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AL Code § 11-46-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-61 - Offenses of Election Officers Generally.

Section 11-46-61Offenses of election officers generally. (a) Any election officer appointed as such by a municipal governing body who shall fail to attend a municipal election without a lawful excuse shall, on conviction, be fined not more than $100.00. (b) Any election officer who drinks any intoxicating liquors while any election is being held shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00. (c) Any election officer who, without lawful excuse, neglects, fails, or refuses to perform any official duty prescribed by this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless otherwise provided, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00. (d) Any election officer who discloses how any elector voted shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00, and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months. (e) If any election officer willfully neglects to perform any duty imposed on him by this article or is guilty of any corrupt conduct in the execution of the same, and no other punishment is provided for such neglect or conduct, he must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00; provided, that no person shall be deemed an officer within the meaning of this subsection, until he first shall have taken an oath well and truly to discharge the duties of such office to the best of his ability or until he shall have performed some of the duties of such office. The failure or refusal of any person to accept office or his failure or refusal to discharge and perform the duties of such office at any time after his appointment thereto and prior to his taking the oath of such office and before he shall have discharged and performed any of the duties thereof shall not in either event be deemed a violation of this subsection. (f) Any election officer or any other person who makes a copy of the poll list, or any memoranda therefrom, or list of the persons voting or the number of their ballots or discloses the number of such voter's ballot shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $200.00. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §41.)
AL Code § 11-46-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-62 - Offenses of Inspectors.

Section 11-46-62Offenses of inspectors. (a) Any inspector of an election who shall, without challenging him, permit any person to vote in a municipal election knowing that he is not a qualified elector shall be fined not less than $100.00. (b) Any inspector of an election who shall willfully exclude any vote duly tendered and unchallenged in a municipal election, knowing that the person offering the same is lawfully entitled to vote at such election, or who shall willfully receive a vote from any person who has been duly challenged in relation to his right to vote at such election, without exacting from such person such oath or other proof of qualification as is required by law shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $100.00 and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months. (c) Any inspector of a municipal election who willfully fails or refuses to advise any elector entitled thereto that he is entitled to an assistant or who refuses to let such elector select an assistant, as required by law, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00. (d) Any inspector of a municipal election who does or performs any of the following acts shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years: (1) Willfully deceives any elector in preparing his ballot; (2) Alters or changes the ballot of a voter or substitutes a ballot for the one offered by any voter; or (3) Makes a false copy of the certificate of the results of an election. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §42.)
AL Code § 11-46-63 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-63 - Failure of Returning Officer to Deliver Statement of Votes and Poll List.

Section 11-46-63Failure of returning officer to deliver statement of votes and poll list. Any returning officer of the ward who fails to deliver the statement of votes and poll list of a municipal election to the municipal clerk within the time required by law must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 and must also be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than six months. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §43.)
AL Code § 11-46-64 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-64 - Deception of Disabled Voters by Marker, Etc.

Section 11-46-64Deception of disabled voters by marker, etc. Any marker or helper or assistant authorized to aid a disabled voter at a municipal election who willfully deceives any elector in preparing his ballot must, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than five years. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §44.)
AL Code § 11-46-65 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-65 - Drinking of Intoxicating Liquors by Watcher.

Section 11-46-65Drinking of intoxicating liquors by watcher. Any duly appointed watcher at a municipal election who drinks any intoxicating liquors while the election is being held shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §45.)
AL Code § 11-46-67 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-67 - Offenses of Electors.

Section 11-46-67Offenses of electors. (a) Any elector who takes or removes or attempts to take or remove any ballot from the polling place at a municipal election before the close of the polls or who remains longer than the time allowed by law in the booth or compartment after being notified his or her time has expired must, on conviction, be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). (b) Any person who willfully makes to the inspectors of a municipal election a false declaration asserting an inability to prepare his or her ballot without assistance must, on conviction, be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). (c) Any qualified elector at any municipal election who takes or receives any money or other valuable thing upon the condition that the same shall be paid at any future time in exchange for the vote of such elector for any particular candidate or the promise to vote for any particular candidate shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). No witnesses shall be prosecuted for any offense under this subsection as to which the witness testifies before the grand jury. (d) Any person who falsely impersonates another and thereby or otherwise fraudulently casts a vote in a municipal election or, having voted at such election votes a second time, whether in the same ward or another, shall, on conviction, be punished by hard labor for the county for not more than 12 months or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) or by both fine and sentence to hard labor. (e) Any absentee voter who shall willfully make or subscribe to an oath falsely in order to qualify to vote at a municipal election shall, on conviction, be punished by hard labor for the county for not more than 12 months or by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) or by both fine and sentence to hard labor. (f) Any person voting at any municipal election who has not registered and taken and subscribed to the registration oath must, on conviction, be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for not less than one nor more than six months. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §47; Acts 1976, No. 358, p. 403, §19; Act 2010-687, p. 1660, §1.)
AL Code § 11-46-69 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-69 - Contest of Elections - Grounds; Commencement of Action.

