ballot box shall...
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45-8A-23.052
Section 45-8A-23.052 Ballot. At every such election, all such ballots to be used by voters shall be printed or prepared by the election commission or other body having charge of the conduct of municipal elections in the city, and shall contain the names of all candidates for the at large position on the council directly under the words "For the at large position on the council," and the names of all candidates from each ward directly under the words "For members of the council from the ___ ward." No name shall appear upon the ballot as a candidate for election except the names of such persons as have become candidates according to provisions as above set forth; no ballot shall be used at any such election except the official ballot prepared by the election commission or other body having charge of the conduct of municipal elections in the city, except that the names of candidates may be suitably placed on voting machines if such machines are used to conduct such election. (Acts...
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11-16-21
Section 11-16-21 Provision of certified lists of registered voters for inspectors; qualifications for voting. The judge of probate must furnish to the board of commissioners provided for in this chapter a duly certified list of the registered voters in each precinct or ward in the county on request of said commissioners or either of them and the payment of one cent for each name contained in such list, to be paid out of the county treasury on order of the commissioners. The commissioners aforesaid shall cause said lists to be placed in the hands of the inspectors of the respective precincts or wards or other voting places prior to the day of said election, and no person shall be entitled to vote in said election whose name does not appear as that of a duly registered elector on said list, unless he shall produce to the inspectors a certificate of registration showing his right to vote therein. (Code 1907, §193; Code 1923, §285; Code 1940, T. 12, §248.)...
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11-46-42
Section 11-46-42 Number of electors allowed in polling place; time limit, etc., for occupation of booth. Where paper ballots are used, no more than 10 electors shall be allowed in the polling place at the same time. In all elections for which voting booths or compartments have been provided, if all such booths or compartments are occupied and other electors are waiting to vote, no elector shall occupy a booth or compartment for a longer time than five minutes. No elector shall be allowed to occupy a booth or compartment already occupied by another nor to speak or converse with anyone except as provided in this article while in the polling place. After having voted or declined or failed to vote within five minutes, the elector shall immediately withdraw from the polling place and go beyond the prohibited distance and shall not enter the polling place again. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §22.)...
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17-7-21
Section 17-7-21 Requirements for approval of system. (a) The governing body of any county or municipality or other political subdivision of the state by adoption of an appropriate resolution, may authorize, adopt, and direct the use of electronic vote counting systems for use in all elections held in such county or municipality or other political subdivision or any portion thereof; and such resolution, a copy of which shall be filed with the Secretary of State, shall specify the particular type of equipment to be used and a procedure for implementation. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), no electronic vote counting system shall be used unless it has been constructed so that it: (1) Permits and requires voting in secrecy. (2) Permits each elector to vote at any election for all persons and offices for whom and for which he or she is lawfully entitled to vote; to vote for as many persons for an office as he or she is entitled to vote for; and to vote for or against any question upon...
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45-2-261.10
Section 45-2-261.10 Boards of adjustment. (a) The Baldwin County Commission shall appoint two members to the boards of adjustment, and the regulations and ordinances adopted pursuant to the authority of this subpart shall provide that the boards of adjustment, in appropriate cases and subject to appropriate conditions and safeguards, may make special exceptions to the terms of the ordinances and regulations in harmony with their general purposes and interests and in accordance with general or specific rules therein contained. (b) Board of Adjustment Number One shall serve western, central, and northern Baldwin County and shall include Planning Districts 4, 10, 12, 15, 16, 28, and 31. Board of Adjustment Number Two shall serve southern Baldwin County and shall include Planning Districts 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 32, and 33. If the majority of qualified electors voting in an election in a territory that is not in a planning district on August 1, 2020, vote to come within the...
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45-35A-54.02
Section 45-35A-54.02 Election of board members; terms of office. The mayor and the associate commissioner of Ward No. 2 shall continue to hold their respective offices until the first Monday in October, 1981, as provided by Act 2141, 1971 Regular Session (Acts 1971, p. 3431). Under applicable laws for the election of members of the board, the mayor, within the scope of this part, shall provide for an election to be held on the second Tuesday in September, 1979, and every four years thereafter for the positions of associate commissioners of Ward No. 1, Ward No. 3, and Ward No. 4 in the manner herein provided. On the second Tuesday in September, 1981, and every four years thereafter an election shall be held for the positions of mayor and associate commissioner of Ward No. 2 in the manner herein provided. Every candidate for election to any of such offices shall, in announcing his or her candidacy, designate the position for which he or she is a candidate; and the ballots or voting...
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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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17-16-68
Section 17-16-68 Commission to take testimony. The commission shall take testimony on the part of the contestant, and also on the part of the contestee, and shall have power to send for witnesses, books, and papers anywhere in the State of Alabama; shall have power to issue warrants, under the hand of the chair, to any judge, or clerk of any court of record or such other competent and discreet person as the commission may appoint, to take the deposition of witnesses at such time and place as the warrant shall direct, and the points as to which the testimony is to be taken shall be set forth in such warrant. The evidence taken in the case of a contest of the election of one officer may be used in the contest of the election of any other officer voted for at the same election and contested before the Legislature; provided, that notice that such evidence will be used, or offered, shall be given to the party or parties interested in such other office, so that all parties interested may be...
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37-6-9
Section 37-6-9 Qualifications for membership; meetings; voting. (a) No person who is not an incorporator shall become a member of a cooperative unless such person shall agree to use electric energy furnished by the cooperative when such electric energy shall be available through its facilities. The bylaws of a cooperative may provide that any person, including an incorporator, shall cease to be a member thereof if he shall fail or refuse to use or pay for electric energy made available by the cooperative or if electric energy shall not be made available to such person by the cooperative within a specified time after such person shall have become a member thereof. Membership in the cooperative shall not be transferable, except as may be provided in the bylaws. The bylaws may prescribe additional qualifications and limitations in respect of membership. (b) An annual meeting of the members shall be held at such time as shall be provided in the bylaws. The bylaws may provide that area...
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