45-49-140.02
Section 45-49-140.02 Petition for elections. (a) Upon a petition being filed in the office
of the judge of probate of the county, the judge of probate shall order an election to be
held in the proposed district on the question, or questions, on which the petition requests
an election. (b) The petition shall be signed by at least 100 qualified property owners within
the boundaries of the proposed district. (c) The petition shall contain a description of the
area proposed to be established as a district and shall request the judge of probate to call
an election on the following question: Shall there be created for the area a district for
fighting fires? (d) The petition shall state the name of the proposed district. The board
of trustees of a district may change the name of the district by filing in the office of the
judge of probate a copy of a resolution changing the name thereof, which copy shall be certified
by the president of the board of trustees. (e) The petition for election on...
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45-49A-80
Section 45-49A-80 City council districts. (a) The Judge of Probate of Mobile County shall divide
the City of Prichard into five districts which shall be homogeneous in area and nearly equal
in population, with the number of persons residing in each district, according to the last
federal census, not to vary by over five percent. (b) The boundaries as established by the
judge of probate shall be certified to the Prichard City Council and shall be used by the
council for the election of the members of the city council in the 1980 municipal election
and for all council elections thereafter. (c) The City Council of the City of Prichard shall
consist of five council members with one member to be elected by the voters of each of the
districts provided for herein. Each council member shall be a resident of the district for
which elected and shall have been a resident of the district for at least three months prior
to the election and shall remain a resident of the district during the term to...
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11-42-44
Section 11-42-44 Notice of election. The said judge of probate shall give notice of the holding
of such election by publication in at least one newspaper and, at the discretion of the judge,
in more than one newspaper published in the county wherein such election is to be held, which
notice shall state the day on which such election will be held, the voting place or places
at which the election will be held and the boundaries within which voters must reside to vote
at the respective voting places, which must be within the territory proposed to be brought
into the city, and such notice must give a description of the territory proposed to be brought
within the city and must state that a map showing the territory proposed to be brought into
the city is on file in the office of the judge of probate of said county, open to the inspection
of the public. (Code 1907, §1079; Code 1923, §1773; Code 1940, T. 37, §142.)...
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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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45-31-141.03
Section 45-31-141.03 Petition for election. (a) Upon any petition being filed in the office
of the judge of probate, he or she shall order an election to be held in the proposed district
on the question or questions on which the petition requests an election. The petition shall
be signed by at least 100 qualified electors residing within the boundaries of the proposed
district. (b) The petition shall contain a map and description of the area which is proposed
to be established as a district under this article and the petition shall request the judge
of probate to call an election on the following question: "Shall there be created for
the area a district for fighting fires? Yes ( ) No ( )" (c) The petition shall state
the name of the proposed district. The board of a district may change the name of a district
by filing in the office of the judge of probate a copy of the resolution changing the name
thereof, which copy shall be certified by the president of the board. (d) The petition...

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45-31-141.04
Section 45-31-141.04 Time of election. (a) When a petition for the holding of any election
is filed with the judge of probate not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to
some other election to be held in the territory in which an election is sought by the petition,
the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held the same day
as the other election is held. (b) If the petition is not filed at a time that will permit
the election sought thereby to be held at the time some other election is held, as herein
provided, the judge of probate shall order the election sought by the petition to be held
on a day not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days from the date on which the judge of probate
enters the order with the costs assumed by the district requesting the special election. (c)
This section shall apply to all elections provided for by this article. (Act 2010-546, p.
958, §5.)...
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11-41-2
Section 11-41-2 Notice of filing; determination of statutory compliance; objections; ordering
and notice of election; contest of election. (a) Upon the filing of the verified application
with the judge of probate, the judge of probate shall give notice of the filing of the application
by publication in one or more newspapers published in the county, if there are any, that an
application to the judge of probate has been submitted and that the judge of probate will
determine if the application complies with Section 11-41-1, and that further notice will be
given for the filing of any objections. (b) The judge of probate shall have a reasonable period
of time, not to exceed 45 days, within which to ascertain compliance with Section 11-41-1.
If the judge of probate determines that the application does not comply with Section 11-41-1,
the judge of probate shall enter an order to that effect, which order shall be sent in accordance
with the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. The order shall...
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11-43A-3
Section 11-43A-3 Submission of question for election; proclamation of mayor; order of judge
of probate. The mayor or other chief executive officer of such municipality shall immediately
upon receipt of such certificate from the judge of probate, by proclamation, submit the question
of the adoption of the council-manager form of government for such municipality under this
article, at a special election to be held at a time specified in such proclamation, not less
than 40 days nor more than 90 days after the receipt of said certificate from said judge of
probate, unless a general election is to be held within 120 days after receipt of such certificate
in which event the special election herein provided for may be held at the same time as such
general election. Should the election not be called by proclamation within 10 days after receipt
of the certificate, the judge of probate shall call such election by order at a time specified
therein but not less than 40 days and not more than 90...
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34-6-35
Section 34-6-35 No license issued where billiard room prohibited by city ordinance. This chapter
shall not be construed as authorizing the issuance of any license by city officials or probate
judge for the operation of any public billiard room in any town or city of this state where
the operation of a public billiard room is now or may hereafter be prohibited by city ordinance.
(Acts 1923, No. 230, p. 224, §18; Code 1923, §4273; Code 1940, T. 14, §255.)...
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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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