Section 11-46-69Contest of elections - Grounds; commencement of action. (a) The election of any person declared elected to any office of a city or town may be contested by any person who was at the time of the election a qualified elector of such city or town for any of the following causes: (1) Misconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of any election official, any marker, the municipal governing body, or any other person; (2) The person whose election to office is contested was not eligible thereto at the time of such election; (3) Illegal votes; (4) The rejection of legal votes; or (5) Offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other misconduct calculated to prevent a fair, free, and full exercise of the elective franchise. (b) Any contest of such an election must be commenced within five days after the result of the election is declared. Such contest shall be instituted in the manner prescribed by Section 17-15-29 and, except as otherwise provided in this article, all proceedings relative to contests of elections to municipal offices shall be governed by the provisions of Articles 2 and 3, Chapter 15, Title 17 of this Code, insofar as they are applicable. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §49.)
AL Code § 11-46-70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-70 - Contest of Elections - Trial; Entry of Judgment.

Section 11-46-70Contest of elections - Trial; entry of judgment. If, on the trial of the contest of any municipal election, it shall appear that any person other than the one whose election is contested, received or would have received, had the ballots intended for him and illegally rejected been received, the requisite number of votes for election, judgment must be entered declaring such person duly elected, and such judgment shall have the force and effect of investing the person thereby declared elected with full right and title to have and to hold the office to which he is declared elected. If it appears that no person has or would have had, if the ballots intended for him and illegally rejected had been received, the requisite number of votes for election, judgment must be entered declaring this fact, and such fact must be certified to the municipal governing body and the vacancy in the office, election to which had been contested, shall be filled in the manner prescribed by law for filling the vacancy in such office. If the person whose election is contested is found to be ineligible to the office, judgment must be entered declaring the election void, and the fact must be certified to the municipal governing body. The vacancy in such office shall be filled in the manner prescribed by law. If the party whose election is contested is found to have been duly and legally elected, judgment must be entered declaring him entitled to have and to hold the office to which he was so elected. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §51.)
AL Code § 11-46-71 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-71 - Annulment of Elections.

Section 11-46-71Annulment of elections. No misconduct, fraud, or corruption on the part of the election officers, the marker, the municipal governing body, or any other person, nor any offers to bribe, bribery, intimidation, or other misconduct which prevented a fair, free, and full exercise of the elective franchise can annul or set aside any municipal election unless the person declared elected and whose election is contested shall be shown not to have received the requisite number of legal votes for election to the office for which he was a candidate thereby, nor must any election contested under the provisions of this article be annulled or set aside because of illegal votes given to the person whose election is contested unless it appears that the number of illegal votes given to such person, if taken from him, would reduce the number of votes given to him below the requisite number of votes for election. No election shall be annulled or set aside because of the rejection of legal votes unless it appears that such legal votes, if given to the person intended, would increase the number of his legal votes to or above the requisite number of votes for election. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §50.)
AL Code § 11-46-72 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-72 - Procedure Where Election Not Held on Day Appointed.

Section 11-46-72Procedure where election not held on day appointed. If any municipal election provided for in this article should not take place on the day appointed, the municipal corporation shall not for that cause be dissolved, but the incumbent officers shall remain in office until their successors shall be elected and qualified. The municipal governing body shall fix some day, as early as convenient, on which day said election shall be held, and the election shall be conducted in all respects as a regular election, and the persons so elected shall hold office until the next general election and until their successors are elected and qualified. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §52.)
AL Code § 11-46-73 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-73 - Provisions of Article as to Offenses Cumulative.

Section 11-46-73Provisions of article as to offenses cumulative. It is specifically declared that the designation in this article of certain acts and omissions relative to municipal elections as offenses shall not be exclusive and that any act or omission relative to a municipal election which is by law designated as an offense but which is not mentioned in this article shall continue to be an offense punishable in the manner prescribed by law. (Acts 1961, No. 663, p. 827, §54.)
AL Code § 11-46-74 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 2 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Mayor-Council Form of Government.|Section 11-46-74 - Use of Election Dates Established by Classification Act or Local Act.

Section 11-46-74Use of election dates established by classification act or local act. Any municipality whose election dates have been established by classification act, local act, or general act of local application may continue to use said election dates unless a majority of the members of the governing body vote to use the election dates established in this article or Section 11-43-2. (Acts 1987, No. 87-581, p. 928, §11.)
AL Code § 11-46-90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 3 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Commission Form of Government.|Section 11-46-90 - Applicability of Article; Costs of Elections.

Section 11-46-90Applicability of article; costs of elections. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §1; Acts 1982, No. 82-459, p. 724, §1.)
AL Code § 11-46-91 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 3 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Commission Form of Government.|Section 11-46-91 - Standard of Time Applicable; Effect of Legal Holidays or Closing Days; Municipal Governing Body Defined.

Section 11-46-91Standard of time applicable; effect of legal holidays or closing days; municipal governing body defined. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §2; Acts 1976, No. 361, p. 426, §1.)
AL Code § 11-46-92 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 3 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Commission Form of Government.|Section 11-46-92 - Time of Holding Regular, Special, or Runoff Elections; Assumption of Duties by Officers Elected; Service Until Successors Are Elected and Qualified.

Section 11-46-92Time of holding regular, special, or runoff elections; assumption of duties by officers elected; service until successors are elected and qualified. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §3; Acts 1971, No. 160, p. 435; Acts 1980, No. 80-93, p. 132, §1; Acts 1982, No. 82-459, p. 724, §2; Acts 1987, No. 87-583, p. 945, §1.)
AL Code § 11-46-93 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 3 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Commission Form of Government.|Section 11-46-93 - Notice of Elections.

Section 11-46-93Notice of elections. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §4; Acts 1976, No. 361, p. 426, §2; Acts 1982, No. 82-459, p. 724, §3; Acts 1987, No. 87-583, p. 945, §2.)
AL Code § 11-46-94 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 3 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Commission Form of Government.|Section 11-46-94 - Authority and Procedure for Adjustment of Boundary Lines of Wards; Division of Wards Into Voting Districts, Etc.

Section 11-46-94Authority and procedure for adjustment of boundary lines of wards; division of wards into voting districts, etc. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §5.)
AL Code § 11-46-95 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 3 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Commission Form of Government.|Section 11-46-95 - Designation of Voting Places Generally; Voting Centers; Officials and Equipment; Voting Procedures.

Section 11-46-95Designation of voting places generally; voting centers; officials and equipment; voting procedures.  Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §6; Acts 1976, No. 361, p. 426, §3; Act 2006-281, p. 496, §1.)
AL Code § 11-46-96 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 3 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Commission Form of Government.|Section 11-46-96 - Ballots; Statements of Candidacy; Withdrawal of Candidacy.

Section 11-46-96Ballots; statements of candidacy; withdrawal of candidacy. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §7; Acts 1976, No. 361, p. 426, §4; Acts 1980, No. 80-93, p. 132, §2; Acts 1982, No. 82-459, p. 724, §4; Acts 1987, No. 87-583, p. 945, §3.)
AL Code § 11-46-97 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 3 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Commission Form of Government.|Section 11-46-97 - Proceedings Where Only One Candidate for Office.

Section 11-46-97Proceedings where only one candidate for office. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. (Acts 1965, No. 166, p. 233, §1; Acts 1976, No. 361, p. 426, §5; Acts 1980, No. 80-93, p. 132, §3; Acts 1987, No. 87-583, p. 945, §4.)
AL Code § 11-46-98 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 3 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Commission Form of Government.|Section 11-46-98 - Appointment, Compensation, etc., of Election Officers.

Section 11-46-98Appointment, compensation, etc., of election officers. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §8; Acts 1971, No. 158, p. 432; Acts 1976, No. 361, p. 426, §6; Acts 1982, No. 82-459, p. 724, §5; Acts 1987, No. 87-583, p. 945, §5.)
AL Code § 11-46-99 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 3 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Commission Form of Government.|Section 11-46-99 - Hours During Which Polls Open; Attendance at and Opening of Polls by Election Officers; Oath of Officers; Selection and Duties of Challengers; Deletion of Voters by Absentee Ballot From Lists of Qualified Electors; Preservation of Order.

Section 11-46-99Hours during which polls open; attendance at and opening of polls by election officers; oath of officers; selection and duties of challengers; deletion of voters by absentee ballot from lists of qualified electors; preservation of order. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §9; Acts 1976, No. 361, p. 426, §7; Acts 1982, No. 82-459, p. 724, §6.)
AL Code § 11-46-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.|Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.|Chapter 46 - Elections.|Article 3 - Elections in Certain Cities or Towns Having Commission Form of Government.|Section 11-46-100 - Appointment of Election Officers Upon Failure of Others to Attend Polls.

Section 11-46-100Appointment of election officers upon failure of others to attend polls. Repealed by Act 2016-295, §1(a), effective May 10, 2016. (Acts 1961, No. 664, p. 868, §10.)